FAIRFIELD — Republicans from across the state came together Wednesday at Jelly Belly to help a local candidate do his part to win back California, one Assembly race at a time. That was the theme of a campaign event by Vice Mayor Mike Hudson of Suisun City, a candidate for the 11th Assembly District seat [...]
Members of the Fairfield-Suisun School District’s governing board took a huge bite out of next year’s budget to meet a state-imposed mid-March deadline to notify staff of potential layoffs. An eleventh-hour alternative presented Thursday by Superintendent Jacki Cottingim-Dias took the elimination of kindergarten for a year off the table and led to the 6-1 approval [...]
FAIRFIELD — From one difficult decision to the next. After lopping $6.5 million from its budget Thursday, Fairfield-Suisun School District leaders on Friday began contemplating their next move: figuring out which elementary school and middle school to close. “As of today, I’m sure people are starting to think about it very, very seriously,” said board [...]
FAIRFIELD (10:03 p.m.) — To balance its budget, the school board voted Thursday to close a middle school and elementary school this fall and made cuts that could end high school sports and activities like yearbook, newspaper and academic decathlon. The 6-1 vote to close the $6.5 million deficit came after two hours of public [...]
FAIRFIELD — Nearly 70 students and teachers lined the sidewalk on Travis Boulevard in front of the Fairfield-Suisun Adult School Wednesday in a noontime protest over proposed cuts that would gut adult education offerings. “If we start with the parents, it trickles down to the next generation,” said teacher Betty Harrington. “If we don’t speak [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun School District governing board will decide Thursday between two budget cut lists that pit closing an elementary school, a high school and eliminating sports against ceasing to offer kindergarten for one year, among other cuts. “It’s horrific choices,” board president Kathy Marianno said Wednesday. “What do you do?” Related content Fairfield-Suisun Adult [...]
FAIRFIELD — The Fairfield-Suisun School District sent a message to the community in June after it removed high school sports from the chopping block: more community funds would be needed to maintain the programs. District officials on Wednesday said the opposite has happened. Save Our Athletic Programs, a community-based organization, raised $65,375 in the 2009-10 [...]
FAIRFIELD — Ghastly. Disgusting. A world of hurt. All words Superintendent Jacki Cottingim-Dias used Wednesday to describe the Fairfield-Suisun School District’s list of possible budget cuts. As it stands now, the district is $6.5 million in the hole. In a more than four-hour study session, the board moved ahead a plan that, if passed, calls [...]
FAIRFIELD — School district leaders on Tuesday held a study session on a five-year facility master plan, which includes a “wish list” of unfunded projects and a projected dip in enrollment even as more housing is proposed. The master plan is used to determine future needs at school sites based on projected populations. In the [...]
FAIRFIELD — Sacramento is about 40 miles away from the heart of Solano County education but it might as well be in its backyard. The yearly budget mess at the State Capitol is high on the minds of educators here. Each year, school districts in Solano County begin planning for next year’s budget in January, [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Reading isn’t just important in language class. That’s the message members of the Armijo High School Honor Society brought to two elementary schools Wednesday in Fairfield as part of Read Across America, a nationwide event that promotes literacy by encouraging adults to read to children and help them improve their academic [...]
Daily Republic FAIRFIELD — Reading isn’t just important in language class. That’s the message members of the Armijo High School Honor Society brought to two elementary schools in Fairfield on Wednesday as part of Read Across America, a nationwide event that promotes literacy by encouraging adults to read to children and help them improve their [...]
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