Coachella Valley Unified School District

• Awareness initiative boosts college attendance: Coachella Valley Unified School District / California.

A college awareness, education and support program for sophomores, juniors and seniors at Coachella Valley High School in Thermal, Calif., is helping ...

• School Administrator
• Vol. 65 Nbr. 3, March 2008

• Palm Desert Announces Sixth Annual Athena Award Recipients

The City of Palm Desert announced that Amy Ammons, director of finance for the Coachella Valley Water District and Desert Sands Unified School District board member, and Kathi Jacobs, director of government and community relations at Time Warner Cable, are recipients of the City's 2007 ATHENA Awards.

• Public Record, The
• August 21, 2009

• Coachella Valley Entities Complete Applications for Federal Earmarks As Deadlines Approach

At a time when- numerous cities in the Coachella Valley are facing budget gaps, an injection of federal funds can mean the difference between completing a much-needed project and scrapping it altogether. [...] recently, many cities were unaware that the option existed, according to Hines, much less how to take part in the process.

... this unprecedented pie toward their own districts. The legislative appropriations process, known as ... pilot project for the Coachella Valley y Unified School District. The project, called Digital Advan...

• Public Record, The
• March 01, 2010

• Cabe and Californians Together Retain Counsel to Challenge California's English Only Assessments of English Learners

COVINA, Calif., April 8 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Joining Coachella Valley Unified School District, the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) and Californians Together jointly retained three major civil rights and education law firms to pursue a lawsuit against the State of California to enforce the provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act pertaining to the academic assessment of English Learners. The objective of this lawsuit is to compel the State of California to assess the academic progress of its English Learners as required by the mandate of NCLB: States must assess limited English proficient students in "a valid and reliable manner" that includes (A) "reasonable accommodations"; and (B) "to the extent practicable, assessments in the language and form most likel...

• U.S. Newswire
• April 08, 2005

• Giant Snapping Turtle Found in Laguna Lake

The legend of a vicious snapping turtle named Old Bob turned out to be true when workers hired to scoop fish from Laguna Lake pulled out the 50-year-old creature. For 40 years, residents around the man-ade lake had heard rumors about the 100-pound reptile known as an alligator snapping turtle.

..."A human could lose a foot or fingers.'. School board may sue over federal standards. THERMAL. Memmbers of the Coachella Valley Unified School District board are consideri...

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• February 03, 2006

• School District Enrollments Fluctuate with Turning Economy

While the District has experienced growth in enrollment in previous years, the 2008-09 fiscal year saw overall enrollment level out. Because of the rapid change in enrollment patterns, yearly budgets will be built on an assumption of a 1 percent decrease in enrollment for the 2009-2010 school year and projected out-years. Future plans for district growth will be based on tracking changing student enrollment trends; assessing school attendance boundaries that may impact future construction of new schools; tracking new home construction; monitoring and collecting developer impact fees, and accurately assessing project costs funded by developer fee monies.

... American house-holds, schools in the Coachella Valley are equally rattled. "in many communities, ... Valley School District, Desert Sands Unified School District and Palm Springs Unified School Di...

• Public Record, The
• October 19, 2009

• 1:04 P.M.: State Superintendent Proposes Improvement Plan for Underperforming Schools

School districts not making the grade under No Child Left Behind will face a variety of sanctions from state takeover to support with instructional programs. Sate school Superintendent Jack O'Connell announced his proposals for 96 school districts and one county office of education at a press conference Wednesday.

... a trustee would be appointed to run the Coachella Valley Unified School District. Six districts woul...

• The Sun (San Bernardino, CA)
• March 03, 2008

• Coachella Valley School District Announces Blixseth Family Donation of Land for New K-12 Oasis School Plus Tom Weiskopf Designed Championship Golf Course and Community Recreation Complex.

THERMAL, Calif. -- The Coachella Valley Unified School District of Riverside County, California, h...

• Business Wire
• April 19, 2007

• Blixseths to Donate Land for New K-12 Oasis School and Build Tom Weiskopf Designed Championship Golf Course.

... -- Foch (Tut) Pensis, Superintendent, Coachella Valley Unified School District -- A Representative...

• Business Wire
• April 06, 2007

• Smile Factory, Three Other Coachella Valley-Area Nonprofits Receive Community Impact Grants

... Palm Springs, Desert Sands, and Coachella Unified School Districts. Mobile dental clinics come to ea...

• Public Record, The
• August 19, 2009