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San Mateo County class sizes rise as school budgets shrink

REDWOOD CITY — For the first time, teacher Dione Smith has a class with more students than she's used to. Until this year she's never had to teach more than 20 children at a time. But this year she has 24 students in her first-grade class at Clifford ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  23 Nov 2009

Voters to decide on school parcel tax extension, increase

FOSTER CITY — Voters in the San Mateo-Foster City School District will decide whether to renew an existing parcel tax at a higher rate. On Thursday night, the district board approved placing a measure for a tax of about $180 per parcel on an all-mail ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  23 Nov 2009

San Mateo students help United Nations

count the money while the students take a short tour. Students from Sunnybrae Elementary School in San Mateo launched a drive helping a United Nation's organization that champions children's rights. The school's fifth-graders mobilized their fellow ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  21 Nov 2009
Related Topics: UNICEF,  United Nations,  American Chemical Society,  Mark White,  CA Inc.

Soldier from South San Francisco survives war, wins Purple Hearts

blood and ended up doing first aid on himself — putting a bandage and applying pressure on his wound — as someone else took over the turret. The brown pit-bull puppy is proving as much a healing source as any after Belli's near-death experiences ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  17 Nov 2009
Related Topics: National Guard

Peninsula High could relocate as part of possible property sale

organizations that lease space there and generate about $300,000 a year for the district, she said. SAN BRUNO — Peninsula High School could relocate as part of a possible plan to sell the property on which it sits. The San Mateo Union High School ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  16 Nov 2009

Dual-language idea intrigues in Belmont-Redwood Shores

BELMONT — Students in the Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District could start learning to speak a foreign language fluently very early on. District officials are researching the idea of a dual-language immersion program after several parents ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  14 Nov 2009

South San San Francisco schools, city team up to improve science education

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — El Camino High School senior Will Petersen hardly needs to crack a textbook to learn plenty in his marine-science class. "We do a lot of dissections and work a lot with marine animals," said Petersen, 18. Last month, he and his ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  13 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Genentech, Inc.

Youth gather to sharpen skills at Peninsula conference

Stanford University and other higher-education schools will give conference participants a close-up glimpse of college life. More than 200 youths from across the Bay Area and Pacific region will converge on the Peninsula this weekend to hone their ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  12 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Stanford University,  Taco Bell,  Oracle,  Electronic Arts Inc.

$39 million lottery ticket bought in South San Francisco

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO — Someone who bought a lottery ticket at Pak 'n Save here can quit his or her job. He or she is now $38.5 million rich after hitting all six numbers of Tuesday's Mega Millions draw. "We are very happy someone won from the community," ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  11 Nov 2009
Related Topics: Safeway Inc.

Belmont-Redwood Shores School District eyes new bond, parcel-tax renewals

BELMONT — Belmont-Redwood Shores School District leaders are thinking about asking voters to pass a construction bond measure as soon as next year even as a new elementary campus is now under way. "We are having continued (enrollment) growth," district ...

From NEIL GONZALES, Inside Bay Area,  9 Nov 2009

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