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Denair Schools Welcome Community with Open Houses

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The Denair Unified School District will open its doors to parents and its community Thursday night with open houses at all its campuses as well as academic demonstrations and awards presentations. Here is the schedule for each school site:

 

Denair High School

6:00 p.m. – Classrooms will be open for all parents to meet and talk with teachers and observe various projects.

7:00 p.m. (at Coyote Center at Denair Middle School) – Annual awards presentation. More than 150 of the 270 students on campus will be honored. Honor roll awards based on grade-point average will be announced, students receiving scholarships will be recognized and those with perfect attendance will be celebrated.

 

Denair Middle School

5:30 p.m. – Teachers in all classrooms will welcome parents and others.

 

Denair Elementary Charter Academy

5:00 p.m. – Science Fair in the elementary gymnasium.

5:00-7:30 p.m. – Art show featuring student creations in the cafeteria.

6:30-7:30 p.m. – Open house in all classrooms.

 

Denair Charter Academy

6:00 p.m. – Classrooms 39 to 45 will be open with student displays and science experiments. Python Ron will be on hand with various reptiles for an interactive experience. A baby boutique also will be open with donated clothing for students who are parents.

DUSD to Participate in Countywide Job Fair this Weekend

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Officials from the Denair Unified School District will join representatives from 28 other districts Saturday at the 2016 Stanislaus County Teacher Job Fair.

Denair will be looking to fill these positions:

  • 2 English teachers (Denair High School and Denair Charter Academy)
  • Math teacher (DHS)
  • Shared math teacher (60% at Denair Middle School, 40% at DCA)
  • 2 science teachers (DHS and DMS)
  • Spanish teacher (DMS)
  • 2 dual language teachers (Denair Elementary Charter Academy)
  • Music teacher (shared across all campuses)

The job fair is expected to attract hundreds of veterans teachers interested in switching districts as well as many younger teachers soon to graduate from college or about to get their state credential.

The event is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Martin Petersen Event Center, 1100 H Street. More information is available at www.stancoe.org.

Increasing High and Middle School Enrollment Key to Denair’s Long-term Budget Health

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The short-term financial outlook for the Denair Unified School District remains positive, trustees were told Thursday night, but the continued erosion of enrollment at the middle school and high school remains a threat to long-term stability.

Linda Covello, the district’s chief business officer, sketched a mixed picture during a budget update for board members, employees and others in the audience.

The good news, she said, is that the district has fully emerged from the financial crisis of 2013 that led to substantial salary cuts for all staff, some layoffs and temporary county fiscal oversight. DUSD is on track to finish its 2015-16 fiscal year with a general fund surplus of $1,333,239. And, thanks to an infusion of one-time money this year from the state, the district’s projected ending general fund balance is $2,186,713.

“We are projecting positive cash flow through June 2017,” Covello told trustees.

Clouds loom on the financial horizon, however. Covello projects enrollment at Denair High School and Denair Middle School to continue to decline – by approximately 4% in 2016-17 and 8% in 2017-18. And while growth at Denair Elementary Charter Academy and Denair Charter Academy is expected to partially offset the drop, Covello said there still is a net loss to the district. She expects DUSD to slip back into deficit spending each of the next two years unless the trend is reversed.

“This tells the story of DMS and DHS,” said Trustee Ray Prock Jr. “We need to get that enrollment up.”

“So, we need more kids,” stated Trustee Kathi Dunham-Filson.

“Yes,” replied Covello. Continue reading “Increasing High and Middle School Enrollment Key to Denair’s Long-term Budget Health” »

Denair Celebrates After County Panel Rejects Developer’s Petition to Redraw School Boundaries

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The existing boundaries for the Denair Unified School District will remain intact, a county committee decided Wednesday night to loud applause by staff, students and community members.

The 10-member panel voted unanimously to deny a petition by a Turlock housing developer who sought to move land that has been in the Denair district for decades to the Turlock Unified School District.

The decision has major financial implications for Denair, which stands to collect more than $1 million in developer fees when the homes are built and hundreds of thousands of dollars more in annual state funding based on projected student attendance from children living in them.

“We’re ecstatic. It’s wonderful news for our community,” said Denair Superintendent Aaron Rosander.

There was a strongly pro-Denair sentiment at Wednesday’s meeting of the Stanislaus County Committee on School District Reorganization. Nearly 20 people spoke during the hour-long public comment period, all but two of them in favor of keeping 92 acres at the northwest corner of Tuolumne and Waring in the Denair district.

Despite the emotion at Wednesday’s meeting and during more than 3½ hours of public testimony in October, the end was anticlimactic. The committee members swiftly rejected developer Ron Katakis’ petition without comment, leaving it to attorney Chet Quaide to explain their reasoning. Continue reading “Denair Celebrates After County Panel Rejects Developer’s Petition to Redraw School Boundaries” »