Normally, I don’t throw around recommendations for other products, but every once in awhile you just have to. As you may be aware CES in Las Vegas was last week and many new tech gadgets were released. On the 14th, Revision3 in their podcast (available on iTunes) reviewed the Eton FRX 2 & 3 emergency [...]
It’s been on the rise for the past couple of years now. And it’s really no different than any of the other troubles we’ve seen during our lifetimes. It’s always been there, it’s just that now we are more aware of it, whether you want to admit it or not. The increased attention to bullying [...]
Ah, the old adage holds true. Don’t get ahead of yourselves… AB165 of the 2011-2012 session was vetoed by Gov. Brown. The veto letter is outstanding, read it here This is the bill that would have disallowed schools and booster clubs alike for charging for school activities. The bill itself was an outgrowth of the [...]
If your like us, then you are tried of reading all your news, information and especially all that legal jargon. The good news is that we are preparing to roll out audio podcasts in the very near future. We are going to cover all the base information we normally do, but in fun format. So, [...]
We have good news here. Under California labor code section 230.8 employers with 25 or more employees working working at the same location must allow you to take up to eight hours a month and up to 40 hours per year to view your child performing their school activities. Don’t be fooled though, you could [...]
Okay so you been terminated or otherwise are separating employment and your employer wants you to sign a release of all claims. I don’t have wages available for you right then and there. So do you sign? this is really a great question for attorney and you should seek the advice to an attorney if [...]
A frequent question in education revolves around class-size? In this particular instance what is the class-size for an industrial education program classroom? The first issue is going to be one that is involved in building code and fire code, meaning that the room is designed to hold only so many people are another terms max [...]
At the WeTip Naitonal Conference, one of the speakers showed this video. They stated that it was important because without the dress code kids are students who want to enact violence may do so by stuffing guns and other illegal drugs in their pants. After you watch the video and you can shoot on over [...]
I don’t typically weigh in on topics from an opinion standpoint, but today I had a very enlightening conversation with the colleague in regard to safety committees. Safety committees generally do not appeal to me for the simple fact that safety committees get bogged down in bureaucracy and other unimportant time-consuming endeavors. However, I did [...]
In California this is outlined in Section 35120 of the Education Code. Make sure you find what size district you are fitting into as there are many levels. 35120. (a) (1) In any school district in which the average daily attendance for the prior school year exceeded 400,000, each member of the city board of [...]
If you are a witness, you can charge for business records as outlined in California Evidence Code Section 1563. You can charge for your time and other reasonable expenses to produce the records – just be careful because there are some hourly limits and other caps based on document size, position, etc…. Here’s the code. [...]
We all want to know what the company is really like before we work there. Like the old saying “I will stop lying on my application when you stop lying on the job description.”, we never get the truth during an interview. And more importantly, employees are going to give you the real scoop when [...]
PRAntas has entered the scene of Public Records Requests (PRA) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This service allows anyone to obtain records from any public agency without giving away their identity. The best part is it only cost $14.95.
Vehicle code section 34520.3 handles this issue, but only for employees who drive”school transportation vehicles” 34520.3. (a) For the purposes of this section, a “school transportation vehicle” is a vehicle that is not a schoolbus, school pupil activity bus, or youth bus, and is used by a school district or county office of education for [...]
Fonts – like anything else, convey messages about your department. Fonts can be masculine, feminine, bold, meek, elegant, goofy and many more things. What font are you using? What is your current font saying about your department. Is it conveying the right message? In addition to your font choice, you need to consider the spacing [...]
A phrase use by Seth Godin – “a million little cuts” is a great phrase to describe how you lose customers, employees, friends, and destroy your business. He explains that it is not the major emergency that makes you lose customers, but all the little things that you do over time that cause problems for [...]
In America we freak out from fears of liability from barbed wire, razor wire and the like. In Amsterdam, they have something even more harsh and if you injure yourself on it, you know you were doing something you were not suppose to. Here’s the pic.
Why is this? Well, safety is the first issue. Some believe that it was born out of the civil rights movement, specifically, nonviolent civil disobedience. Whatever the reason, the section of code is 21950(b). 21950. (a) The driver of a vehicle shall yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian crossing the roadway within any marked crosswalk [...]
Miracle currently has a 5 Milliion dollar grant program available for schools Miracle’s Grants for America’s Schools Program.
Yes, it appears that you may as long as the highway has a speed limit of less than 25 mph. Again, this applies to California. California Vehicle Code 21716. Except as provided in Section 21115.1 and Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 1950) of Division 2.5 of the Streets and Highways Code, no person shall operate [...]