Focus on Education: Modesto board to meet

The Modesto City Schools Board will meet at 6 p.m. today in the staff development center, 425 Locust St. The meeting follows a 5 p.m. reception for students with perfect test scores.

Trustees are expected to approve a contract with support employees that gives additional furlough days to many. The California School Employees Association Modesto chapter ratified the deal Thursday.

The Board also will hear an early enrollment report showing gains in kindergarten but a decline in upper grades, for a total enrollment of 29,940 students, or 45 fewer than last year. Trustees are slated to vote on board procedures, including one that gives final say on timing of agenda items to the board president, vice president and superintendent.

The change follows the appearance on the Oct. 1 agenda of a proposal to move forward with the Enochs pool that was pulled before the meeting.

Tonight's agenda is posted at http://bit.ly/MCSmeetings.

OAKDALE COLLEGE & CAREER:

Oakdale High School will hold its annual College and Career Faire on Wednesday. The goal is to introduce students to a wide variety of professions and colleges available to them. This year's theme is "Don't Gamble with Your Future." OHS students in the ROP Virtual Enterprise class are planning the event in conjunction with the school counseling office. All OHS students attend the faire for 45-minute intervals from 7:40 a.m. to 2:05 p.m. Businesses interested in advertisements or booths should call Leticia Salas at (209) 848-7120 or Kellie Felix at (209) 847-3007, Ext. 156.

SYLVAN TO MEET:

The Sylvan Union School District Board will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the district boardroom, 605 Sylvan Ave. Trustees will hear reports on student test scores, interdistrict transfers and health insurance rates. They also will discuss, but not vote on, providing special education services for preschool and autistic students now served by the Stanislaus County Office of Education, estimated to save the district $651,244 over two years. See the full agenda at http://bit.ly/SylvanBoard.