Limited state funds slow school projects . Expansion plans are on hold for several schools in the San Jacinto Unified School district because state funds are hard to come by, officials said. School business official moving to Alvord . Alvord Unified is getting a new official from the Yucaipa-Calimesa Joint Unified School District. Colton property owners face vote on bond issue .
School boards hear unification pitfalls .
How to deal with projected student growth, racial balance and millions of dollars in existing bond debt are among the major issues facing Menifee and Romoland school officials as they look to make a final break with Perris Union High School District. Officials eye fate of high school's too-high sign . Davis vetoes student backpack study . Proposed legislation to study the effects of heavy school backpacks on students' spines was vetoed Monday by Gov. Gray Davis. The one-year study, sought by AB 1030, also would have looked at factors underlying complaints about backpacks, including the weight of books and reduced locker space on campuses.