http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/tag/john+pedicone john+pedicone news from TucsonSentinel.com - Tucson's independent nonprofit online news en Copyright 2013 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-kirkpatrick-vets-evans-bombings/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/043013_johncscottshow/jc-scott-kirkpatrick-vets-evans-bombings/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Interviews with Tucsoncitizen.com’s Mark B. Evans, Democratic U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone, Tucson Hispanic Chamber President Lea Marquez Peterson, and Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041913_buckmaster/buckamster-tusds-pedicone-talks-timetable-his-successor/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041913_buckmaster/buckamster-tusds-pedicone-talks-timetable-his-successor/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com An interview with TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone, plus the Reporters’ Roundtable with Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial writer for the Arizona Daily Star, and Dan Shearer, editor of the Green Valley News, and Weekend Watch with Matt Russell. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032013_pedicone/tusd-supt-pedicone-announces-resignation/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/032013_pedicone/tusd-supt-pedicone-announces-resignation/#When: 14:19:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: John Pedicone, the superintendent of the Tucson Unified School District, announced his resignation Wednesday. Pedicone, who has led the district since 2010, has faced criticism for his handling of the state’s challenge to TUSD’s ethnic studies program, and opposition to school closures and other measures proposed to fill a budget hole. 2013-03-20T14:19:15+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120412_jcscottshow/jc-scott-tusd-faces-challenges/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/120412_jcscottshow/jc-scott-tusd-faces-challenges/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Interviews with broadcaster Dave Sitton; Mark B. Evans Tucsoncitizen.com administrator; TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone; state House Speaker Rep. Andy Tobin and state Sen. Linda Lopez 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110912_tusd/disagreements-remain-as-special-master-files-tusd-deseg-plan/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/110912_tusd/disagreements-remain-as-special-master-files-tusd-deseg-plan/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Despite months of court-ordered negotiations led by a special master, there remains much contention over Tucson Unified School District’s desegregation programs. Parties to lawsuits first filed in 1974 and the district filed their objections to a “Unitary Status Plan” also filed Friday. (complete documents) 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091412_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-looks-more-cost-cutting/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/091412_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-looks-more-cost-cutting/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com An interview with TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone, plus the Reporters’ Roundtable with Jimmy Boegle, editor of the Tucson Weekly, and Sarah Garrecht Gassen, editorial writer for the Arizona Daily Star. Plus,  Matt Russell, Tucson’s Culinary Cruiser, has Weekend Watch. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080112_fifty/fifty/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/080112_fifty/fifty/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Pueblo Magnet High School Principal Vivi Watt believes in “do overs” for students who fail. TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone thinks they should study. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080112_pueblo_grades/pedicone-pueblos-no-zero-grading-crossed-line/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/080112_pueblo_grades/pedicone-pueblos-no-zero-grading-crossed-line/#When: 21:18:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Updated: TUSD officials are tossing out a “naive” Pueblo High plan to give students a minimum 50 points on every assignment, even in cases of cheating. Sup’t Pedicone said the school’s principal “ended up crossing the line.” 2012-08-01T21:18:09-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052212_tusd_school_board/tusd-school-board-meeting-live-stream/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052212_tusd_school_board/tusd-school-board-meeting-live-stream/#When: 18:00:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Watch a live stream of the TUSD Governing Board meeting beginning at about 7 p.m. 2012-05-08T18:00:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_tusd_school_board/tusd-school-board-meeting-live-stream/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050812_tusd_school_board/tusd-school-board-meeting-live-stream/#When: 18:00:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: Watch a live stream of the TUSD Governing Board meeting beginning at about 7 p.m. 2012-05-08T18:00:05+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_tusd_mas_pedicone/pedicone-defends-tusds-firing-mas-director/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/041112_tusd_mas_pedicone/pedicone-defends-tusds-firing-mas-director/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Tucson Unified School District Superintendent John Pedicone said the Governing Board’s decision to fire Mexican American Studies program director Sean Arce on Tuesday night was necessary for the program and district to move forward. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031612_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-must-win-back-communitys-trust/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/031612_buckmaster/buckmaster-tusd-must-win-back-communitys-trust/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Today on Buckmaster - TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone, the Reporters’ Roundtable with The Tucson Weekly’s Mari Herreras and TucsonSentinel.com’s Dylan Smith, and Culinary Cruiser Matt Russell. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011012_tusd_ethnic_studies/tusd-axes-ethnic-studies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/011012_tusd_ethnic_studies/tusd-axes-ethnic-studies/#When: 22:03:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: TUSD’s Governing Board eliminated its ethnic studies program Tuesday night in a 4 -1 vote following impassioned pleas from program supporters. Board member Adelita Grijalva was the dissenting vote. 2012-01-10T22:03:08-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010612_tusd_ethnic_studies/state-tusd-lose-10-funding-over-ethnic-studies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010612_tusd_ethnic_studies/state-tusd-lose-10-funding-over-ethnic-studies/#When: 17:12:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: TUSD will lose 10 percent of its state funding until it complies with a law that essentially bans its ethnic studies program, state schools chief John Huppenthal announced Friday. He ordered the district’s funding withheld retroactively to Aug. 15. 2012-01-06T17:12:58-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123011_tusd_board/new-tusd-board-member-appointed-alexandre-sugiyama/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/123011_tusd_board/new-tusd-board-member-appointed-alexandre-sugiyama/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Dr. Alexandre Sugiyama has been appointed to the TUSD Governing Board, filling the seat left vacant when Judy Burns died in October. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122711_ethnic_studies/tusd-loses-ethnic-studies-appeal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/122711_ethnic_studies/tusd-loses-ethnic-studies-appeal/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com TUSD’s Mexican American Studies classes violated state law, a state administrative law judge ruled Tuesday, ruling that 10 percent of the district’s funding may be withheld. (with full ruling) 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112111_tusd_applicants/54-apply-fill-burns-seat-tusd-board/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/112111_tusd_applicants/54-apply-fill-burns-seat-tusd-board/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The list of those who applied to fill a vacant seat on the TUSD Governing Board includes a former board member, a former congressional candidate, and two failed board candidates, among 50 other political activists. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111811_tusd_appointment/pima-supt-tusd-pick-5th-member-committee-or-shell-call-special-election/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/111811_tusd_appointment/pima-supt-tusd-pick-5th-member-committee-or-shell-call-special-election/#When: 13:47:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: The Pima County school superintendent told TUSD to name a fifth member to the committee charged with picking someone to fill a vacancy on the district’s Governing Board, or she’ll call a special election. 2011-11-18T13:47:33-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102711_judy_burns_obit/tusd-board-member-judy-burns-dies/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/102711_judy_burns_obit/tusd-board-member-judy-burns-dies/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com Longtime Tucson Unified School District Governing Board member Judy Burns died of an apparent heart attack overnight, district superintendent John Pedicone said. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082311_tusd_stegeman/stegeman-ousted-as-tusd-board-president/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/082311_tusd_stegeman/stegeman-ousted-as-tusd-board-president/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com By a 3-2 vote, the TUSD Governing Board handed its gavel to Miguel Cuevas on Tuesday night, removing Mark Stegeman from the center seat on the dais. (with video) 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082211_stegeman_tusd/stegeman-tusd-ethnic-studies-an-elizabethan-tragedy/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/opinion/report/082211_stegeman_tusd/stegeman-tusd-ethnic-studies-an-elizabethan-tragedy/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com TUSD’s Mark Stegeman on the district’s controversial ethnic studies program, disturbances at school board meetings, and the push to vote him out as board president. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081911_buckmaster/buckmaster-ethnic-studies-testimony-begins-today/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/081911_buckmaster/buckmaster-ethnic-studies-testimony-begins-today/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com We kicked off the show with a Friday Focus newsmaker interview with TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071911_tusd_deseg/court-orders-new-oversight-tusd-deseg-efforts/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071911_tusd_deseg/court-orders-new-oversight-tusd-deseg-efforts/#When: 17:56:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: A federal appeals court Tuesday said a lower court should not have lifted a decades-long desegregation order against TUSD. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said a federal judge was wrong to grant the school district “unitary”—non-segregated—status in 2009. 2011-07-19T17:56:04-07:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061511_ethnic_studies/huppenthal-tusds-ethnic-studies-violate-law-audit-says-otherwise/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/061511_ethnic_studies/huppenthal-tusds-ethnic-studies-violate-law-audit-says-otherwise/#When: 09:57:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: TUSD’s ethnic studies classes violate state law, according to the state schools chief. But an independent audit he ordered doesn’t support his conclusions. The move puts 10 percent of TUSD’s funding, about $15 million, at risk. (updated with documents) 2011-06-16T09:57:17+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052611_pedicone_letter/pedicone-letter-tusd-must-end-reactive-decision-making/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/052611_pedicone_letter/pedicone-letter-tusd-must-end-reactive-decision-making/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com In an end-of-year letter to faculty and staff, Superintendent John Pedicone expressed appreciation for the efforts of the faculty and staff of Tucson Unified School District, and called for an end to a “reactive” decision-making process. “That has to change,” he wrote. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050411_ethnic_studies/ethnic-studies-vote-delayed-after-raucous-demonstration/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/050411_ethnic_studies/ethnic-studies-vote-delayed-after-raucous-demonstration/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com The board of Tucson’s largest school district opted to postpone a vote on changes to ethnic studies after police in riot gear cleared activists and media from a public meeting Tuesday night. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042711_teen_town_hall/teens-talk-town-hall-thursday/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/042711_teen_town_hall/teens-talk-town-hall-thursday/#When: 17:09:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: The annual teen town hall meeting gives Tucson’s high school students a chance to discuss issues with local leaders. 2011-04-27T17:09:19+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010911_tusd_letter_giffords/tusd-supt-letter-giffords-shooting/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010911_tusd_letter_giffords/tusd-supt-letter-giffords-shooting/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone sent a letter to the school district’s faculty and staff about Saturday’s shooting: “On Saturday morning a senseless and unthinkable act of violence occurred. When the news that Congresswoman Giffords was shot, I imagine you experienced, as I did, a sense of disbelief and shock.” 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010311_ethnic_studies/horne-tusd-ethnic-studies-illegal/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/010311_ethnic_studies/horne-tusd-ethnic-studies-illegal/#When: 10:57:000 TucsonSentinel.com Updated: On his final day in office, Arizona schools chief Tom Horne said Tucson Unified School District’s must end its Mexican-American studies program. which he said violates a new state law. TUSD’s new superintendent, John Pedicone, said Monday that the district is “passionate about the program,” which serves 1200 students. 2011-01-03T10:57:50+00:00 http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071210_school_supes/arizona-school-districts-struggle-keep-superintendents/ http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/local/report/071210_school_supes/arizona-school-districts-struggle-keep-superintendents/ 22:42:00Z TucsonSentinel.com When Elizabeth Celania-Fagen signed on as the superintendent TUSD, she said she planned to raise her family in Tucson and serve five to 10 years. But in April, the highest-paid school chief in Arizona announced she was leaving. In her resignation letter, she cited inadequate school funding. 2013-05-21T22:42:02+00:00