Tag: hollister school district

The fact that the Hollister School District paid a law firm specifically to find “deficiencies” in a charter school petition underscores the sharp lines drawn in a political battle against reform models and shows that local officials - despite glaring evidence it would likely spur academic success - are steadfast against changing a failed system.

Hollister School District students are making healthier lunch choices this year. At midday at Sunnyslope Elementary School on Tuesday, the first grade students selected between sliced apples or carrot and celery sticks, with some taking both items. Each day of the week the students see a different vegetable offering – leafy dark greens, red and orange vegetables, beans or peas, starchy vegetables and others.

Many counties and cities throughout the nation organize community events to honor those lost in the terrorist attacks 11 years ago on Sept. 11. At the very least, citizens have come to expect their local government institutions to lower American flags to half-staff.  

An Oakland-based nonprofit is looking to provide backpacks full of school supplies and dental kits to children in San Benito County.

Representatives of a charter school in Gilroy filed a petition at the Aug. 28 Hollister School District trustee's meeting to open a similar program in Hollister for the 2013-14 school year and now they are awaiting the verdict.

Michelle McCoun’s 32 students look just like the other kindergarten pupils at R.O. Hardin School on a Tuesday morning during the second week of school. Some are dressed in the khaki and navy blue of the school uniforms. They were still getting the hang of picking up their free breakfast from the cafeteria or getting a snack from home out of their back pack. And they all struggled a bit with forming a straight line and following it back into the classroom.

Several Hollister gossip-based Facebook pages have cropped up, concerning parents enough to get in contact with police and attempt to have them removed.

The Hollister School District will begin the 2012-13 year with two new principals in the K-8 district, while the enrollment figures may change when school begins as the school rosters will be updated for children who have moved out of the district.

The California Highway Patrol, San Benito County Sheriff’s Office and The Hollister Police Department will be conducting extra patrol around the schools as they open for the 2012-2013 school year, according to an announcement.