Schools

The Hollister Benefit Custom Car Show & Concert was held to benefit San Benito High School. Hosted by Impalas Magazine and Hollister Collision, it was March 8 at the high school.

A local education icon is calling it a career. County Superintendent Mike Sanchez will not seek another four-year term and plans to retire when his current term expires at the end of 2014.

The San Benito High School District will soon see a major change in leadership.

There has been yet another embezzlement case reported in San Benito County pertaining to a local nonprofit organization.

The San Benito County Office of Education is pleased to announce the winners of the San Benito County Junior High Spelling Bee Championship for 2014.

Hollister School District officials cited school parents as being “not the most consistent voters” – as noted in a paid survey consultant’s report – in deciding to place a bond measure on the November ballot instead of June.

Aracely Aguilera, a sophomore from San Benito High School, traveled to Washington, D.C. over the weekend to be a part of the Congress of Future Medical Leaders conference, one of the first conferences of its kind for youths interested in medicine.

Hollister School District trustees Tuesday agreed to forgo placing a facilities bond on the June ballot with the intention of moving ahead for a November measure.

Hollister School District trustees Tuesday evening are set to discuss a proposed $39 million facilities bond and whether to place it on the June primary ballot.

Education spending will almost double per student by 2020 in San Benito County if Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget is put into effect, according to state representatives.