Meeting Preview: HSD seeks grant for playground rubber
The Hollister School District Board of Trustees is set to meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday for a special board meeting.
‘Uncharted Shores’ returning to SBHS for show
"Uncharted Shores" – the locally based band that had a name-rights dispute with the UK's "One Direction" – will return to San Benito High School for a show Monday.
Hospital auxiliary scholarships now available
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital announced applications for the 2013 Hazel Hawkins Hospital Auxiliary Scholarship Awards are now available.
Meeting Preview: Board of Education weighs uniform complaint policy
The San Benito County Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday at 460 Fifth St. Action items on the agenda include:
Cal-SOAP celebrates decade of scholarships
The South County California Student Opportunity and Access Program known as Cal-SOAP is celebrating a decade of helping low-income and first-generation students in San Benito and South County pursue their post-secondary education.
San Juan School hosts Dual Immersion Parent Workshop
San Juan School will be having a Parent Workshop for their Dual Language Immersion Program Jan. 9, in the school’s cafeteria from 6 to 7:30 p.m. This workshop is for families currently enrolled in the K-5th grade program and for interested preschool and kindergarten families. Leading the workshop will be one of California’s leading experts on dual language education, Rosa Molina from the Association of Two-Way & Dual Language Education. Topics include the benefits of being fluent in two or more languages starting in kindergarten and what expectations parents should have for their children acquiring a second language. Childcare will be provided. Please call Sara Frieberg at 623-9945 for any questions or the school’s office at 623-4538.
Experts issue statement on school shooting
Local gang prevention coordinator notes local bullying prevention
Hollister district reiterates practices after Conn. shooting spree
Hollister School District officials Friday closely followed news of the mass shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School – with reports of 20 children and eight adults dead, including shooter Adam Lanza and his mother.
District releases billing figures related to charter report
The Hollister School District had been billed $19,200 through October from its contracted legal firm that developed a report detailing “deficiencies” in a charter school petition, according to figures released to the Free Lance.
