Hollister district rolls out plan to curtail tardiness
Faced with a trend of slightly tardy students, the Hollister School District will roll out a new policy next year: letters home to the parents of students who are chronically late to class by one to 29 minutes.
Rocha’s lesson: ‘You have to find your way and you have to keep going’
If leukemia has taught Hollister resident Jose Rocha anything, it's that cancer teaches a kind of empathy that helps him understand other people. Rocha, 18, was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia nearly five months ago. Since his diagnosis on Valentine's Day, Rocha experienced great acts of kindness and unkindness that left him wondering why people behave the way they do.
Gav trustee dies of brain trauma
Morgan Hill resident and Gavilan College trustee Mike Davenport, who suffered a severe head injury when he fell off the roof of his motor home nearly two weeks ago, died as a result of his injuries at San Jose Regional Medical Center today.
High schools to present poetry contest
The San Benito County Arts Council is partnering with local high schools to present a national poetry recitation contest.
Updated: Fee funds divvied without district consent
The San Benito County Office of Education has been giving the San Benito High School District its normal percentage of impact fees charged at a new and higher rate since July despite the fact that the district did not justify using these rates until last week.
Gavilan stage goes ‘Under the Sea’
Hollister's Limelight Productions will open its winter children's show, “The Little Mermaid,” Friday at the Gavilan College Theater in Gilroy.
