Schools

The Hollister School District Board of Trustees recently honored 10 teachers of the year from throughout the district, as well as three administrators of the year.

R.O. Hardin School this week honored 22 third- to sixth-grade students who were reclassified as fluent English proficient. That follows last year’s reclassification of 25 students.

Math teacher Heather Parsons has full grasp of her students’ attention, and Gilroy Prep would have it no other way.

See an expanded story on the San Benito, San Andreas and Anzar high school graduations – along with other profiles – on June 19.

The top 20 employees at Gavilan College made $3.4 million in salaries and benefits in 2011, which is about 15 percent of the total personnel expenditures at Gavilan College.

With only one fight in 47 months, Kelsey Jeffries isn’t blind to the possible end of her boxing career. Her involvement with the sport for more than 15 years, though, has prepared her for its possible end.

A Gilroy-based charter school with plans to open a similar charter school in Hollister is hosting an educational forum June 13 at Paine's Restaurant.

Hollister area residents last week toured Gilroy Prep School and heard a presentation from staff officials who talked openly about plans to open a similar charter school in San Benito County.

The Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office has supported allegations that the Gavilan College board violated Brown Act provisions in October of last year when it increased the president’s pay during closed session, but also confirmed the deadline had passed to invalidate the action.