Schools

Reprieve would allow up to 35 students per room, spare district millions in fines

In lieu of an open seat on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees following the death of late trustee Mike Davenport, Gavilan is now soliciting nominations to fill the vacancy. 

West-side school will be second Hollister campus with clothing mandate

Program offers assessment and therapy for low-incidence, special-needs students

The first regular Board of Education meeting at Gavilan College since the death of Mike Davenport was weighted with emotion Tuesday night, when several trustees took a moment to remember their lost colleague before discussing how to fill his shoes.

It was all about eggs last week at the San Benito Street Art Academy, where teacher Evelyn Pogrowski talked to the young students about the art of decorating eggs.

On Wednesday, animal control officers with the Hollister Police Department Animal Care and Services Bureau responded to the Hollister Methodist United Church at 521 Monterey St. for a deceased bat, and lab testing confirmed it was infected with the rabies virus, according to the HPD.

The family of Mike Davenport, a Gavilan College board of trustee who died last week at the age of 47, have announced his funeral services. 

Military veterans enrolled as students at Gavilan College are encouraged to attend a meeting where they can voice their ideas about how the college can better serve veterans and their families.