Schools

Police were called to Rancho San Justo School Oct. 15 in response to a “potential threat” on campus, but the threat turned out to be unfounded, according to school officials.  “At no point was there a credible threat on campus,” says a statement from Hollister...

Students are safe and a lockdown is over at Rancho San Justo School, after Hollister Police investigated a report of suspicious activity on campus Friday morning. The Hollister Police Department sent out a notice at 11:42am Oct. 15 alerting the public that the middle school,...

Hollister School District nurses’ roles have evolved quite a bit through the years, but even more dramatically since the pandemic’s onset.  These days, the school nurses overseeing health matters for the district spend a lot of time addressing Covid-19 issues while continuing to handle other...

San Benito County Superintendent of Schools, Krystal Lomanto, announced that students participating in the 2021 Summer Reading Challenge collectively read 9,224,796 words. During the challenge, which ran from June 1 through July 31, students from across the county were challenged to read 10 million...

New Interim Superintendent Erika Sanchez not only has a long history with the Hollister School District as a teacher and administrator—she also grew up attending Hollister schools.  “I’ve always known I wanted to be a teacher, basically since the first grade,” Sanchez said. “I knew...

K-12 teachers across California will be required to prove their full vaccination status against Covid-19 by mid-October or be subject to weekly testing, state officials announced Wednesday.  The requirement via public health order from the California Department of Public Health will take effect Thursday, according...

San Benito High School has gone through a major overhaul for the past five years and the projects don’t seem to be stopping anytime soon.    The San Benito High School District board of trustees received a construction update June 22 on the Facilities Master Plan...

The Hollister School District went through some major changes during the Covid-19 pandemic, including the introduction of distance education.  This year’s summer period was also a tad bit different as the district for the first time allowed the general student population to participate in summer...

Gavilan College is looking to require all students and employees to be vaccinated against Covid-19 as in-person classes resume in the near future. At its first public meeting under the same roof since March 2020, the college’s Board of Trustees on July 13 voted unanimously...

Students across San Benito County in grades Pre-K through 3rd are reading at record levels compared to previous years using Footsteps2Brillance, an award-winning Bilingual Early Literacy System that all students and families have access to in San Benito County. Footsteps2Brilliance is part of San Benito...