Schools

Two Navigator charter schools, Gilroy and Hollister Prep, are up for renewals of their charter school petitions by their host districts. All early indications point to new five-year pacts at both sites. Gilroy Prep, Navigator’s flagship school, opened in 2011 with authorization from Gilroy Unified...

As a steady rain came down on the Live Oak High School campus on March 14, hundreds of students gathered in the commons area to honor the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting. Live Oak students joined their peers at...

Students attending Gavilan College have a new course of study that can help pave the way into the California State University system with an Associate in Arts in Social Justice Studies. The Transfer degree “is designed to prepare students for a seamless transfer into the...

The 14th annual Baler Education Foundation Fame Fest will take place from 11am to 3pm March 17 at San Juan Oaks Golf Club. The 2018 inductee class to be honored at the luncheon buffet are: Therese Anne Burke, Michael Sullens, Bill Johnson, Kip Allen Ward,...

Four years ago, students, staff and faculty within the Gilroy Unified School District collaborated with more than 15 law enforcement agencies to help produce a “Run, Hide, Defend” training video. Since then, just about every school district throughout Santa Clara County has shown the CMAP-produced...

Inclusion is more than an educational buzzword at San Benito High School, where students with special needs are not just included, but embraced and accepted, by their general education peers. The school has around 10 programs that focus on preparing students in the Life Skills...

Hundreds of San Benito County students, from pre-Kindergarten through high school, displayed their works of art at the San Benito County Office of Education Arts Showcase, which was held Feb. 15 at the Veterans Memorial Building. Winners were selected at each grade level from a...

It was a sight to see during lunch break Feb. 8 at San Benito High School as the inaugural Gifted Soccer game matched teams of Life Skills students. The friendly yet competitive game received an assist from student-athletes from the San Benito High School girls...

A shift from an at-large to a trustee area election system this year will determine three seats on the San Benito High School District Board of Trustees for the first time in November. For the current five-member board, the change in format was a welcome...

Progress on the Nash Road Bypass—a critical component of San Benito High School’s new campus plan— is inching along, according to an update given at February’s intergovernmental committee meeting. The new bypass road will allow the closing of a portion of Nash Road between Monterey...