Schools

While they might not have marched across the stage to pomp and circumstance, dozens of high school students in San Benito County who didn’t pass the California High School Exit Exam are set to receive retroactive diplomas.

Hollister School District trustees unanimously approved making R.O. Hardin School a priority school, which means the campus will get extra funding and resources to help its teachers better reach their students and close an achievement gap in the coming years.

For Cam Burchard, who plays the lead in San Benito High School’s “Oklahoma!” opening Thursday, taking the stage will mean donning a special straw hat.

At San Benito High School, the halls will be alive with the sounds of music from a new band teacher next school year.

The nervousness was palpable. Jittery seventh and eighth graders waited their turns to go up to the microphone in the annual San Benito County Junior High Spelling Bee Competition on March 2 at Ladd Lane Elementary School. When it was all done, Delilah De La Cerda came out on top.

Southside School District trustees voted unanimously in favor of appointing a candidate to a vacant spot on their board and seeking a special election if no one came forward, according to a district administrator.

San Benito High School District’s board meetings became transparent on a new level this month, when the San Benito High School Teachers’ Association posted a recording of the most recent one online last week.

San Benito High School’s Future Farmers of America program has been tabbed as one of the top 25 chapters to produce state FFA degree recipients in California.

San Benito High School District trustees tabled consideration of a consultant for Superintendent John Perales during a recent board meeting.