Schools

A mishandled appointment to a vacancy on the Southside School District’s Board of Trustees will result in the position being filled during the November election instead of by board appointment, confirmed a county education office administrator.

Hollister School District trustees heard a brief report last week on the status of a state-subsidized preschool program, which has suffered from declining enrollment and deficits.

Southside School District Board President Scott Gilbert will resign at a board meeting this week, according to the agenda.

Hollister schools Trustee Peter Hernandez made a motion at the latest board meeting that didn’t receive a second in favor of a resolution urging the state legislature to place a two-year moratorium on implementing a bill to eliminate “personal belief exemptions” for vaccinations.

Jim Ostdick has already completed a cross-country bicycle ride and hiked the rugged Pacific Crest Trail. On Feb. 21, the 64-year-old San Juan Bautista resident embarked on his latest adventure, a 4,000-mile walk starting in Delaware and ending at Point Reyes. Give or take 10 days—after all, weather plays a factor—Ostdick expects to complete his trip on Oct. 21.

San Benito High School graduate Arick Romo’s life took a spin for the better when a former classmate entered his name into consideration for the high school’s beneficiary campaign this year.

Hollister School District trustees approved a new board policy Tuesday that will allow students with lice egg casings to continue attending school, a twist from former rules.

County supervisors took "baby steps" Tuesday toward establishing new library impact fees charged to developers of new homes.

About 125 years ago, W.L. Ludson developed the zipper, the first shipment of asparagus arrived in San Francisco, and a Catholic boarding school named Sacred Heart opened in rural San Benito County.

Spring Grove student Natasha Blankenship walked to the front of the school auditorium, took command of the room, and articulated each consonant and vowel of the 288-word poem, “If.”