Schools

A national nonprofit organization that focuses on education recently named three Hollister schools to its annual Honor Roll list of California’s top performing schools and districts.  Educational Results Partnership has released its 11th annual Honor Roll list, which recognized 1,834 of California’s highest performing schools...

During the budget report presented to San Benito High School trustees at last week's meeting, Superintendent John Perales urged the district to work toward increased participation in the free and reduced-price lunch program, since state funding is affected by these numbers.

Eight local residents, including three county supervisors, endorsed a letter sent to Gavilan College officials requesting they cease approval or any use of $17 million in Measure E funds – toward a police academy project – approved by district voters in 2004 for satellite campuses.

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The San Benito County Office of Education named classified staff of the year for the first time Thursday evening in the chambers of the county administrative office building.

Rick Perez of Hollister said when his third-grade son Ricky was accused by Sunnyslope Elementary School Principal Melinda Scott of drawing graffiti on the bathroom walls, the boy denied it. Perez also said when Scott told Ricky that a video camera inside the bathroom had caught him in the act, he decided the school had crossed the line.

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...