Schools

More than 60 business leaders and heads of nonprofits, along with city and county officials, attended the Hollister Downtown Association’s quarterly breakfast meeting Wednesday at Running Rooster to share information about the school and hand out Community Spirit Awards.

San Benito High School trustees unanimously approved increasing the pay for substitute teachers by about $20 a day, as part of an effort to fill positions despite a relatively small pool of temporary instructors.

San Benito High School District trustees unanimously approved hiring a full-time nurse at a meeting last week.

Students at the Accelerated Achievement Academy could be commuting to a new campus as soon as the 2016-17 school year.

Steven Sanders is exceptional at a couple of things: working really hard and singing really cool—doo-wop cool.

A new Gavilan College campus in south San Jose came a couple of steps closer to becoming a reality Oct. 13 as the governing body unanimously approved more than $4.5 million in contracts to begin site grading, soil inspection and the purchase of five modular buildings.

Gaining access to information through the Internet might get a whole lot faster for students at some schools in San Benito County.

A San Benito High School alum helped produce a film that will take the screen during the Carmel International Film Festival this weekend.

Hollister School District trustees selected James “Mike” Baldwin as their newest and fifth board member this week.

Pinnacles National Park is enticing students in their late teens and early 20s to work alongside park rangers to assist visitors in learning about the region.