Schools

Fewer San Benito High School students took advanced placement courses but more took the optional AP exams, which students must pass to earn college credit.

Employees from the San Juan Bautista Monsanto site selected San Benito High School and San Benito Ag in the Classroom to receive a total of $9,000 in grants from the Monsanto Fund’s 2015 site grant initiative, according to an announcement from the company. Representatives from these organizations and the fund celebrated the grants with check presentations.

Gov. Jerry Brown signed Assemblyman Luis Alejo's bill banning the use of "Redskins" as a public school mascot name in California, according to Alejo's office.

Most students of 23 mainstream public schools administering the new state standards test in San Benito County did not meet standards but the county also had some high-performing standouts.

The Hollister Police Department did not issue a single citation to minors for violating the state’s helmet law between 2011 and late September of this year, according to documents obtained by the Free Lance through a records request.

San Benito High School District Superintendent John Perales would like to see the Hollister School District and the San Benito High School District unify, he told the Free Lance in an interview.

Hollister School District trustees directed staff to put air conditioning on the priority list for Measure M bond money—even if something else came off—after parents and educators complained about stifling classroom temperatures.

Nearly eight months after the county board chose a Southside Road location for a permanent homeless shelter in San Benito County, supervisors Tuesday reversed course and opted for a different site along Flynn Road.