Schools

Aliens will make a one-day visit to San Benito High School’s auditorium next week to evaluate whether humans show signs of intelligent life.

Gavilan College President Steve Kinsella announced plans to retire near the end of June 2016, according to an email from the college board chairman.

Hollister School District board members will select a new trustee from a group including a homemaker, mother, attorney, retired school district administrator and field investigator.

San Juan School seventh graders leaned over white expanses of butcher paper and drew flowers, butterflies, triangles and hearts as they wrapped their minds around fractions.

Local Assemblyman Luis Alejo’s busy legislative session culminated with the governor signing 16 of his bills, including a nationally spotlighted ban against the use of “Redskins” as a mascot in California public schools.

Gavilan College trustees approved new demographer-drawn districts Tuesday in light of concerns about representation, the board chairman confirmed.

The average class size for most San Benito High School courses hovered slightly higher than 30 students in the fall of 2015-16, according to a staff report shared with trustees.

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.