Schools

County Express is getting set to add a second morning route to Gavilan College due to growing demand.

Assemblyman Luis Alejo's bill aiming to ban the use of "Redskins" as a public school mascot name in California is headed to the State Senate for a vote.

The Hollister School District accepted the resignation of their Board President Ben Flores on Tuesday because the trustee had to move to a home outside the district’s boundaries.

A presentation about funding San Benito High School senior activities such as the parent night and graduation turned into a longer discussion about a possible executive committee that would give students and staff more of a leadership role in the graduation ceremony design process.

Students and teachers at San Juan School started the year with a new interim principal.

Roy Sims has been competing in sumo for only 13 months, but he could be on the cusp of making history. The longtime Hollister resident competes in the Sumo World Championships in Osaka, Japan on Aug. 30. The 6-foot-5, 370-pound Sims is coming off a historic performance in the U.S. Sumo Open, as he became the first American to win a gold medal in the open weight division.

San Benito High School trustees voted 4-1 in favor of approving a roughly $2.6 million lease-leaseback agreement for tennis courts and a new parking lot with some qualifications. Trustee Evelyn Muro cast the lone dissenting vote at the regular board meeting last week.

Trustees looking at construction projects approved by the board as part of the master plan found the district had been planning more Measure G-funded projects than officials had bond money to fund.

Hollister council members Monday agreed to consider an agreement with developers who would build an "Education Center" for the Gavilan College district.

Hollister council members Monday reversed an earlier decision and agreed, with provisions, to close part of Nash Road once a bypass is built in an attempt to improve student safety at nearby San Benito High School.