Schools

Friends and family are establishing a scholarship that benefits Baler graduates in memory of longtime San Benito High School Superintendent Gregory Hearn, 81, who passed away in July following a five-month battle with cancer.

Hollister Police Chief David Westrick indicated Thursday that investigators expect to finish the report next week regarding a July 27 fatal bus crash resulting in the death of an 11-year-old boy.

An audience of more than 50 people this week saw some sobering numbers for what a replacement pool could cost for San Benito High School.

Hollister School District trustees have approved a 3 percent salary increase for managers and offered the same pay hike for two other employee groups.

Unions serving Hollister School District employees made public the articles they wish to discuss in upcoming negotiations for their 2015-16 school year contract, at the regularly scheduled board meeting last week.

R.O. Hardin, the oldest of the Hollister School District campuses, may be getting a campus makeover as soon as April 2016, according to information provided at last week’s regularly scheduled board meeting.

The Hollister School District trustees voted 4-0 last week in favor of approving a contract with a campaign consultant to analyze their ability to call for a second general obligation facilities bond.

Hollister School District staff officials recommended installing lights to increase the visibility of solar structures at two campuses during a recent meeting.

The Hollister School District will be hosting grief support counseling this week at Marguerite Maze Middle School, where Joshua Rodriguez, 11, should have been a seventh grade student next month. 

The Hollister School District’s superintendent underscored helmet safety following Monday’s fatal accident near Sunnyslope Elementary School and the local skate park.