Aromas-San Juan district buys a new bus
The Aromas-San Juan school district is getting a new school bus.
Raises put Hollister district budget into deficit
Hollister School District trustees approved agreements with the California School Employees Association and non-represented management workers that include a raise and the promise of a lump sum bonus if state funds are healthy.
San Benito High next for district elections?
Hollister’s Mickie Luna, a councilwoman and longtime advocate for Latino voting rights, said a certain district is next in line for targeted efforts to create electoral districts.
Hollister students jump-start health, raise funds
More than 500 R.O. Hardin Elementary School students jump-started their health last week.
Recruitment lags for school bond oversight panel
The Hollister School District’s citizens oversight committee for a recently approved bond has just one member, OK’d by the board Tuesday, but the district will start receiving the money next month and staff officials want to break ground on related projects this summer.
Updated: Ladd Lane needs mold remediation
Trustees of the Hollister School District approved money for mold remediation at
Updated: District to fumigate Calaveras School for termites
Calaveras School has termites, and Hollister School District trustees approved thousands of dollars worth of funds to fumigate the campus buildings this summer.
Lomanto finds new challenge as superintendent
Hollister resident Krystal Lomanto grew up riding horses, driving tractors and helping her father with cattle before she turned to a career in education. Lomanto, 49, spent more than half her life at San Benito High School as a student, teacher, coach and principal before she took her current position as the superintendent for the San Benito County Office of Education.
County science fair winners advance to state
The San Benito County Office of Education hosted a science fair with about 180 student participants Tuesday. Here is a list of the winners who qualified for the California State Science Fair:
San Juan is dreaming up fields with a trail
Local health enthusiasts are dreaming up a fitness trail for the grassy turf next to San Juan School and they’re imagining a refurbished campus field through community donations.

















