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April 22, 2026

District opts for smaller reserve

San Juan-Aromas Unified School District trustees voted 3-2 in favor of amending board policy to require the district to keep a 9 percent reserve, which easily meets the state-mandated minimum but is nearly half the size of the original rainy-day fund.

District signs on with new Internet provider

Aromas San Juan Unified School District trustees voted 5-0 in favor of bringing a new Internet provider to two schools for an annual savings of $21,180.

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.

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