Schools

At Anzar High School, less than half—or 46 percent—of the students who set foot on the campus at some point during their high school career graduated from the same site last year, according to a report shared with trustees.

To divert skaters away from the Veterans Memorial Building and offer more places to skate, the city is moving ahead on developing “skate spots” in Hollister. They are used in other communities and are smaller versions of a skate park like the one along Memorial Drive.

The Hollister city council narrowly rejected an idea to close a section of Nash Road in front of the high school while students are in class, but the superintendent of the campus didn’t know the topic was up for a vote.

Hollister School District teachers, parents, two trustees, several principals, the superintendent and other speakers gathered at a public meeting Tuesday to discuss growing pains at a campus on Santa Ana Road where two schools share space.

Aromas-San Juan Unified School District officials have selected Aromas resident Angelica Medina as a trustee to fill the fifth seat vacated in late November.

Gavilan College was not one of the 15 California community colleges selected to develop a four-year baccalaureate program in career technical fields as part of a pilot program enacted under a new law, Senate Bill 805.

The Hollister School District and Southside School District both announced upcoming kindergarten registration periods.

The freshmen class of 2016-17 at San Benito High School may be in for some drastically different graduation requirements.

The Hollister council Tuesday rejected an idea to close part of Nash Road near the high school during the day from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.