Schools

The Nov. 4 election day is less than two months away but campaigners haven’t put up signs supporting Measure M, an item on the upcoming ballot that proposes a general obligation facilities bond of $28.5 million for the Hollister School District.

Gavilan College recognized San Benito County residents that improved the quality of life in their community during the regularly scheduled Tuesday board of trustees meeting.

San Benito High School senior Katie White was four years old and in preschool when the World Trade Center Twin Towers came crashing down.

District counsel asked the Gavilan College board of trustees to disclose what occurred in closed session at the July 8 meeting as a way of resolving a threatened suit.

This month, the San Benito County Free Library is celebrating 30 years of providing adult literary services to the community.

Students at the Hollister Dual Language Academy will soon be playing flutes, clarinets and trombones purchased with $5,000 in grant funds.

Scholarships were on the menu for McDonald’s employee and Hollister resident Richard Mattish who took home $2,500 for college this summer.

Authorities reported a suspected mountain lion sighting Sunday night near the high school.

While 98 percent of the senior class at San Benito High School graduated last year, 58 percent of the graduates did not complete the courses needed to attend a four-year state university.