Schools

Public Health Services is partnering with local schools to establish or resurrect fruit and vegetable gardens.

Public Health Services is partnering with local schools to establish or resurrect fruit and vegetable gardens. Students at Sunnyslope, Calaveras, Hollister Dual Language Academy and R.O.Hardin elementary schools will plant, cultivate and eat their fresh fruits and vegetables, all while learning about the importance of healthy eating and physical activity, according to public health in an announcement.

Mail-in ballots are headed to local mailboxes in the next week. The nearly 18,000 voters using the vote-by-mail system should receive their ballots in the next seven days, according to Angela Curro, assistant county clerk-recorder-registrar of voters, in a presentation to county supervisors Tuesday.

Perhaps the most recent turn of events in a countywide fracking debate that involves ranchers, politicians and businessmen is that the teachers are taking sides.

First-year students at Gavilan College who planned the basics of their futures this school year  when they started classes will receive an extra carrot: priority registration.

In a historic first for public education in the state, Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Sunday that allows community colleges to award bachelor's degrees in fields not currently served by the California State University or University of California schools.

The students in Susan Bessette’s Accelerated Achievement Academy classes have a ton to brag about after they participated in the California Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 20.

Hollister School District trustees tabled a discussion about contract changes for classified management and approved an artists in the schools program at this week’s meeting.

San Benito High School District trustees received a proposal for teacher contract negotiations, looked at their migrant student population and reviewed changes to field trip regulations as part of a regularly scheduled meeting Wednesday.