Schools

District 2 Councilman Robert Scattini has resigned from his elected role following the Hollister School District’s decision to raise rent on a home from which he lives and oversaw Calaveras School security for 25 years.

About every two years as elections approach, an article, (often followed by a column and then an editorial) appears in the San Benito County press questioning voter-authorized Measure E expenditures, or some aspect of the college’s plans for expanded services in San Benito County.

When school restarts in the fall, Hollister will have a preschool where students learn colors, shapes, numbers and letters in two languages instead of one.

Some part-time teachers at Gavilan College are outraged that their hourly pay—and often their courses—are being cut while top administrators receive bonuses and increasing salaries.

Two of the three Gavilan College trustee positions that represent the San Benito County area are up for re-election this November and one of the incumbents has decided not to seek a second term.

Hollister School District trustees approved $112,500 in architect contracts at their regularly scheduled meeting last week – the first step in planning widespread facility improvements.

San Benito County’s new Chief Probation Officer Ted Baraan is an Oakland native who grew up among friends teetering on the edge of trouble. Some grew up to be police officers, and others went to state prison.

In life, there's rarely a free lunch, but there might be more gratuitous meals for students in the Hollister School District next year.

Hollister resident Jacob Oates is reviving his effort from seven years ago to give away backpacks through his organization, FEED the FLAME – which stands for “Fueling Every Educational Dream" and "Future Leaders Are Made Early.”

The teacher held up an iPad and displayed a picture of a tropical beach to a cluster of five students.