With clear skies and warm temperatures, Morgan Hill Unified School District schools, staff and faculty welcomed back students Aug. 17 for the first day of the 2017-18 school year.
At Paradise Valley Engineering Academy, fourth and fifth grade students stepped into brand new Gen-7 portable classrooms that were the centerpiece of the first phase of a more than $7-million renovation project on campus.
Along with Paradise Valley’s improvements, the $198 million Measure G capital improvements bond continues to upgrade facilities at each of MHUSD’s 13 school sites.
Facilities are not all that’s new at MHUSD this school year. Sixty-nine certificated appointments (i.e. teachers) are among the new employees, according to district staff.
Live Oak High School had a changing of the guard with new principal Maria Reitano taking over for longtime leader Lloyd Webb. Students arriving at Los Paseos Elementary School were welcomed by new principal Debbie Stewart, who replaced former site leader Jenna Mittleman.
The summer months were spent budgeting for district staff as MHUSD’s operating budget climbed to $89,022,922 of a total budget at $114,799,040 including all funds, according to Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Kirsten Perez.
