Board approves $6.8m for Burnett
During Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Hector Gutierrez, a homeowner in the Capriano neighborhood where the Morgan Hill Unified School District is planning to move Central High Continuation High School, brought a neon pink sign with a slogan written in huge black print stating: “More Homes, More Kids, It’s Elementary.”
Live Oak employee named Role Model of the Year
Jan Bergkamp was awarded the Assent Champion Adult Role Model of the Year award for her volunteer efforts to help students receive college scholarship funds at the first annual Youth Assets Building Conference, which was held last Saturday at the Community Cultural Center in Morgan Hill.
Student of the Week: Jennifer Gonzalez
Each month, the principals of Live Oak and Sobrato High Schools choose a total of four students (two from each school) to spotlight. Ann Sobrato senior Jennifer Gonzalez, 17, is this week's Student of the Week.
Local student achieves top ACT score
Marlee Litzinger is among an elite class of high school students across the country: the junior at Oakwood High School in Morgan Hill earned a top composite score of 36 on a recent ACT test.
Parents: We want charter school – now
Hundreds of frustrated parents are fed up with Morgan Hill’s public education system, which they say is in a state of crisis and allows underperforming students to fall through the cracks.
Crime briefs: Costumed teens make away with stolen tennis balls
Teens in latex suits steal tennis balls
Capriano neighborhood: Central High is not welcome
Nearly a dozen community members were hopping mad Tuesday evening when the Morgan Hill Unified School District Board of Education voted 6-1 to approve the $7 million modernization of the defunct Burnett Elementary School and transform it into the new location for Central Continuation High School.
Student of the Week: Alejandra Cruz
Each month, the principals of Live Oak and Sobrato High Schools choose a total of four students (two from each school) to spotlight. Live Oak senior Alejandra Cruz, 17, is this week's Student of the Week.
PACT to hold community action meeting tonight to address “crisis” in schools
A community action meeting facilitated by PACT, or People Acting in Community Together, will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. tonight at St. Catherine's Catholic Church, located at 17500 Peak Ave. in Morgan Hill.
Realtors Alliance offering scholarships to high school seniors
The South County Realtors Alliance is offering several 2013 scholarships to graduating high school seniors living in South County.
