MHUSD purchases new high school textbooks for AP classes
The Morgan Hill Unified School District has adopted a series of new textbooks for its high school courses to be used in the 2015-16 school year and currently has them on display through May 22 at the district office located at 15600 Concord Circle.
MHUSD sues county over Voices petition
Just as a county-authorized charter school has locked down a short-term lease for its new Morgan Hill site, local school district officials have filed a lawsuit in a final attempt to stop them from opening up classes for the 2015-16 school year.
Patriots plan for May 5 demonstration in front of LOHS
For a second straight year, members of the Gilroy-Morgan Hill Patriots have planned a May 5 demonstration in front of Live Oak High School to show their “support of free speech honoring our U.S. Flag,” according to the group’s president, Georgine Scott-Codiga.
Trustee boundary lines drawn up by MHUSD demographer
Two weeks after designating $20,000 to hire a demographer to map out trustee boundary lines, Morgan Hill Unified School District’s board of education listened as the proposed new election areas were criticized for gerrymandering in favor of incumbents.
Updated: MHUSD grad rate down, dropouts up
Morgan Hill Unified School District’s graduation and dropout rates headed in the wrong direction from the 2012-13 to the 2013-14 school years, according to the California Department of Education’s statistics released April 28.
Updated: Gavilan districts ‘will change the dynamics’ on board
Gavilan College trustees have supported making changes to the way voters elect them, a trustee confirmed.
Grade level reconfiguration brings more debate to MHUSD board
Another key educational decision being debated by Morgan Hill Unified School District staff and school board trustees—this time having to do with grade level configuration of school sites—turned tumultuous at the April 21 meeting.
Live Oak Foundation donates $45k to local school libraries
The Live Oak Foundation, a community organization founded to promote academic excellence in the Morgan Hill Unified School District, donated more than $45,000 to the library funds of every district school.
MHUSD shows support for Sen. Monning’s sugary drink labeling legislation
Morgan Hill Unified School District became the first school district to officially show its support for Senator Bill Monning’s legislation that would require a warning label on sugar-sweetened beverages sold in California, according to Superintendent Steve Betando.