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March 15, 2025

GHS hosts marching band competition

Gilroy High School was the host site for the Western Band Association’s Oct. 12 marching band competition, tagged the Gilroy Garlic Classic 2013.

Student of the Week: Stephanie Rojas

Meet 18-year-old Stephanie Rojas, a senior at Sobrato High School and the Times' "Student of the Week."

School of savory

Once the secret ingredient was revealed in Amy Storlie’s Iron Chef cooking class for seventh- and eighth- graders at the Charter School of Morgan Hill, her students immediately began scouring cookbooks and recipe ideas online.

Navigator Schools’ petition denied

After months of volleying back and forth between district staff and charter school leaders, as well as dozens of testimonials from parents and educators on both sides of the fence, the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education finally voted Tuesday to reject Navigator Schools’ charter petition.

MHUSD Supe recommends denial of Navigator’s charter petition

Interim Superintendent Steve Betando’s recommendation to the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education is to deny Navigator Schools’ charter petition to open an elementary school within district boundaries for the fall of 2014, according to the Board’s meeting agenda for next week. The agenda was posted online Friday afternoon. 

Governor signs new education assessment bill, suspending STAR

Out with the old and in with the new is what Governor Jerry Brown’s signature on Assembly Bill 484 signified Wednesday, as California’s public education system will recognize a new way to assess its students’ academic progress.

Student of the Week: Carlos Amaya Rountree

Meet Jose Carlos Amaya Rountree, a 17-year-old senior at Live Oak High School and the Times' "Student of the Week."

Attorney General calls for end to elementary school truancy crisis

Students who miss 10 percent of the school year, or roughly 18 days, are more likely to drop out before graduating high school and become victims and/or perpetrators of a crime, according to Attorney General Kamala Harris’ 2013 report on California’s Elementary School Truancy and Absenteeism Crisis.

Two charters scheduled for discussion at MHUSD meeting

The Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Oct. 8 Board of Education meeting will be a double feature of charter school petitions.

LOHS student named semifinalist for National Merit Scholarship Program

Live Oak High School’s James B. Gabbard was named as one of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

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