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March 14, 2025

Charter school pulls petition

After a recent skirmish with the Morgan Hill Unified School District, Navigator Schools is pulling their charter application but vowing to resubmit a more complete version next month.

Live Oak High Class of 2013 branches out

“Ramon, you did it!” declared one sign amidst a sea of colorful Mylar balloons, bouquets and shade-giving umbrellas during Live Oak High School’s June 6 graduation ceremony, where cap and gown-clad seniors strode onto Richert Field as the traditional graduation song, “Pomp and Circumstance” played in the background.

Paradise Valley student fundraises for Oklahoma victims

When something saddens 10-year-old Monique Ourricariet, the Paradise Valley Elementary School student gets inspired.

Flex Academy graduates 14 students

Fourteen students made up the graduating Class of 2013 for the Silicon Valley Flex Academy in Morgan Hill, which held its ceremony June 3.

Sobrato Graduation 2013: Looking forward to the future

Sitting in the bleachers on the visitor’s side of the Ann Sobrato High School football field surrounded by fellow classmates waiting to hear their name called during Thursday’s graduation ceremony, Senior Class Officer Michael Altamirano could not feel more at home.

Student of the Week: Guadalupe Munoz

Each month, the principals of Live Oak and Sobrato high schools choose a "Student of the Week" (two from each high school per month). Live Oak senior Guadalupe Munoz, 18, is this week's Student of the Week. She's also our last Student of the Week for the 2012-13 school year.

Drive-by shooting victim now a suspect in unrelated violent crime spree

In yet another bizarre twist in the ongoing attempt to bring five suspects to trial following the 2011 drive-by shooting that killed 14-year-old Tara Romero, the attorney for one of the suspects had to recuse himself from the case Friday because his office is representing a victim of that shooting who is now a suspect in an unrelated violent crime spree that happened earlier this year in San Jose. 

UPDATED: Morgan Hill Unified asks to postpone charter vote

The Morgan Hill Unified School District is still deciding whether to accept Navigator Schools’ petition to open a new charter school in the city for 2014-15, and has instead requested a 30-day extension of the mandatory June 15 deadline to vote.

Parents speak up during district-wide community input meetings

Topics ranging from technology enhancements, to more after school enrichment programs to class-size reductions were brought to attention by local parents during the May 29 community input meetings held at 10 different school sites in Morgan Hill.

Elementary students complete 170-foot mural

An estimated 170-foot, green caterpillar was recently spotted on the front office building at San Martin Gwinn Elementary School in San Martin.

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