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An embattled board of education trustee attempting to work his way back to respectability among certain members of the public recently lashed out at the district’s bond oversight committee for violating their own bylaws in order to plan his demise.

Voices College-Bound Language Academies won the Hart Vision Charter School of the Year Award at this year’s California Charter Schools Conference in Long Beach.

A new house-building project at a local high school for Incarcerated youth has the troubled teens learning new career skills while also taking pride in their work.

Faith Stanley, a freshman at Ann Sobrato High School, was selected as a delegate for the Congress of Future Science and Technology Leaders in Lowell, Mass.

Members of the Morgan Hill Future Farmers of America, which is composed of students from Live Oak High School, competed in the Feb. 27 sectional speaking competitions.

Students from Nordstrom Elementary School showed off their problem-solving skills Feb. 27 as five of six teams placed in the top three at the Odyssey of the Mind’s Silicon Valley Regional Tournament.

A former classified employees union president will square off against an education researcher for a six-month term on Morgan Hill Unified School District’s board of education—which has been governing without a seventh member since late last year.

Local school district leaders are stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to finding required classroom space for a new charter school looking to expand its operations for the 2016-17 school year.

Morgan Hill police have responded to a number of property crimes in recent days—including a home invasion robbery—and are cautioning residents to keep their doors and windows locked.At 9:33 a.m. March 14, police responded to the 17000 block of Rosemary Circle on a report of a home invasion, according to a press release from Morgan Hill Police Department.Officers arrived and spoke with the victims, who said two suspects entered the home and demanded they open the safe, police said. The suspects said they had a weapon, but the suspects never brandished it.The suspected robbers got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and property, according to police. Neither victim was hurt during the incident.The victims described the robbers as Hispanic males, police said. One was about five feet, three inches tall and about 140 pounds. He was wearing a black mask which covered the bottom half of his face and spoke with a Spanish accent.The other suspect was described as about five feet, four inches tall and about 150 pounds, police said. He was wearing a black ski mask, a black hoodie and dark pants. He also spoke with a Spanish accent per the victims.The suspects may have been seen leaving the area in a dark silver colored vehicle, police said. Police are looking for neighbors in the area who might have video surveillance footage to assist in the investigation.Then at 9:15 a.m. March 11, a resident on the 400 block of Cascades Court reported a suspect was attempting to break into her residence using a pry tool, according to MHPD. The victim said the suspect ran when she opened up the blinds.The suspect was described as a male, about five feet, seven inches tall with a thin build, according to police. The suspect wore a black beanie with openings for the eyes and mouth, a pair of black or blue jeans and a gray sweatshirt.He was last seen running southbound toward Community Park on West Edmundson Avenue, police said. Morgan Hill officers arrived on scene within minutes and were unable to locate the suspect. A neighbor in the area reported seeing a dark colored SUV in the area around the time of the incident.At 6:35 a.m. March 10, a resident on the 17000 block of Tassajara Circle reported seeing a subject in their backyard, according to police. The subject was a dark-skinned male wearing black and gray clothing.  Morgan Hill officers were unable to locate the subject.“The Morgan Hill Police Department wants to take this time to remind our community to lock their windows and doors even when they are home and beware of their surroundings,” police said in the press release.Anyone with information about these incidents can contact MHPD Detective Fernando Del Moral (408) 779-2101.