National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week
National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week is Oct. 22–28. Educational activities aimed at getting students to talk about inappropriate behavior are sponsored by PACER National Center for Bullying Prevention and co-sponsored by the National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education, National Education Association and National PTA.
MHUSD asks for community input on renaming of former Burnett campus
The Morgan Hill Unified School District wants the community’s suggestions on a new name for its facility at 85 Tilton Ave. property and invites residents to speak during Tuesday’s public hearing as part of the Aug. 13 Board of Education meeting.
Where’s the space?
Two dozen residents from three different local school communities, as well as Morgan Hill Unified School District’s six-member board of education, agreed Feb. 10 that splitting Voices College-Bound Language Academy’s student body between two different campuses is an unacceptable route to providing the charter school with local facilities.
Lowest grad rate in the county?
Board of Education trustees are finally speaking up about the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s 2011-12 graduation rate, which the California Department of Education reports is the lowest of 12 districts in Santa Clara County at 78.4 percent.