Charter school plans for new campus
Voices College-Bound Language Academies charter school is preparing to expand to a 2.02-acre site on a currently vacant plot of land just south of downtown Morgan Hill.
The new campus, proposed on a property at the northwest intersection of Cosmo Avenue and Monterey Road, has...
Teachers produce YouTube video about effects of salary shortcomings
Two Morgan Hill Unified School District educators took to the video waves this week, producing a Youtube silent clip that depicted their plights as teachers trying to make due in one of the most expensive parts of the country.The video comes on the heels of the local teachers’ union’s ongoing contract negotiations with district leadership that have stalled to a point where a mediator has been brought in.A married couple and veteran teachers, Britton Middle School’s Tony Goble and Nordstrom Elementary School’s Anna Goble, held up cards telling their story from living with their parents to save money for a home, to using grandparents for free day care that they would otherwise not be able to afford.MHUSD and the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers have a scheduled meeting in January with the mediator to attempt to work out a fair compensation agreement before the current contract expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year.
Gavilan’s Richburg honored for community service
Gavilan College coordinator Jacquelyn Richburg was one of 50 women honored for community service at the inaugural “Still I Rise” ceremony in San Jose in mid-October.
Students Say ‘Thank You’ to Firefighters
Jackson Elementary School students watched for more than a week as firefighters went up and down East Dunne Avenue in their big fire rigs, bulldozers and tankers to fight the Lick fire in Henry W. Coe State Park.
State to conduct audit of California Virtual Academies
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson announced June 23 that the California Department of Education has contracted with the State Controller’s Office to conduct an audit of California Virtual Academies and related charter schools because of serious questions raised about a number of their practices.
Gavilan student awarded $20K scholarship
Aileen Romero, Associated Students of Gavilan College Region IV Representative, was accepted to UC Santa Cruz and was awarded the $20,000 Pister Scholarship.
The Karl S. Pister Leadership Opportunity Scholarship was established in 1993 by former UCSC chancellor Karl S. Pister to increase opportunities for...
