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After about eight months of contract negotiations, local school district and teachers union bargaining teams have failed to reach an agreement on a pay raise for its certificated workforce—and the waters are getting choppier by the day.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District, in conjunction with the Morgan Hill Federation of Teachers, invite all parents, community members and educators to their “Morgan Hill Educational Summit: Support Our Schools” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 3 at the Sobrato High School Performing Arts Center.

Kaile Itow, a student in Darren McDonald’s class at El Toro Elementary School, earned third-place honors in the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s video contest that asked participants to tell their story of how they are being civic-minded and getting others involved.

Superintendent Wes Smith with the Morgan Hill Unified School District is calling recent vandalism at Live Oak High School a "cross-town rivalry prank that went a little bit too far."

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.

With three key goals of enhancing college and career readiness, improving parent/student engagement and fostering positive school climates, the Board of Education approved Morgan Hill Unified School District’s inaugural Local Control Accountability Plan at Tuesday’s school board meeting.

What inspires you?What inspire me are successful people. I see where they are at in life and it motivates me to do my best because I want a great future for me and my family.What is your favorite subject in school, and why?My favorite subject in school is History because I like to learn about the past and how the life was different from ours. I also enjoy learning about war.If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?If I had the power to change one thing in the world, I would change the way people view other cultures.If you could go anywhere, where would you go?If I could go anywhere, I would love to go to the moon because only four people have been to the moon. I also think it would be a great experience.Name one big challenge in your life right now.One challenge I was facing was that I wasn’t gonna be able to graduate.  I did a lot of work to be able to graduate and in the end that work will pay off.What is your dream job?My dream job is to one day own my own company.What are your three favorite things?My favorite three things are education, body building and basketball.What is your favorite book?My favorite book is “Of Mice and Men.”What do you want to do after high school?I want to go to college after high school.Something that makes you smile:Family and friends makes me smile.Most played songs on your phone/ipod:The song I played the most is “Too Young” by Post Malone.

Gilroy High School is poised to become South County’s first mass Covid-19 vaccination site. On Feb. 11, the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education will consider allowing Santa Clara County Public Health to operate the site through the end of July. According to the tentative...