Schools

Judging from the discussions during last week

In a move to expand educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth, Rebekah Children’s Services announced a new partnership with Gavilan College that will allow students in their Kneaded Culinary Academy to earn college credit and certification starting this fall. The three-way collaboration was unveiled during a...

Guest reader Jim Carrillo, the director of technology for the Morgan Hill Unified School District, dressed as Dr. Seuss’ “The Cat in the Hat” character as he read to P.A. Walsh Elementary School students during the second annual Read Across America “Read-in” event, held March 2 at elementary schools across the district.

Socorro Shiels, currently the assistant superintendent of educational services in the Morgan Hill Unified School District, has been selected out of 12 applicants as the new superintendent of Santa Rosa City Schools.

Morgan Hill resident Jaylene Baltazar, a sophomore at Valley Christian High School, was accepted as a Delegate to the Congress of Future Medical Leaders and will attend the June 25-27 conference in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Local voters will decide on something its board of education failed to do before the end of 2015 as residents will take to the polls for the June 7 presidential primary election to select a seventh school board trustee.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District quietly settled a lawsuit with an alleged sexual assault victim last year for $750,000.

Construction is under way at the Fairview Road site of Gavilan College’s new San Benito County campus.  Delivering on current and future needs of its new students, the new campus project marks a “homecoming” for Gavilan College, which was founded in Hollister in 1919, says...

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill recognized 10 outstanding Morgan Hill Unified School District elementary and middle school students Jan. 20 during a special luncheon ceremony.