Schools

Morgan Hill Unified’s board of education unanimously voted May 2 to ratify salary increases for three members of the district’s executive cabinet.

Following an outcry from teachers, parents and students, Morgan Hill Unified School District officials have changed course and decided last week that they will pay local educators what is customary when they take on an extra class period. The concerns started to boil up after...

As the 2022-23 school year quickly approaches, Morgan Hill Unified School District has hired eight new staff members to fill leadership positions on school campuses and in the central office. The first day of the 2022-23 academic year for students at MHUSD’s 14 schools is...

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.

It’s a question of policy for school board members, but for students Federica Bruno and Lisa Gilardi, both 17 and from Italy, it’s a question of their future.

Voices-Morgan Hill charter school leaders must spend $125,000 earmarked for facilities upgrades by Jan. 20, 2022 or return the funds to Morgan Hill Unified School District, per an amended agreement between the two parties. MHUSD’s board of education unanimously ratified the new terms to the...

Extended and, at times, rocky negotiations between local school district and teachers union leaders came to an end March 29 as the two parties reached a tentative agreement after about a year at the table.

Home Depot held its annual safety fair for children Saturday, Oct. 7, with the help of the Morgan Hill Police Department, California Highway Patrol and the Santa Clara County Fire Department. Parents and their children learned about safety in the home, child safety identification kits and other topics while having fun with police officers and firefighters. Home Depot also supplied crafts for kids to make and pumpkins for them to take home.

A trustee on the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s governing body sent out numerous emails to a former community activist with insulting remarks and satirical innuendoes about four fellow board members and the superintendent.