Schools

Girl Scout Troop 62658 recently completed a “Buddy Bench” at San Martin/Gwinn Elementary School. The project was for the troop’s Bronze Award, the highest award that a fourth- or fifth-grader can earn. It is a community-based project where girls are encouraged to make a positive...

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TAC's World of Port Wine a Tasty Success

The threat of two charter schools moving into town could derail the Morgan Hill Unified School District's plan to implement a pair of focus academies at two low-performing elementary schools next year and force the closure of at least one site, according to MHUSD staff.

During Tuesday’s Board of Education meeting, Hector Gutierrez, a homeowner in the Capriano neighborhood where the Morgan Hill Unified School District is planning to move Central High Continuation High School, brought a neon pink sign with a slogan written in huge black print stating: “More Homes, More Kids, It’s Elementary.”

After a six-month delay, plus a change in the nearly $40 million work order, the Britton Middle School Transformation Project finally broke ground June 5 in front a modest crowd of Morgan Hill Unified School District staff, school site faculty, school board trustees and Bobcat student band members.

Sobrato and Live Oak High School will live stream their June 8 graduation ceremonies for audiences inside each school's performing arts theater.