Schools

A summer departure by Morgan Hill Unified School District’s director of special education has created a domino effect of in-house promotions, according to a pair of July 19 press releases.

Morgan Hill Unified School District’s top official has lined up a discussion item as part of an Aug. 15 board of education meeting that will cover the high school mathematics program.

New courses offered by Gavilan College in drone technology and hospitality and tourism management are coming to the Morgan Hill area for the Fall 2017 semester.

Establishing a collaborative environment amongst staff to allow students to reach their highest potential is what new Live Oak High School principal Maria Reitano has set out to do in the 2017-18 school year.

State environmental officials will host a public meeting regarding the local school district’s Removal Action Workplan for the proposed Borello elementary school site on Peet Road from 6 to 8 p.m. July 27 at the El Toro Room inside the Community and Cultural Center.

The Rotary Club of Morgan Hill distributed $22,000 in college scholarships to 21 Morgan Hill high school seniors, according to a June 20 announcement.

School district leaders will move forward with a $1.6 million plan to clean up a contaminated 9-acre site to make way for a brand new elementary school after the board of education’s split vote gave the go-ahead at a June 27 special meeting.

A local charter school longing for a more suitable home for its students has found one, and will be ready to move in for the start of the 2017-18 school year.

An estimated $1.6 million plan to remediate contaminated land slated to be the site for a new Morgan Hill Unified School District elementary school will come before the board of education during a special meeting Tuesday.

School officials will host a Celebration of Life ceremony for Britton Middle School’s beloved science teacher George Flores at 4 p.m. July 8 at the Sobrato High School gymnasium, located at 401 Burnett Ave.