Schools

A shortage of qualified teachers impacted a recent local school board decision on three special education hires at schools within Morgan Hill Unified School District.

While many of their friends were out and about enjoying the summer months before the next school term, three local high school students dedicated their free time to conducting critical research in different laboratories at Stanford University.

Over the last three academic years, dating back to the 2013-14 school term, Morgan Hill Unified School District has spent more than $1.2 million on legal expenses as the cost has climbed annually.

Since Silicon Valley Flex Academy announced it was closing July 26, Morgan Hill Unified School District staff has enrolled more than 100 new students from the defunct charter school at its secondary campuses, according to an Aug. 5 press release.

Local school officials are doing their part to assist families affected by Silicon Valley Flex Academy’s unexpected closure last week, coming less than a month before the start of the 2016-17 school year.

For Morgan Hill Unified School District’s board of education, time does not heal old wounds.

Nearly two months after being elected to the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s governing body, education researcher Tom Arnett will finally be sworn in as a trustee at the Aug. 2 school board meeting.

In a collaborative effort to bring awareness to the growing epidemic of Type 2 diabetes among at-risk youth, the American Diabetes Association partnered with Morgan Hill Unified School District and Mount Madonna YMCA to provide a week-long summer camp at Barrett Elementary School.

Hundreds of families were caught by surprise July 26 when they received email notification that Morgan Hill-based Silicon Valley Flex Academy was closing its doors less than three weeks before the start of the new school year.

Before even being sworn in for his first term on the local school board, education researcher Tom Arnett pulled papers to participate in Morgan Hill Unified School District’s general election this November.