Schools

Victoria Santiago, a worker with Morgan Hill Unified School District, was one of six classified employees from across the county nominated for the state’s Classified School Employee of the Year award.

Former classified union president Danielle Nunes announced April 5 that the local workforce is fed up with paying thousands of dollars in annual dues to its Service International Employees Union brethren while getting little in return. The local unit has thus begun the process of decertification.

Martin Murphy Middle School eighth grader Emily Pember, 13, placed second in the Biological Science and Engineering Category for her experiment, “Can People Taste The Differences Between Bottled, Filtered and Tap Water?” at the Synopsys Science County Science Fair.

Before Morgan Hill Unified School District breaks ground on a new $20 million elementary school in an affluent northeast neighborhood, district staff are exploring the best ways to clean up the contaminated soil on the donated 10-acre piece of former farmland.

“It’s spring time. It’s negotiations time. It’s time to show the teachers the respect they deserve.”

“Lights, camera, action!”

A hearing introducing the Preliminary Environmental Assessment report on the 10-acre property reserved for a new $20 million public elementary school in northeast Morgan Hill is the first order of business on the April 5 board of education docket.

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Silicon Valley Flex Academy leadership is in disagreement with county education officials over just how serious a list of concerns are regarding the local public charter school's operations.

Two Morgan Hill Unified School District education pioneers were selected as recipients of the California Federation of Teachers’ Women in Education Award.