Schools

After hearing a parade of threats of political backlash from concerned community members and vague warnings about the potential danger of charter schools, the City Council – baffled by the utter complexity of the process – last week denied Rocketship Education's request to pursue up to $50 million in bonds to finance new charter schools in Morgan Hill and San Jose.

With smiles that would light the sky, Ann Sobrato High School

Rocketship Education sent out the first flare, meeting with Morgan Hill Unified School District administrators earlier this month to make it clear that they are intent on opening a charter school in the city in 2014.

A parcel tax measure to help fund local education has the potential of eclipsing the three-fourths threshold needed to pass if put on a 2018 ballot, according polling results presented to Morgan Hill Unified’s school board at their June 20 meeting.

Ann Sobrato High School students are lending a hand to a 7-year-old disabled Gilroy boy in desperate need of a new wheelchair with a variety of fundraising efforts in the local community and on the web.

Morgan Hill school district leaders are about four months removed from the postponement of a Dec. 8, 2017 groundbreaking ceremony for the much anticipated Britton Middle School Transformation Project.

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It only takes a few students to keep a school in Program

Martin Murphy Middle School held its 22nd annual Turkey Trot on Nov. 16. The school-wide event included students, faculty and staff. They ran or walked a one-mile course. Eighth-grader Vanessa Guevara kicked off this year's race by singing the National Anthem. Coordinator Dan Scudero worked hard to arrange a fun and successful event for the Martin Murphy community with excellent student participation – 90 percent of the 640 students. Parent participation was also high, as they volunteered during the event and donated gift cards, electronic items, goodies, and other prizes.

More than half of Morgan Hill's students met federal standards