Schools

Morgan Hill Unified School District’s staff and Board of Education will hold the May 12 school board meeting at Martin Murphy Middle School (141 Avenida Espana in San Jose) with closed session beginning at 4 p.m., followed by public session at 6 p.m.

What inspires you?A few  things that inspire me are my parents, siblings, and friends. My parents have always taught me to be the best I can be and to go out of my way to do what’s necessary. My friends are always there for me and show me the values of having a second family I can always rely on.What is your favorite subject in school and why?My favorite subjects in school are Anatomy and Physiology, and Marriage Sex and Family/Psychology. These two classes always have something interesting to learn.If you had the power to change one thing in the world, what would it be?If I had the power to change anything in the world, it would be to eliminate worldwide poverty.If you could go anywhere, where would you go?If I had the opportunity to travel anywhere in the world, I would choose to go to Europe because there are many places to go.Name one big challenge in your life right now.One big challenge at the moment is deciding what I would like to pursue for the rest of my life.What is your dream job?My dream job would be to become a professional soccer player.What are your three favorite things?My three favorite things are my family, my friends, and soccer.What is your favorite book?My favorite book is “The Great Gatsby.”What do you want to do after high school?I would like to continue my education and go to SFSU as I have planned.Something that makes you smile:One thing that makes me smile is my mom.Most played songs on your phone, iPod, iTunes?The three songs I play most are “Mouthful of Diamonds” by Phantogram, “Electric Feel” by MGMT, and “Ms. Jackson” by Outkast.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District has adopted a series of new textbooks for its high school courses to be used in the 2015-16 school year and currently has them on display through May 22 at the district office located at 15600 Concord Circle.

Just as a county-authorized charter school has locked down a short-term lease for its new Morgan Hill site, local school district officials have filed a lawsuit in a final attempt to stop them from opening up classes for the 2015-16 school year.

For a second straight year, members of the Gilroy-Morgan Hill Patriots have planned a May 5 demonstration in front of Live Oak High School to show their “support of free speech honoring our U.S. Flag,” according to the group’s president, Georgine Scott-Codiga.

Two weeks after designating $20,000 to hire a demographer to map out trustee boundary lines, Morgan Hill Unified School District’s board of education listened as the proposed new election areas were criticized for gerrymandering in favor of incumbents.

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Morgan Hill Unified School District’s graduation and dropout rates headed in the wrong direction from the 2012-13 to the 2013-14 school years, according to the California Department of Education’s statistics released April 28.

Gavilan College trustees have supported making changes to the way voters elect them, a trustee confirmed.

Another key educational decision being debated by Morgan Hill Unified School District staff and school board trustees—this time having to do with grade level configuration of school sites—turned tumultuous at the April 21 meeting.