Schools

Board finalizes $30,000 deal with public relations firm

Speaking before the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education, Mayor Steve Tate emphasized the importance of having the Board of Education throw its full support behind the upcoming Measure A library tax vote.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District’s defunct school site at 85 Tilton Ave. - formerly the Burnett Elementary campus - will have new occupants for the start of the 2013-14 school year and, before the end of August, a new facility name.

As the Morgan Hill Unified School District’s Board of Education reconvenes Tuesday for its only July school board meeting, trustees will consider its options for re-naming the old Burnett Elementary School site, which will be, among other things, the new home to Central Continuation High School for the 2013-14 school year.

When the Morgan Hill Unified School District offered training for its teachers on the new Common Core State Standards, 34-year veteran instructor Lourdes Robledo signed up right away to learn the new set of academic guidelines created by select teachers, parents and community leaders across the country.

Gavilan College trustee Jonathan Brusco wants to help foster the ongoing partnerships between the community college and its three surrounding school districts, so the educational institutions can identify, prioritize and tackle challenges together.

Music lyrics from any genre usually tell a story, whether it comes from personal experiences of the artist or is completely fictitious and used for entertainment purposes.

The Morgan Hill Unified School District is offering a wide variety of kindergarten through 12th grade materials free to the public, which is invited to rummage through the items July 31 at the Live Oak High School Library, located at 1505 East Main Ave. in Morgan Hill.

When Zaira Medina was a freshman at Ann Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill, she didn’t take her schooling seriously and fell behind in course credits needed for graduation.