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Lack of Candidates Means Many Californians Won’t Vote for School Board

10/21/2024

More than half of the school board races in 49 counties analyzed won't appear on the November ballot because either no one is running for the seat or a single candidate is unopposed.

California Banned College Legacy Admissions. Will It Change Who Gets In?

10/17/2024

A new state law bans private colleges from considering an applicant’s ties to family members who are alumni or donors. California’s public universities don’t use legacy admissions.

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Hollister School District Gives Update on Facility Improvements

Information provided by Hollister School District. Lea este artículo en español aquí.The Hollister School District (HSD) has been busy making improvements to various sites’ facilities and grounds. HSD Director of Facilities, Aaron Buzzetta updated trustees about the wide range of …

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Area Schools Spend More Than $200k in Lawsuit

Lea este artículo en español aquí. More than $210,000 was spent on legal fees in connection with a lawsuit challenging the approval of a charter high school. The suit was brought by the San Benito High School District against the …

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New Gavilan Mural Incorporates Local Indigenous Perspectives

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Artist Guillermo “Yerma” Aranda is starting on-site work on his mural for Gavilan College’s Hollister campus. The mural will be one of the last major projects before the first phase of the campus is completed …

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Court Upholds Polytechnic Charter Petition

A San Benito County Superior Court judge this week upheld the county office of education’s approval of a petition for a charter school submitted by Polytechnic Academy.

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Court Denies Petition Challenging Charter School Approval

Lea este artículo en español aquí.On Oct. 21, San Benito County Superior Court Judge Omar Rodriguez denied San Benito High School’s petition to reverse the approval of the San Benito County Polytechnic Academy.Rodriguez said the San Benito County Office of …

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ASJUSD Superintendent Reviews Progress and Future Plans for Schools

Lea este artículo en español aquí.It has been a little more than two years since Barbara Dill-Varga was appointed superintendent of the San Juan Aromas Unified School District, and a town hall meeting on Oct. 17 gave her a chance …

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Hollister High Earns AP Program Honor Roll Recognition Once Again

Information provided by Hollister High School. Lea este artículo en español aquí.Hollister High School was recently notified by the College Board that it has been named to the Advanced Placement (AP) Program Honor Roll for the second consecutive year, earning …

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Judge Visits Local Schools

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Though San Benito County Superior Court Judge Omar Rodriguez was 40 miles southeast of his courthouse, he donned his robe and gathered up his blue code book and gavel. Rodriguez was visiting with Panoche Elementary …

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SBCOE Named Small County Office of the Year

At its September statewide meeting, California County Superintendents named San Benito County Superintendent, Krystal Lomanto, and the San Benito County Office of Education the 2024 Small County Office of the Year, says a press release from the local office. The …

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Gavilan Sets Its Budget for New Fiscal Year

Lea este artículo en español aquí.Gavilan College’s 2023-24 enrollment was the first to reach the pre-pandemic level, at 5,074 full-time equivalent students (FTES). This metric is used to calculate how much revenue the school receives from the county and state.Gavilan’s …

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