Santa Clara County Education Digest

Inflation and recent inclement weather have posed challenges for projects at Mountain View and Los Altos high schools, but the district still believes it's on course to have the funds necessary to complete the planned building work.

The school district is moving ahead with plans to create requirements for its child care providers after plans to reduce space for two providers drew backlash.

Clean Air De Anza, a campus student organization, teamed up with the Asian Pacific Islander Coalition for Health Against Tobacco to distribute information about the benefits of a smoke-free campus.

Palo Alto Unified teachers and other school staff will get a 7% raise under tentative deals that the district has reached with its unions.

After removing nine big pine trees from Vargas Elementary, there’s now a plan to add dozens of trees and reimagine outdoor play areas at Mountain View Whisman district’s newest school.

In Santa Clara County school districts with the largest populations of English learners, data reviewed by San José Spotlight showed three districts had a drop in test scores during the pandemic, while the others saw an increase.

Foster youth, homeless students, and students with disabilities at Santa Clara Unified School District were identified as needing help improving by the State of California.

More Santa Clara County students are crossing the stage to get their diplomas than years past, and education leaders hope to keep the momentum going.

The Foothill-De Anza Community College District's board of trustees voted unanimously to select Kristina Whalen to lead Foothill College.

The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District board faced the complexity involved in changing its graduation requirements at a meeting this week.

It wasn't picking who will lead the school board that caused controversy, but rather deciding who will be second in command.

Students nationwide face lower earnings over their lifetime because of a loss of education during the pandemic, a Stanford economist said in a recently completed study.

From beavers to brazen crimes to long-awaited resolutions, 2022 was a year when we could finally think about something other than COVID-19.

Three of the seven members on the county’s powerful board of education are South Asian. The Santa Clara County Board of Education swore in its first Pakistani American members, both of whom won seats in November's election.

Stanford’s list of harmful words and phrases, which made headlines earlier this week, is being seized upon by comedians.

UC Santa Cruz’s new cryo-electron microscopy facility has a unique structure that makes the technique accessible for local researchers and is attracting international business.

“The problems of climate change cannot be solved in isolation. This agreement between NPS and Stanford takes our respective education and applied research to new levels,” explained NPS president Vice Admiral Ann E. Rondeau.

As Santa Clara County prepares to adopt a new plan to govern Stanford University's growth, Palo Alto officials are pushing for more housing, expanded shuttle services and a seat at the table in the coming negotiations.

The search to fill a Santa Clara County Board of Education seat is over after an expedited selection process. Sitting members appointed former San Jose Councilmember Donald Rocha to represent Area 3.

With 98 percent of the votes counted, Catherine Vonnegut, Esmeralda Ortiz and Thida Cornes appear to have secured seats on the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District's board. Fourth-place finisher Eric Mark has conceded.

Just 67 percent of 12- to 17-year-olds and and 38 percent of 5- to 11-year-olds have had the primary two-shot COVID-19 vaccine series.

Anu Nakka has been elected to the Milpitas Unified School District’s Board of Education. “I honestly didn’t expect so much support,” said Nakka.

Overall undergraduate enrollment for the Cal State system fell once again, to 404,820 students this fall—about 17,500 fewer students than the previous year.

A discussion on the possible outcomes of the SCOTUS decision in the case Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. the online event delved into the impact of banning the consideration of race as a factor during the college admission process.

Top universities, including the law schools of Harvard University and Yale University, will no longer provide data to the publication, alleging the report can be harmful to attracting a diverse set of prospective students.

The Santa Clara County Board of Education has a vacancy, and four individuals would like the job. Rosemary Kamei's win as councilmember-elect in San Jose District 1 opens the seat in Area 3. The board plans to fill the seat during a special session on Nov. 28.

A report from the College Futures Foundation says racial bias plays a role in hiring for executive-level posts at the UCs, CSUs and community colleges.

Stanford launches the nation’s first study of an antiviral strategy for long COVID.

Fletcher Middle School's plan to adopt a campuswide sustainability theme next fall and allow students from throughout Palo Alto Unified to apply for enrollment received support from the school board.

Public speakers at Palo Alto school board meetings will now have a maximum of two minutes, rather than three minutes, the board decided in a split vote.

New and familiar school board members are ready to fill numerous seats throughout Santa Clara County come January, making decisions that affect how hundreds of thousands of students will be educated in the coming years.

School Districts aren’t immune from financial frustrations, especially when construction costs skyrocket while Santa Clara Unified School District is in the middle of creating cost estimates for elementary school upgrade projects.