Tag: gilroy high school
Prep Softball: 3 Mustangs sign their letters of intent
Tuesday was bittersweet for three Gilroy softball players who signed their letters of intent to play in college.
Drive to feed troops a better breakfast
After working 18 hour days in eastern Afghanistan where he operates and repairs armored vehicles damaged by blasts from improvised explosive devices or mechanical failures, Private First Class Ryan Reynaud of Gilroy returned to base camp and was met with an unpleasant surprise: Breakfast was no longer being served in the chow hall.
Joshie: ‘It will be hard for me to have a good...
Joshua Valdez is back on his feet six months after the hit-and-run accident that left him with a busted knee and traumatic brain injury, but he thinks the woman who hit him while he was walking home one night more than six months ago should have been locked up for more than a year, and supervised on probation longer than the five years the judge ordered for her at South County Courthouse Monday.
CHS fields mess
The recently completed $110 million Christopher High School is a vision of architectural excellence, but its athletic field – more or less a “pasture of dirt and natural grass in terrible shape” – is turning heads in a bad way.
Spread the sweetness: Treats for Troops
After a successful "Treats for Troops" drive last November when 761 students at Las Animas Elementary pooled approximately 554.5 pounds of candy for a good cause, they're at it again and inviting the community to join in on the sweet gesture.
Prop 30: ‘Make it personal’
Parent of three Cheryl Galloway put things into perspective from a student’s standpoint during a community forum Tuesday night on a proposed ballot initiative intended to help fund schools.
Arellano goes up against 12-year Gav trustee Mark Dover
Three seats on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees are up for grabs in the November election, one each in the Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Benito County areas.
Current longest working city employee retires
Carmen Medrano began working for the City of Gilroy’s finance department in 1972 as a part-time office hand while a freshman at Gilroy High School, as a temporary means for extra cash.
Jack Daley update: Ruling could be months out
It is unknown how long it will take to learn the results of a closed-door arbitration hearing that took place Monday morning between Gilroy High School’s former athletic director, Jack Daley, and the Gilroy Unified School District.
Union asks: Justice for Jack?
A controversial issue that sparked community outcry is coming to a crossroads more than a year after Jack Daley – Gilroy High School's popular former athletic director and district staff member of 20 years – was “reassigned” following an April 7, 2011 incident when first-year GHS track coach Alvin Harrison was arrested for a DUI on Daley's watch.
