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For the third year in a row, students at Christopher High School in Gilroy collected leftover Halloween candy to send to American troops overseas. The campaign, called Treats for Troops, helps add candy to care packages sent to soldiers, airmen and sailors overseas. This year, the Cougars donated 309 pounds of candy, doubling last year’s goal of 150 pounds.

The Gilroy Unified School District is poised to come down hard on parents breaking high school attendance area rules, and this time law enforcement is getting involved.

A mob of 100 parents and teachers flooded the auditorium at Rod Kelley Elementary School Tuesday demanding answers straight from the mouths of those in charge as to why Gilroy Unified School District is so deep in financial peril, and how they plan to emerge from it without jeopardizing the classroom.

Kisha Southy, a 17-year-old senior at Mt. Madonna Continuation High School, is this week's "Student of the Week."

Elevated levels of lead were found in eight faucets on the

From left, Jordan Suniga, Jacob Brendle, Taylor Cooper and Luis

Students returned to school Monday facing new classes, new