Schools

Gilroy’s school board in the mid-1950s was relieved when they received a bid that was within their budget to replace the seismically unsound high school near downtown. The bid was for $467,000, the only one under the budget of roughly $500,000, according to history compiled...

Gilroy teachers are urging the school district to dip into reserves to retain educators as contract negotiations are ongoing. Gilroy Unified School District officials, meanwhile, say declining enrollment and funding will further complicate a murky financial future due to Covid-19. More than 15 teachers wrote in...

Gilroy Unified School District has made progress in decreasing the number of students expelled over the past decade. But an activist group says that some district policies negatively impact Hispanic and Black students’ education at a disproportionate rate. Members of Gilroy Community Action on Policing...

Gilroy Unified School District has sent out a group of busses with WiFi capabilities stationed at four school sites for students to have increased internet access.   Busses are stationed in the parking lot at Antonio Del Buono Elementary, Rucker Elementary, South Valley Middle and Gilroy...

As a 39-year veteran of the Gilroy Unified School District, Michelle Nelson knows the very inner workings of the education system. Her vast breadth of work—which included a 12-year stint as the president of the Gilroy Teachers Association—gave her inside information in how the...

Dr. TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy is among the top high schools in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. Gilroy Unified School District’s GECA, which opened in 2007, was ranked 42nd in the nation and third in the state in the...

Where Gilroy High graduates are going to college.

Gavilan College is now enrolling students for the fall semester but a majority of instruction will take place online. Jan Bernstein Chargin, public information director, said in a press release June 23 that the courses will be taught in a similar way such as the...

Gilroy Unified School District has suspended athletic conditioning at two high schools for two weeks after a student, who attended a party, tested positive for Covid-19. According to the district, officials became aware of a “large party” of 200 students held at a private residence...

The independent, Pre/K through grade 12 Mount Madonna School announced AnMei Dasbach-Prisk as the 2020 Valedictorian, and Haley Kerr as Salutatorian. MMS will share a pre-recorded commencement for its high school Class of 2020 on Thursday, June 11, with an online watch party at...