Attorney: Group demands schools reopen
An attorney representing a group of Gilroy parents threatened a lawsuit if the Gilroy Unified School District does not offer in-person learning for middle and high school students before the end of the school year on June 4.
In a May 2 letter, which was...
Gilroy schools ineligible to reopen under Newsom’s proposal
Gilroy schools would remain closed under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposal to reopen classrooms to in-person instruction in February.
The Safe Schools for All plan proposed Dec. 30 is bolstered by a $2 billion package of incentives to help schools pay for testing, ventilation systems and...
Gilroy Unified provides free WiFi hotspots for students
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...
Mount Madonna School celebrates Class of 2020
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...
Gavilan College sticking with distance learning
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 schools will continue distance learning in fall
The Gilroy Unified School District changed course on its reopening plan July 14, and will instead continue with distance learning when the fall semester begins.
The district’s board voted unanimously for the plan, which is set to begin Aug. 12.
Earlier in July, the district presented...
Gilroy Prep honored
Gilroy Prep, a K-5 independent Navigator charter school in the Gilroy Unified School District, has been honored as one of 21 California Distinguished Schools in Santa Clara County, one of 323 K-8 schools honored across the state this month.
The principal of the school, located...
Brownell Middle School modernization project is nearly complete
Once students are allowed to return to the classroom, middle schoolers will be envious of those who attend Brownell Middle School.
Construction is nearly wrapped up on a three-year, $71 million renovation project that transformed the post-World War II era-constructed school into a technologically advanced...
Gilroy High choir puts on virtual performance
The Gilroy High School choir isn't able to rehearse in class because of the school closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, that hasn't stopped the students from providing some form of entertainment.
The Gilroy HS Chamber Singers, directed by Jonathan Souza, virtually performed the...
Gilroy Unified: Expulsion rate declining
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...