Schools

Two Navigator charter schools, Gilroy and Hollister Prep, are up for renewals of their charter school petitions by their host districts. All early indications point to new five-year pacts at both sites. Gilroy Prep, Navigator’s flagship school, opened in 2011 with authorization from Gilroy Unified...

As a steady rain came down on the Live Oak High School campus on March 14, hundreds of students gathered in the commons area to honor the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School mass shooting. Live Oak students joined their peers at...

In a concerted effort to capture equity among its two high school facilities as well as expand capacity for a growing population, Gilroy district officials have earmarked $14.5 million for a new two-story, 20-classroom mathematics building on its Gilroy High School campus. The new quad...

Nearly $7 million in upgrades to the outdoor athletic facilities at Gavilan College are in full swing. The end result will put the local community college in a league of its own. The multi-faceted project, which provides a complete overhaul of two existing sports facilities...

Gilroy school district leaders have decided to shift Measure E priorities from an immediate need to build a new elementary school to a more pressing issue of modernizing  Brownell and South Valley middle schools. This change in plans comes after a Jan. 18 presentation by...

As Gavilan College prepares for its 100th birthday in 2019, historian Leah Halper is looking for interested parties who attended the college to contribute their memories to a Gavilan College Centennial archive and oral history project. Of special interest are those who attended San Benito...

Due to an interest rate cut on its bond refinancing, Gavilan Joint Community College District has reduced the amount district taxpayers must repay for Measure E funds. Gavilan College refinanced $27,115,000 of Measure E general obligation bonds (Series A and D) approved by district voters...

Not all superheros wear capes, and for the middle schoolers at Luigi Aprea Elementary School: those wearing suit coats and police blue are super enough. On Jan.10, the Library Literacy Committee hosted “Read With a Local Super Hero,” where Gilroy leaders including Mayor Roland Velasco,...

Here's a piece of history from reader and history buff Phil Laursen: Thanks to the discovery of a large reel of film and two local grants, we know 2017 does not mark the first time Gilroy High’s football team won a championship. Decades ago, Junior Wilson...