Schools

California Highway Patrol officers last week issued four citations for motorists who failed to stop for school buses in an enforcement operation in unincorporated Gilroy. Authorities said they also issued one verbal warning, and educated an “untold” number of motorists, parents and students on the...

It’s one down and one to go for Navigator Schools’ contract renewal, as the charter network’s Gilroy Prep was approved for a new five-year agreement by Gilroy Unified School District’s Board of Trustees at a March 22 meeting. The board voted 6-0 to approve the...

It promises to be a busy recruiting season for Gilroy Unified School District, which will have to replace at least 40 teachers who recently gave their resignation notices for June 2018. High teacher turnover has become common for Gilroy schools. The district hired 80 new...

Gavilan College has established a new Career Technical Information partnership with Chico State University to offer a “2+2” program for Gavilan business majors who want to achieve a Bachelor’s degree in Concrete Industry Management at Chico State. Students will complete an Associate Degree in Business...

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...