Pinheiro, Tucker say re-vote unlikely on city-school tax
Despite the fact Gilroy City Council shot down a possible joint city-school sales tax that would help safeguard the Gilroy Unified School District from a possible $8.1 million cut in state funding next year, some school board trustees haven't dismissed the possibility of pushing for a re-vote on the measure. It could yield up to $11.5 million annually depending on a 0.25, 0.50 or 1 percent local sales tax increase.
GUSD is one of 188 California schools in ‘financial jeopardy’
The Gilroy Unified School District is among a record-high number of California schools that might not meet its financial obligations in the next three years, according to a press release sent out yesterday by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson.
School board roundup: Sept. 4
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education outlined and approved its budget for the year and certified the 2013-14 unaudited actual ending balance at the Sept. 4 meeting. Trustees also approved therapeutic classroom support for students with emotional disabilities, hourly rate increases for elementary school piano accompanists, professional development training for teachers and a memorandum of understanding between GUSD and Fresno State to allow its nursing students to do their practicums within the district.
Cal-Soap math, reading program makes summer circles
Some said they’d otherwise be hanging out at McDonald’s, riding roller coasters at Disneyland, sleeping or watching TV.
Four seats, six candidates for GUSD board
Four at-large Gilroy Unified School District Board of Trustee incumbents will appear on the November 2014 ballot, and two challengers joined the race—a Santa Clara County educator and the district’s retired assistant superintendent of human resources.
County Board unanimously votes in Gundry as new superintendent
The Santa Clara County Board of Education unanimously voted Wednesday night to appoint Jon R. Gundry as the county’s new Superintendent of Schools, effective Aug. 1.
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Gutierrez leads Gavilan College race
For the Trustee Area 3 seat on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees, school psychologist Gabriel Gutierrez held a more than 1,000-vote lead over education nonprofit executive Tara Bevington, according to the most recent results available.
The seat represents western Gilroy and San Martin.
Gutierrez was...