Schools

A lot of parents were sad to say goodbye, especially to first-day-of-school kindergarteners in four buzzing classrooms at Las Animas Elementary School. To avoid separation issues, the school discourages parents from hanging around the school or volunteering in classrooms until their children are acclimated to being away from them.

When it comes to natural bounty, Gilroy is a pillar of industry.

When the school year ends, Christopher High School Principal Patricia Jolly will be filing out with the students as she retires from her position.

Gilroy Dispatch: Briefly describe your background and experience. Why are you qualified for this position?

Gilroy Unified School District has hired an environmental firm to remove soil with “higher than normal levels of arsenic in the dirt” at Brownell Middle School, 7800 Carmel St. According to the documents, a soil sample in the Preliminary Environmental Assessment turned up the arsenic...

State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell, will

Members in our chapter have been challenged to develop critical thinking and effective decision-making skills, foster teamwork and promote communication while recognizing the value of ethical competition and individual achievement through Career Development Events (CDE).  Since the middle of September, our Best Informed Greenhand (BIG)...