Schools

While the school board had high hopes of hiring a new

School employees are winding down from months of plugging for Prop 30, the recently enacted measure that will raise taxes to stave off massive cuts to public education.

Gavilan Community College hopes by the end of 2017 to plug into a powerful new energy source to light and heat the Gilroy campus -- the sun.

What are your plans after high school?

For Gavilan College graduate Michael Treviño, an initiative to get more students to law school is personal. Treviño was the first in his family to go to college. He attended community college before transferring to the University of California, Berkeley, and eventually went to law school at the University of Washington. Treviño is now the director of undergraduate admissions for the University of California system.

The night before graduation, Gilroy High School celebrated its seniors on June 3 with the Safe & Sober Grad Night, organized by parent volunteers with support of community donors.  The event was held in a drive-thru fashion through the school’s parking lots. Students began in...