Gavilan, Chico form new career pathway partnership
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...
Gilroy Prep seeks renewal of its contract
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...
Students leave classes to honor gun victims
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...
New math building nears completion at GHS
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...
Gavilan athletic fields get major upgrades
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...
Bond bucks shifted to middle schools
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...
Gavilan seeking memories for 100th birthday celebration
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...
Gavilan College reduces cost of bonds
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...
Reading volunteers are ‘Fantastic Four’
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,...
