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GILROY--When state community college officials announced campus selections Tuesday for a pilot four-year degree program, Gavilan college in Gilroy was not on the list.

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Gilroy Unified School District has sent out a group of busses with WiFi capabilities stationed at four school sites for students to have increased internet access.   Busses are stationed in the parking lot at Antonio Del Buono Elementary, Rucker Elementary, South Valley Middle and Gilroy...

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A higher percentage of students in the Morgan Hill and Gilroy Unified School Districts are proficient or advanced in the 2013 California Standards Tests – a major component of the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) assessment – than the state as a whole.

GILROY--A Gilroy elementary school teacher and two high school teachers are recipients of the prestigious Teacher of the Year Award for 2015, presented by the Santa Clara County Office of Education at the annual Teacher Recognition Celebration each fall. They are Janet Londgren, transitional kindergarten teacher at Antonio Del Buono Elementary School; Kamala Wood, biology and environmental science teacher; and Elaine Carne, algebra, geometry and integrated math teacher, both at Dr.TJ Owens Gilroy Early College Academy. The event honors Santa Clara County's finest teachers, each selected by their respective school districts. The SCCOE produces the gala with the support of community partners Texas Instruments, Santa Clara County Federal Credit Union and the San Jose Mercury News. A tradition for more than 40 years, the Teacher Recognition Celebration is the oldest and largest celebration of teachers in California, and the most prestigious local award given to classroom teachers, according to the SCCOE.