Glines running unopposed for Gavilan board
Gavilan Joint Community College District Board of Trustees member Walter R. “Walt” Glines is running unopposed representing the Gilroy area for the November 2014 election.
GECA ‘beats the odds’
The Dr. T. J. Owens Gilroy Early College Academy located on the campus of Gavilan College has been named a “beating-the-odds” school in a new study from WestEd of San Francisco.
Joint sales tax – trustees push on
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education unanimously voted Thursday to continue exploring the possibility of a joint city-school sales tax, which could yield up to $11.5 million annually depending on a 0.25, 0.50 or 1 percent local sales tax increase.
GUSD to vote on consulting firm for parcel tax
The Gilroy Unified School District will vote next week on a $16,500 contract with San Francisco-based consulting firm TBWB Strategies, to determine the feasibility of putting a parcel tax before voters in order to obtain local funding for Gilroy schools.
Crews break ground on South Valley Middle School modernization
Gilroy’s school board in the mid-1950s was relieved when they received a bid that was within their budget to replace the seismically unsound high school near downtown.
The bid was for $467,000, the only one under the budget of roughly $500,000, according to history compiled...
