Schools

The Gavilan College public information office has announced that all classes are cancelled today, Wednesday Feb. 22, at the main campus in Gilroy, and additional instructional sites in Hollister, Morgan Hill, San Martin, and Coyote Valley due to a tree falling on a power line near the Gilroy campus causing widespread power outages.

A 26-year-old Gilroy High School teacher who pleaded no contest to 19 felonies for soliciting naked pictures from students could be sentenced to 16 months in prison in March and will be labeled a sexual predator for life.

Gavilan College received nearly $1 million from the California Strong Workforce Program for the upcoming academic year to expand Career Technical Education (CTE) programs leading to high demand, high wage jobs in the region, according to a Feb. 6 announcement.

Following the lead of other educators, Gilroy school trustees declared the city’s more than 11,000-student public school system a “sanctuary” district.

The Gilroy Unified School Board voted unanimously to declare the schools a "sanctuary district" for immigrant families "to the fullest extent allowed by law." Upward of $14 million in federal funding, including for Special Ed kids, is potentially in jeopardy if federal law is violated.

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.

As the Trump Administration enters office, many students, parents, and community members live in fear of harassment, discrimination, and deportation.