Gavilan kicks 17 players off team
Gavilan College removed 17 out-of-state football players—all but one of them African American—from the team and campus last week, claiming the athletes had received prohibited transportation, housing and food benefits and were improperly recruited.
CTA backs Gov. Brown’s tax initiative
The California Teachers Association, "one of the strongest advocates for educators in the country," according to the organization's website, is officially backing Gov. Jerry Brown's temporary tax initiative to increase revenues for public education and other essential services.
Fire blazes at Christopher H.S. for teen training
Teenagers spent this afternoon fighting flames at Christopher High School as part of a training exercise for Gilroy’s first teen Community Emergency Response Team course.
A look at Gilroy’s year in education
Battle lines were drawn in 2018 between members of the Gilroy Teachers Association and officials in the Gilroy Unified School District as contract negotiations dragged on for most of the year.
Gilroy teachers—among the lowest paid in the entire county—had been working without a contract...
Gavilan School Board holds its ground; re-votes 6-1 to approve Kinsella’s $42K raise
Impassioned monologues from a handful of public speakers failed to persuade the Gavilan College School Board to reverse an “appalling” $42,000 raise, which the board approved seven months ago for college President Steve Kinsella.
