Schools

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 meeting slated for Nov. 18 may give Sharon Waller the green

Dozens of Gilroy High School seniors are set to take center

Ken Christopher sat in the library at Las Animas Elementary School, where he was being asked the tough questions. Why did the bear get the honey, and not the bees? Shouldn’t the elephant have a peanut instead of garlic? The executive vice president of Christopher Ranch...

Long-time educator Chuck Flagg's June retirement still has not

An associate degree from Gavilan College means even more with the ever-expanding transfer program between California Community Colleges and California State Universities.

A few days before every school board meeting, Marlene Hughes,

Students may not be “ready for college” according to some standardized test results, but that was one of many topics discussed at last week’s regular Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education meeting. Suspensions are at an all-time low this year. The board also voted to change the pay scale for substitute teachers and to ask the state to waive sections of the education code so that the district can sell, lease or exchange two surplus properties.