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October 3, 2025

Crowd-funding, paperless classrooms in Gilroy

Christopher High School English teacher Tai Bambusa needs a class set of tablets.

Teacher says ‘enough’ after seventh campus break-in

They come in the night or early morning, forcing open windows, sneaking into classrooms and escaping with valuable laptops and projectors at Gilroy Unified School District's Brownell Middle School.

American flag rally planned for Cinco de Mayo

Local members of a Patriots group are planning a demonstration rally on Cinco de Mayo in front of the Live Oak High School campus both before and after school to protest the latest court ruling affirming the rights of school officials to ban students from wearing American flag shirts on campus on May 5 in 2010.

Presentation H.S. invites Gilroy to ‘Dream in Style’

Morgan Hill residents: fanciful fare will soon make dreams come true – in style – for an event that’s helped raise funds for local education.

Gilroy schools: Paraprofessional sign protest

At least a dozen attendees in Gilroy held up signs reading “Re$pect,” “Good faith bargaining” and “We make a difference” during a March 20 school board meeting as they demanded trustees take a look at contract negotiations for paraprofessionals this school year.

Christopher High School principal retiring

With the news of Patricia Jolly’s impending retirement at the end of the 2013-14 school year, Gilroy Unified School District is now in the market for its third principal in three years at Christopher High School.

UPDATED: Gilroy founding principal moving on

Christopher High School's first principal John Perales took a position in the Gilroy Unified School District office nine months ago, but now the man who spent almost 17 years in the district - as a teacher, coach and principal - is moving on to Hollister, where he'll pursue his dream of leading schools as a superintendent.

Student of the week: Lily Petersen

Lily Petersen, a 10th grader from Morgan Hill at Mt. Madonna, is this week's student of the week.

School board roundup

The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education discussed a variety of topics during its March 6 regular meeting including whether to increase the budget of the Christopher High School track and field project when additional costs were discovered after construction began.

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