Schools

Approximately 98 percent of the students entering Gavilan College in the fall of 2012 tested into remedial classes in at least one area, mirroring a statewide trend that has school officials concerned.

Anna Brolin, a 17-year-old senior at Gilroy High School, is this week's "Student of the Week."

Kaelin Sylva, a 17-year-old senior at CHS, is this week's "student of the week."

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

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.

Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education trustees are questioning whether seniors are college ready when they graduate, following a lengthy discussion of standardized test results during Thursday’s regular meeting.

David Ray Miranda, a 16-year-old Junior at the Dr. TJ Owens Early College Academy (GECA) is this week's "Student of the Week."

All Gilroy Unified School District public schools will soon be enclosed with fences as part of an effort to bolster campus security in an age of heightened safety precautions – and Morgan Hill schools could be following suit in the future.

A holiday boutique will bring some festive cheer to Gilroy from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Luigi Aprea Elementary School.

GILROY — Members of the Gilroy Teachers Association addressed a full room during the public comment section of the meeting when roughly 150 school district employees gathered to ask school board trustees to increase pay and benefits as part of negotiations for this year's contract.