Schools

With the average college graduate buried beneath $25,000 in student loans in an economy darkened by rampant unemployment, pricey tuition rates elicit cynical farce from humor writers like Jarod Kintz, who scoffed, “I wouldn’t advise making a four-year commitment to eventually land an $8 an hour job.”

On a brisk Tuesday morning, more than 1,400 students flooded the newly revamped campus on their first day back to Gilroy High School, which boasts $5 million in upgrades that construction crews scrambled to complete in a matter of 10 weeks.

St. Mary School kicked off the 2012-13 school year on Thursday, Aug. 16 with 287 students in attendance.

California High School Exit exam scores took a dip this year at three Gilroy high schools, while the fourth – the Dr. TJ Owens Early College Academy known as GECA – racked up some of the highest marks in the state with 100 percent passing rates in English language arts and math.

Parents who attempt to skirt the Gilroy Unified School District's residency requirements – which dictate what high school a student must attend – should keep in mind: Administrators are cracking down against dishonesty. 

Gavilan College is now offering a certificate of achievement for personal fitness training in the area of kinesiology and athletics. Upon completion of this certificate, students will be prepared to enter the workforce or to pursue a bachelors degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in health and wellness, or as an exercise and fitness specialist. 

Three seats on the Gavilan College Board of Trustees are up for grabs in the November election, one each in the Gilroy, Morgan Hill and San Benito County areas.

The pool of candidates vying for one of four soon-to-be-vacant seats on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education grew as of of Thursday.

How Gilroy High fared at the Fair