Schools

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

Living up to Gilroy's robust tradition of volunteerism and community generosity, locals rallied in record time to keep a “cherished” music program alive and thriving for another year.

Gavilan College students have a new option to participate in the popular Introduction to Public Speaking class this fall. For the first time, the course will be offered in a five-week format, in addition to the semester-long format.

So far, only one candidate has filed papers with the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters to run in the November 2012 elections for a seat on the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education.

November’s general election will see “new blood” pumped into the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education, but it won’t include six of the eight former candidates who interviewed in December 2011 to replace former Trustee Francisco Dominguez.

It’s a Cinderella story for Gilroy High School, which is currently undergoing an extreme school makeover that will render the campus “a showcase for high schools in the area,” gushed Superintendent Debbie Flores during a recent school board meeting Thursday night.

Nominations are being sought for Gavilan College's 2012 Community Spirit Awards.

The Gilroy Board of Education dusted itself off Thursday night and hammered out a revamped game plan after City Council “prematurely” shot down a proposed sales tax that would have generated up to $11.5 million annually for local schools.