Schools

The Gilroy Unified School District will vote next week on a $16,500 contract with San Francisco-based consulting firm TBWB Strategies, to determine the feasibility of putting a parcel tax before voters in order to obtain local funding for Gilroy schools.

The Gilroy Unified School District will vote next week on a $16,500 contract with San Francisco-based consulting firm TBWB Strategies, to determine the feasibility of putting a parcel tax before voters in order to obtain local funding for Gilroy schools.

Gilroy High School will celebrate its 100th birthday next month - but it won't look any older thanks to an upcoming "extreme school makeover" that includes a revamped practice space for the GHS wrestling team, a renovation for the campus quad area and much-needed classroom upgrades.

Just several days after the Gilroy Unified School District released budget cut recommendations for the 2012-13 school year, the Gilroy Teachers Association drafted its own recommendations based on submitted ideas for budget cuts and/or revenue enhancements. The input was gathered via survey sent to all teachers in the district.

Gilroy High School will celebrate its 100th birthday next month - but it won't look any older thanks to an upcoming "extreme school makeover."

The good vibes were infectious Wednesday night inside the dining commons at Christopher High School. Roughly 300 students were smiling, pop music streamed from a stereo and a sea of hands stuffed thousands of goodies into plastic baggies – a tangible gesture that will find its way to U.S. soldiers stationed far, far away from home.

Nishant Desai, a senior at the Dr. TJ Owens Early College Academy - an alternative high school located on the campus of Gavilan College on 5055 Santa Teresa Blvd. - was named a National Merit Finalist this week.

The Gilroy Unified School District has posted its budget cut recommendations for the 2012-13 school year. Items on the table include a spending freeze; adult education; elementary music and P.E.; home-to-school transportation; class size increases; implementing a freeze on column increases; reducing the work year and across-the-board salary reductions.

Formulated through the diligent organization of KC Adams, and with a little help from a group of friends, Anchorpoint Christian High - 2220 Pacheco Pass Highway - will host Unity Day on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of Black History Month and a chance to, "pay it forward."