Schools

The Gilroy Unified School District is facing $3 million to $7 million in state cuts next year, which means the 17-year-old pool at South Valley Middle School will sink into the growing pile of budget casualties if someone doesn't throw it a lifeline.

Anchorpoint Christian High School, located at 2220 Pacheco Pass Highway in Gilroy, is holding a raffle fundraiser to support its sports program. 

Attention, Gilroy High School alumni class of '82: It's time to start polishing up those "Thriller" moves and get ready to relive the glory days of your teen-age yesteryears. 

Gavilan College announced yesterday it will be staffing a Veterans Resource Center as a pilot project for spring semester, in hopes the center will become a one-stop shop for student veteran resources and services. 

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Somber expressions and serious talk marked a lengthy portion of the Gilroy Unified School Board meeting Thursday night, where trustees discussed "the dismantling of public education as we know it."

Against a backdrop of rising class fees at Gavilan College and the decision to place salary caps for newly hired campus presidents at California State Universities, a $42,000 pay increase for Gavilan College President Steve Kinsella continues to ignite heated reactions within the community.

Tucked away in a modest cluster of portable classrooms on IOOF Avenue near downtown, Gilroy Prep School is quietly blossoming since it opened in fall 2011.

The California Assembly voted today to restore $248 million in school bus funding to California public schools. The bill, SB 81, had a final vote of 60 - 5. Gilroy's Assemblyman Luis Alejo voted in favor of the bill, according to a news release.

Gilroy High School is still accepting donations for its community prom closet.