Schools

For the first time, the Gilroy Unified School District is exploring the possibility of a flat parcel tax that could cost local residents and businesses anywhere from $50 to $300 per year.

Gilroy Unified School District trustees will begin to visit the feasibility of restoring furlough days during Thursday's Board of Education budget study session, but the glimmer of possible good news may be overshadowed by an ominous fiscal rain cloud.

A pair of Gilroy schools are two of 20 in Santa Clara County being honored as recipients of the inaugural 2020 Vision awards of the SJ2020 initiative, which is a collaborative community effort to eliminate the achievement gap by the year 2020.

This January, supporting Gilroy High School's grad night is easy as eating delicious Mexican food. 

It’s bad news and worse news for Community Colleges and K-12 districts – the latter faring much better than anticipated – after Gov. Jerry Brown announced Tuesday he’s slashing $328 million from elementary and secondary schools.

If one thing was clear during interviews for the vacant seat on

 

Following an opening on their seven-person school board caused by Francisco Dominguez's resignation, the Gilroy Unified School District is still awaiting the arrival of resumes.