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April 3, 2026

Pre-K threatened with extinction

“Welcome to the rocket ship,” said 5-year-old Hector Pantoja Jr. Perez, extending his right hand and motioning to a small, red chair with his left.

Keep’em singing by eating pasta

The 24th Annual Spaghetti Dinner benefitting the Christopher and Gilroy High School choral program will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1 in the GHS cafeteria, located at 750 West 10th St.

Represent Gilroy! Poster contest open to all California students

In conjunction with Arbor Week coming up March 7-14, third, fourth and fifth grade students throughout California are invited to participate in the California Arbor Week Poster Contest.

GHS: ‘The Ugly Duckling’

In 2003, a formal district review of Gilroy High School revealed the 33-year-old campus needs $30 million in repairs and renovations. 

GUSD will explore parcel tax option

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.

School budget yo-yo in flux again

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.

Two Gilroy schools honored with 2020 Vision Awards

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.

Support GHS grad night; eat Mexican food

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

Gav fees hiked again; GUSD bus fund slashed

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.

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