Berkeley High crew qualifies five boats for nationals
The longest-running high school rowing program in Northern California heads to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America national championships.
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BUSD will reinstate indoor mask mandate Monday amid new surge
More students and staff are testing positive for COVID-19 again due to a surge fueled by omicron subvariants.
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Berkeley’s Ecole Bilingue adds entry track for Grades 1-2
Families interested in bilingual English-French education can now start kids in PreK through Grade 2 or wait until middle school.
Berkeley middle-schoolers protest in support of Roe v. Wade
Led by seventh-grader Jayce Cooper, students at Longfellow Middle School chanted pro-choice slogans in a small demonstration on Thursday.
BUSD administrator leaves for superintendent job in St. Helena district
RubƩn Aurelio is the second high-level administrator to take a superintendent job at another district next year.
After years of delay, middle school enrollment recommendation expected in June
The Berkeley school board is set in five weeks to make a preliminary call on whether to overhaul how students are assigned a middle school ā though further delay is possible.
Meet the Berkeley rep running unopposed on the Alameda County Board of Education
JoaquĆn Rivera has been on the ACOE board since 2010, and said this will be his last term.
San Francisco school administrator is poised to take over as Berkeley superintendent
Enikia Ford Morthel has been selected to succeed Brent Stephens, pending official approval May 18.
āIāll miss all of itā: After four decades, co-founder of Berkeley Hills preschool is retiringļæ¼
Sue Britson launched the Step One School on Spruce Street in 1981 as a place for young Berkeley kids to learn through play. Now generations of families are saying goodbye.
Berkeley keeps losing teachers. Can the district get them to stay?
BUSD saw a 14% turnover rate last year despite a $3,000 to $6,500 pay increase from Measure E. Next year, half of the districtās physics teachers will be new.
Berkeley City College has cut 150 course sections, 27 faculty spots in past two years
Students and faculty are rallying against class cuts at a time when enrollment has fallen steeply but state funding still flows at pre-pandemic levels.
UCPD: Student’s threats to shoot UC Berkeley staff led to lockdown
The district attorney’s office has charged Lamar Bursey with two felony counts of making criminal threats against staff members.
