The complaint alleged that the school district violated the law by refusing the parent access to a slideshow on the conflict in the Middle East taught to 9th graders.
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Berkeley High alumni game honors the memory of baseball coach Tim Moellering
Graduates and current high school players faced off in a game honoring the beloved coach for whom the field was named.
Berkeley High students paint ‘Free Palestine’ mural downtown
Students behind the mural called for a cease-fire, release of hostages and defended their right to learn Palestinian history in school.
Teens pose ‘burning questions’ about wildfire in Berkeley art show
Berkeley High School student Kai Lim-Moreno shared how wildfire at Tuolumne Camp near Yosemite in 2013 helped inspire the art she contributed to a new exhibit on view at downtown Berkeley’s Brower Center.
Remembering Barbara Renton, Berkeley High biology teacher
Renton was also a poet and writer and a great supporter of education and the arts.
She fled Afghanistan at 14. Now, she uses 5 languages to help other newcomer classmates at Berkeley High
In 2021, Farhat Noorzad, her parents and her four brothers escaped Afghanistan with just a small backpack between them. The 16-year-old just received a citywide “kindness” award for helping other refugee and immigrant students.
Trans students at Berkeley High take bathroom access into their own hands
Fed up with locked doors and broken toilets, students part of the Gender Expansive Youth Activists have replaced the signs on six gendered bathrooms with gender-neutral labeling.
How did your Berkeley school do on state tests?
An interactive graphic created by CalMatters allows you to see how test scores changed at every Berkeley school last year — broken down by race, grade and other factors.
Berkeley students’ post-pandemic test scores rebound ahead of state average
Math scores bounced back and English scores remained stagnant at pre-pandemic levels, but fewer Black students met state reading standards.
Remembering Cliff Wong, former Berkeley High principal, interim BUSD superintendent, basketball star
Wong served as principal at Berkeley High during the Civil Rights Movement and had an “encyclopedic knowledge” of the district’s history.
Berkeley High students walk out to protest Israeli bombardment of Palestine
About 150 Berkeley High students walked out of class Wednesday and marched from Civic Center to the Cal campus through downtown Berkeley.
New mental health report highlights changes needed to services in Berkeley schools
A mental health needs assessment, the first in six years, recommends BUSD hire more diverse counselors and increase preventative mental health services.