Candidates for the school board speak at Thursday night’s forum. Left to right: Judy Appel, Norma Harrison, Tracy Hollander, Beatriz Leyva-Cutler. Photo: Lance Knobel Candidates for the school board speak at Thursday night’s forum. Left to right: Judy Appel, Norma Harrison, Tracy Hollander, Beatriz Leyva-Cutler. Photo: Lance Knobel At the only forum planned for school […]
Berkeley School Board
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Heatley withdraws candidacy for BUSD Superintendent
Edmond Heatley Edmond Heatley has withdrawn his candidacy for the post of Berkeley Schools district Superintendent. Heatley was the only candidate in the running, after the school board let it be known on Aug. 31 that they had narrowed to field down to one. An alert released by BUSD at 8:38am today reads: In an […]
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School edible programs get reprieve from the feds
Three Berkeley elementary schools secure additional federal funding for their cooking and gardening programs for the next academic year.
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Berkeley district votes to fund at-risk edible programs
Kids eat the fruits of their labor at Berkeley's Malcolm X Elementary School. Photo: Rivka Mason Late last night, the Berkeley Unified School District School Board voted to authorize funding up to $350,000 for three elementary schools — Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, and Washington — that were in danger of losing their gardening and cooking […]
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Memorial for teacher Terry Doran to be held Feb. 25th
Terry Doran: a much loved teacher who served on the BUSD School Board for eight years A community gathering to celebrate the life of the late BUSD teacher and School Board president Terry Doran will take place at Longfellow Middle School on February 25th at 2 p.m. The family invites all of the community to […]
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Terry Doran, longtime Berkeley educator, dies
Terry Doran. Photo: courtesy of the Doran family Terry Doran, who served two terms as president of the Berkeley school board and inspired generations of students at Berkeley High, died on January 1 after a long battle with cancer. Doran was a towering figure at Berkeley High until he retired in 1998. He worked for […]
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Student director hopes to address ‘opportunity gap’
Maddy Roberts: campaigned in 62 different classrooms By Izzy ben Izzy On Aug. 31, Maddy Roberts, a senior at Berkeley High, will face one of her most important challenges yet: representing the 9,000 students in the Berkeley Unified School District. Roberts, 17, was elected in May to serve as the Student Director for the forthcoming year, […]
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Expelled BHS student involved in gun incident seen on campus
A 17-year-old Berkeley High student who was involved in an incident in which a gun was fired in a men’s bathroom on campus on March 22 was spotted on school grounds Monday, despite him having been expelled. BUSD spokesperson Mark Coplan said the student was seen at around midday by Berkeley High security staff who called […]
