Starting in fall 2023, students will be enrolled at Longfellow Middle School based on where they live. A map showing how students will be assigned their school has yet to be finalized.
The two candidates will take over for Judy Appel and Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, who are both retiring from the board.
In a race with no incumbents, six candidates are running to fill two seats during an academic year upended by COVID-19.
Meet your Berkeley School Board candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election: Laura Babitt, Jose Luis Bedolla, Esfandiar Imani, Michael Chang and Ana Vasudeo.
Meet Jose Luis Bedolla, one of six Berkeley School Board candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
Meet Ana Vasudeo, one of six Berkeley School Board candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
Reversing course, the Berkeley school board rescinded a vaccine-or-test policy for students and put a vaccine mandate for employees on hold at its Wednesday meeting.
Twenty-eight percent of Black students are in special ed, compared to 7% of white students. Berkeleyside digs into BUSD’s plan to address the disparity.
Neelam Patil is one of 10 teachers chosen by Time for her work using “pocket forests” to help students see they can make a difference in climate change.
A BHS student who amassed parts to build explosives and assault rifles got them legally, police say, and was not ready to carry out an attack.
Police say they seized “parts to explosives and assault rifles, several knives” and other concerning materials at the boy’s Berkeley home.
The lawsuits claim staff members at two elementary schools sexually abused students in 1967 and 1995 and the schools failed to stop it.
Kemal Stewart, the school’s only Black male teacher, is being moved from the school due to falling enrollment.
The longest-running high school rowing program in Northern California heads to the Scholastic Rowing Association of America national championships.
More students and staff are testing positive for COVID-19 again due to a surge fueled by omicron subvariants.
Led by seventh-grader Jayce Cooper, students at Longfellow Middle School chanted pro-choice slogans in a small demonstration on Thursday.
Rubén Aurelio is the second high-level administrator to take a superintendent job at another district next year.
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