Berkeley’s yellow school buses are going green
A fleet of eight electric school buses is picking up Berkeley students for the first time this fall.
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Election 2020
Laura Babitt, Ana Vasudeo win school board seats with campaigns for smart school reopening, student safety
The two candidates will take over for Judy Appel and Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, who are both retiring from the board.
Distance learning equity, student safety are critical issues for Berkeley School Board candidates
In a race with no incumbents, six candidates are running to fill two seats during an academic year upended by COVID-19.
Election 2020: School Board candidates answer Berkeleyside questions
Meet your Berkeley School Board candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election: Laura Babitt, Jose Luis Bedolla, Esfandiar Imani, Michael Chang and Ana Vasudeo.
Election 2020: Who is Jose Luis Bedolla?
Meet Jose Luis Bedolla, one of six Berkeley School Board candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
Election 2020: Who is Ana Vasudeo?
Meet Ana Vasudeo, one of six Berkeley School Board candidates in Berkeley’s November 2020 election.
Recent stories
Student’s testimony puts pressure on school board to move faster on sexual harm reforms
A Berkeley High student gave a harrowing account of what happened when she tried to report her sexual assault in 2019, hoping to spur action.
Berkeley school board approves student vaccine-or-test requirement
The policy, designed to serve as “an on-ramp” to the statewide student vaccine mandate, was approved without a controversial proposed vaccination requirement for student-athletes.
Berkeley High’s pandemic yearbook is a time capsule of a historic year
With schools shut, yearbook staff were tasked with the impossible: commemorating a year at home.
All California students will need to be vaccinated to attend classes in person
Students in California will have to get the vaccine or enroll in independent study. The rule will apply to school staff, too.
School board split over proposal to mandate vaccines for athletes and at events like prom
The proposed rule requires students to get vaccinated or tested weekly and includes a controversial vaccine mandate for athletes and events.
Berkeley Unified to consider vaccine-or-test rule for students
The Berkeley school board will discuss a policy Wednesday that would require students to get vaccinated or submit to weekly testing. A vote is not yet expected.
Wildfire season complicates efforts to keep Berkeley schools safe from COVID-19
On bad air days, schools are instructed to close windows and doors and let the air purifiers work. But during the pandemic, that solution comes with its own problems.
‘Our single biggest challenge’: Staff and substitute shortages put pressure on Berkeley schools
Berkeley Unified faces a shortage of substitute teachers, after-school care providers, and special education aides.
She tried to reform Berkeley Unified’s Title IX office. After 6 months of frustration, she quit.
Mardi Walters resigned as Title IX coordinator in February 2020 after trying to fix how the Berkeley school district handles sexual misconduct. Now she’s speaking publicly for the first time about why she left.
No big spike in COVID-19 cases after three days of elementary school surveillance testing
After the first days of K-6 surveillance testing, 523 students are on “modified quarantine” and 12 are quarantining at home.
Berkeley High alum, 19, posted stolen nude photos of underage girls online, police say
Police said Liam Burgmann also amassed more than 100 child pornography videos of youth between 3 and 12 years old.
