In 1990, Berkeley High became one of the first schools in the nation to require ethnic studies. With the state following suit earlier this month, BUSD plans to expand ethnic studies to all grade levels.
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.
Bus service isn’t expected to resume until Friday, leaving parents scrambling to make carpool plans.
The men were “looking for a particular student,” according to an email BHS Principal Juan Raygoza sent to the school community Friday night.
A fleet of eight electric school buses is picking up Berkeley students for the first time this fall.
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.
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.
With schools shut, yearbook staff were tasked with the impossible: commemorating a year at home.
Students in California will have to get the vaccine or enroll in independent study. The rule will apply to school staff, too.
The proposed rule requires students to get vaccinated or tested weekly and includes a controversial vaccine mandate for athletes and events.
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.
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.
Berkeley Unified faces a shortage of substitute teachers, after-school care providers, and special education aides.
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