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Storm damage photos, outages linger, 30-year wait to underground utility lines is nearly over | Historic Asian American bookshop closing

Berkeley Unified School District

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Berkeley charter school teacher faces sexual assault allegations in civil lawsuit

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich Aug. 23, 2022, 3:10 p.m.August 24, 2022

Three years ago, a former REALM Charter School teacher was exonerated in criminal court of sexually assaulting a student. Now the student is filing a civil suit.

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What to expect from BUSD’s COVID-19 policies this school year

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich Aug. 05, 2022, 2:16 p.m.August 5, 2022

The new school year brings looser COVID-19 restrictions, with less testing and more field trips and classroom visitors.

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Student charged in Berkeley High mass shooting plot sentenced to rehab facility

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich Aug. 04, 2022, 10:57 a.m.August 4, 2022

The 16-year-old Berkeley High student pleaded guilty to a felony crime and his sentence includes time in a rehabilitation facility.

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She fought on behalf of her blind son. Now BUSD will make online learning tools more accessible

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich July 21, 2022, 4:58 p.m.August 4, 2022

The National Federation of the Blind hopes a settlement the mother reached with BUSD will become a blueprint for other school districts.

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Berkeley school board votes to desegregate middle schools with new enrollment policy

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich June 16, 2022, 4:59 p.m.August 4, 2022

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.

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BUSD puts staff vaccine mandate on hold, rescinds student vax-or-test rule

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich June 14, 2022, 3:04 p.m.June 19, 2022

Reversing course, the Berkeley school board rescinded a vaccine-or-test policy for students and put a vaccine mandate for employees on hold at its Wednesday meeting.

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Black and Latino students in Berkeley Unified are overrepresented in special ed

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich June 12, 2022, 8:00 a.m.February 9, 2023

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.

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Berkeley science teacher wins Time magazine innovative teaching award

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich June 08, 2022, 9:00 a.m.August 4, 2022

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.

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It took 9 days to arrest suspect in mass shooting plot at Berkeley High. Police explain why

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich June 02, 2022, 7:56 p.m.August 4, 2022

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.

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Student, 16, arrested on suspicion of mass shooting, bomb plot at BHS

Avatar photo by Emilie Raguso June 01, 2022, 4:58 p.m.August 4, 2022

Police say they seized “parts to explosives and assault rifles, several knives” and other concerning materials at the boy’s Berkeley home.

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Berkeley school district faces 2 more child sex abuse lawsuits

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich May 31, 2022, 5:00 p.m.August 25, 2022

The lawsuits claim staff members at two elementary schools sexually abused students in 1967 and 1995 and the schools failed to stop it.

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Kids rally to keep beloved 5th grade teacher at Cragmont

Avatar photo by Ally Markovich May 25, 2022, 4:42 p.m.August 4, 2022

Kemal Stewart, the school’s only Black male teacher, is being moved from the school due to falling enrollment.

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