At the first day of school in Berkeley on Monday, the specter of the pandemic lingered, but it did not dominate a first day back that, finally, felt pretty normal.
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BUSD administrator leaves for superintendent job in St. Helena district
Rubén Aurelio is the second high-level administrator to take a superintendent job at another district next year.
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San Francisco school administrator is poised to take over as Berkeley superintendent
Enikia Ford Morthel has been selected to succeed Brent Stephens, pending official approval May 18.
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3 Berkeley High custodians sue over sexual harassment, gender discrimination
This is the second lawsuit since 2019 to describe a culture of sexual harassment and unequal treatment in Berkeley High’s custodial department.
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Plan to end Berkeley’s K-5 distance learning option gets pushback from parents
Families with medically vulnerable students or relatives are fighting to save the Virtual Academy program, launched last fall.
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Berkeley superintendent Brent Stephens finds new job leading Lafayette School District
The day after his contract expires at Berkeley Unified, Stephens will take over as Lafayette’s superintendent.
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Updated: Superintendent Brent Stephens says leaving Berkeley school district is ‘about prioritizing family’
Stephens, who led the district through the pandemic, is leaving at the end of his three-year contract.
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Parents fear that elementary students opting for distance learning could be left behind
Parents worry that distance learners are more likely to be stuck with a substitute than students on-campus, especially a substitute without experience teaching online.
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‘Masks will be ubiquitous’: BUSD officials, families talk school reopening at live forum
Sup. Brent Stephens elaborated on labor negotiations and his vision for the upcoming school year.
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Now parents can easily find out how many COVID-19 cases there are in Berkeley schools
There have seven cases in elementary schools but BUSD says none were reported to be transmitted on campus.
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Berkeley Unified confirms appointment of Brent Stephens as new superintendent
Stephens was the longtime chief academic officer for San Francisco Unified, leading a $70 million division and overseeing curriculum and instruction there.
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Address verification work continues for Berkeley Unified
The Berkeley Unified School District has continued its stepped-up efforts to cut down on enrollment fraud during its second year of widespread home visits and address verifications prompted by a new policy adopted by the School Board last year. Wednesday night, the board got an update from BUSD admissions manager Francisco Martinez about how enrollment and address verifications […]