The National Federation of the Blind hopes a settlement the mother reached with BUSD will become a blueprint for other school districts.
Cragmont Elementary School
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Berkeley science teacher wins Time magazine innovative teaching award
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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Kids rally to keep beloved 5th grade teacher at Cragmont
Kemal Stewart, the school’s only Black male teacher, is being moved from the school due to falling enrollment.
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Mask on or mask off? How Berkeley kids are navigating California’s new rules
One week into the rule change, Berkeley kids have mostly opted to keep masks on indoors.
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Berkeley schools sow the seeds of climate progress with ‘pocket forests’
Elementary students asked how they could do their part to stop climate change. A year later, their science teacher had an answer: micro-forests.
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A ‘mad rush’ to get Berkeley kids to school after most district bus drivers are exposed to COVID
Bus service isn’t expected to resume until Friday, leaving parents scrambling to make carpool plans.
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Berkeley parents ask for safer streets after fatal crash near Cragmont school
As of this week, police say they still don’t know what caused the May 11 collision, which killed two people.
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School notebook: Gigantic budget cuts, principal turnover, mural gets a mask
Berkeley school news — in brief.
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State says Berkeley Unified mishandled sexual harassment case
The California Department of Education said BUSD underplayed the extent to which a student was being harassed, misclassifying the taunts she received as bullying rather than sexual harassment.
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Berkeley school bus carrying 4 kids involved in collision; no injuries reported
The bus collided with a car at Bancroft Way and Sacramento Street on Friday morning.
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Berkeley teachers, school, honored for science teaching
Several Berkeley elementary school teachers, as well as an entire Berkeley elementary school, were last wek honored for their excellent science teaching.
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Father of girl struck by car calls for better traffic control
The father of a 9-year-old girl struck by a taxi in a crosswalk last week was among a small contingent of parents and administrators from John Muir Elementary School who asked the Berkeley City Council for pedestrian safety improvements in the area Tuesday. Darryl Bartlow, whose daughter Lillia was hit March 8 while crossing Claremont Avenue […]