Berkeley safety officers Steven Saunders and Diesel Sutherland wear logoed uniform The Berkeley Unified School District released a plan on Tuesday to improve security at the high school, but didn’t address one of the major recommendations made by the police – to put security officers in uniform. The district will pay to have a police […]
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Berkeley High security officers play multiple roles
Berkeley security officers patrol hallways. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel It was 2:10 pm on a warm Thursday afternoon and the Berkeley High detention center was hopping. The school’s security team had done a sweep of the park across from the high school and had netted 13 students who had cut class. Now the truant teenagers sat […]
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School board considers response to gun incidents
Pasquale Scuderi: "Alarmingly casual relationship between young people and guns" In a special session of the Berkeley Unified School District board last night, board members, staff and parents agreed on the need for urgent action in response to a string of gun incidents at Berkeley High School and B-Tech. Among the immediate likely steps will […]
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Students on probation not involved in BHS gun activity
Berkeley High School: administrators work closely with the county's probation department None of the 35 Berkeley High School students who are on probation was involved with the recent spate of gun incidents at the school, according to Alameda County’s top probation official. Despite the fears of some parents that those who have previously been arrested […]
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Berkeley High School on lockdown, issue resolved
Berkeley High School is currently on lockdown as we write. Prinpical Pasquale Scuderi issued an email to the parent community stating: “This is a precaution we are taking because we believe there were individuals with weapons on the perimeter. All of our students are safe inside their classes and we will have more information to follow within the […]
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Is Berkeley High safe? Parents debate the question
In the middle of a meeting called to discuss guns and safety at Berkeley High School, the deputy district attorney in charge of Alameda County’s juvenile division stood up and announced that the community is not being realistic about how dangerous a place it is. “I have seen the police report of every single person […]
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BHS Principal takes action in wake of gun activity
Berkeley High cafeteria By Frances Dinkelspiel and Tracey Taylor There were two on-campus gun incidents at Berkeley High last week, and police discovered an Oakland youth outside BHS on Friday afternoon carrying a gun, but Principal Pasquale Scuderi does not think gang activity or an intra-school beef is the reason for the recent spate of […]
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Berkeley High students weigh in on gun issues at school
Students at Berkeley High School do not necessarily agree with the views of their parents and the adult community at large when it comes to issues surrounding safety, security and guns on campus. According to several students who have voiced their opinions on Berkeleyside, they believe guns are a fact of life at high schools, […]
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BUSD commits to actions in wake of BHS gun incidents
Following yesterday’s gun-related incidents at Berkeley High School, in which one gun was fired and another discovered in a student’s backpack, BUSD Superintendent Bill Huyett sent out an email to the Berkeley High community this morning setting out the district’s preliminary responses. These will be implemented, he said, before spring break which begins on April […]
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Update: Today’s two Berkeley High School gun incidents
BHS Principal Pasquale Scuderi held a press conference outside the portable building where a gun was fired on campus. Photos: Tracey Taylor Berkeley High School Principal Pasquale Scuderi held a press conference at 1:40 p.m. today about the two incidents of guns being found on the Berkeley High campus today. In the first case the […]
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A second gun found on Berkeley High campus in a day
The Berkeley Police Department reports that a second gun has been found on the Berkeley High School campus today, following an earlier incident which involved a gun being fired through the wall of a portable classroom. According to BPD spokesperson Sgt. Mary Kusmiss, a student shared information with authorities regarding another student who they thought […]
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Gunshot fired at Berkeley High School, no injuries
The bullet hole that was made in the wall of a portable classroom at BHS this morning. A gun was fired on campus at Berkeley High School this morning at around 8:45 a.m. A bullet went through the wall of a portable classroom from where the round was fired. Two suspects, at least one of […]
