The Allston Way Garage has reported an uptick in students loitering, creating graffiti, and engaging in sexual activity in the garage area. Photo: Francesca Paris When lunchtime at Berkeley High rolls around at 11:38 a.m., the gate on the Allston side of the Allston Way Garage comes down. Security guards stand sentry. The gate is […]
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Berkeley High students from AMPS school denounce offensive yearbook comment
Students from the AMPS school at Berkeley High have issued a response to an offensive comment about the program in the school’s 2015 yearbook. This photo, taken by the yearbook staff, shows seniors in the AMPS school. Photo; BHS Students from the AMPS school at Berkeley High have issued a response to an offensive comment about the program in the school’s […]
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Berkeley High recalls yearbook due to offensive comment
The 2015 Berkeley High yearbook is being recalled due to an offensive comment on one of its pages. Photo: Melati Citrawireja See clarification at the foot of this story. Update, June 4, 1:30 p.m. The Berkeley High School Black Student Union (BSU) released a statement to Berkeleyside late Wednesday night reflecting on the yearbook incident as […]
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Berkeley High students allege BUSD refused access to federal investigators over sexual harassment
Students from the BHS Stop Harassing group put up posters on campus alleging BUSD has been refusing OCR investigators access to students. Photo: Jaya N.S. After BUSD officials allegedly refused to let federal investigators interview students about sexual harassment claims at Berkeley High, students plastered posters in campus hallways last month stating, “You are being […]
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Principal restricts access to Berkeley High because of reports that a fight might break out
BHS principal Kristin Glenchur is asking students to stay on campus for lunch and is limiting outside visitors because of rumors of a brewing brawl between kids from area high schools. Update, 8:10 p.m.: BHS acting principal Kristin Glenchur sent out an email to the school community at around 5:30 p.m. to report on the […]
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5 arrested in Berkeley after 15-20 youth fights downtown
A Berkeley Police cruiser that can often be seen outside the high school, on Martin Luther King Jr. Way (file photo). Photo: Emilie Raguso Update, April 13, 5 p.m. Regarding the students who were arrested Friday, the Berkeley Police Department has provided the following basic information: A 16-year-old female was arrested on suspicion of participating in a […]
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Berkeley student suspended after stabbing other student
A Berkeley High student stabbed another Berkeley High student in the back during lunch break off campus today in downtown Berkeley. Photo: Tracey Taylor Update, April 13, 3:30 p.m. According to Berkeley Police spokeswoman Officer Jennifer Coats, police arrested a 17-year-old male from Richmond on the evening of the stabbing on suspicion of assault with a […]
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Feds launch civil rights investigation into Berkeley School District’s response to sexual harassment claims
Berkeley High School: at the center of a sexual harassment investigation. Photo: Lance Knobel The federal Office for Civil Rights has launched an investigation into whether the Berkeley Unified School District inadequately responded to sexual harassment claims at Berkeley High School, thereby creating a “hostile environment on the basis of sex.” Failure to adequately respond to sexual harassment […]
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New BHS principal: School district seeks community input
Berkeley High School: looking for a new principal. Photo: Lance Knobel The Berkeley school district is seeking the community’s input as it ramps up its search for a new principal for Berkeley High School. The high school is inviting parents and stakeholders to attend a meeting in the BHS Library on Tuesday Jan. 13 to share their […]
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Today: Students stage walkout at Berkeley High
Berkeley High students walked out of class Wednesday in solidarity with the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. Photo: Aidan Grundy-Reiner Berkeley High School students are expected to stage a “peaceful walkout” today, Dec. 10, at 2:30 p.m. A message about the event went out over the Berkeley High email list just after 1:30 p.m. […]
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Outcry after Berkeley High abruptly cancels physics lab
Forty-three BHS students signed up for an early-morning physics lab, only to be told it had been cancelled shortly after the beginning of the academic year. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel Forty-three BHS students signed up for an early-morning physics lab, only to be told it had been cancelled shortly after the beginning of the academic year. Photo: Frances […]
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Glenchur named Berkeley High interim principal
New interim principal at Berkeley High Kristin Glenchur. Photo: Biotech Partners Kristin Glenchur, vice principal at Berkeley High for the last six years, has been appointed interim principal of BHS for the 2014-15 school year by the BUSD superintendent and board. Glenchur’s appointment comes after a brief search for a replacement for Pasquale Scuderi, who […]