Retiring BUSD Superintendent Bill Huyett: the search for his successor should conclude by May A series of public meetings and workshops with teachers, administrators and classified staff took place over the last four days as part of the search for a new Berkeley schools superintendent to replace Bill Huyett, who is retiring on June 30. […]
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Site decisions close for Berkeley’s new charter schools
REALM Principal Victor Diaz with his children. Photo: Rachel Gross. Berkeley’s new Revolutionary Education and Learning Movement (REALM) middle school may be located in a commercial property at Addison and 8th Street, and there is a “high likelihood” that its high school will be located at BUSD’s West Campus site according to Victor Diaz, REALM’s principal. […]
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Parents cross their fingers in Berkeley school lottery
Erika Pollak hopes Zev gets into Malcom X Elementary. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel. By Chris Hammond Ring the school bell. Today marks a day of hope and trepidation for hundreds of Berkeley parents. The deadline to submit applications for the Berkeley public school lottery is 4 pm. For kindergartners, the lottery marks a crucial beginning. The […]
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A matter of principal: Meet Victor Diaz, head of Berkeley’s first Charter Schools
Victor Diaz and his son Neruda, 5, and daughter Laila, 7, at Sack’s Coffee House in Berkeley. By Rachel Gross Since the small schools movement in the ‘90s, the Bay Area has been something of a petri dish for alternative academics in K-12 education. Oakland, for example, boasts 34 charter schools of various themes and sizes (as […]
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BHS science labs not just for the ‘privileged’
Amy Hansen is a long time science teacher at Berkeley High School. When she read Rick Ayer’s opinion piece on the science lab controversy, she felt compelled to send a letter to the school board rebutting Ayers’ charges. This is a copy of the letter. Contrary to Mr. Ayers assertion, it is not a privilege […]
