The end of the 2017-2018 school year brought a large standing-room-only crowd at the Santa Clara Unified School District’s board room on May 24, but public discussions on the education board’s agenda regarding its stance on Measure A far outweighed the public discussion about former Council Member and Santa Clara High School teacher Dominic Caserta. … Read more
A review of open enrollment numbers presented to the Santa Clara Unified School District Board painted a dismal picture of a District struggling to accommodate its families with school-age children. Among elementary schools, Don Callejon, Laurelwood and Central Park seemed the most affected. Don Callejon accepted no new students, whereas Laurelwood accepted one out of … Read more
“Don’t take away opportunity!” That was the resounding cry of half a dozen attendees at the Santa Clara Unified School District’s board meeting on April 26. The board was considering an agenda item on changes to the support structure for 2018-2019 school year, which included eliminating the existing Opportunity classroom at Peterson Middle School. “The … Read more
Sometimes, it takes a child to remind us of the uniformity of the world. In this instance, that child is seventh grade Cabrillo student, Shreyan Mitra, who came in as the state’s second place winner in the National Geographic Bee competition on April 6. “Since geography is a study of the world, if we know … Read more
He dances. He sings. He plays the saxophone. He is the class president. Now, the 8th grade Buchser geographic bee champion is heading to Fresno to compete in the state National Geographic Bee finals on April 6. Blake Levins survived 10 rounds of complex geographic questions to prevail as school champion. He started competing when … Read more
By unanimous approval, at the March 22 Board Meeting, the Santa Clara Unified School District Board agreed to submit a resolution to state and federal elected officials demanding they take immediate action to enact “meaningful gun control legislation to prevent even one more child from being hurt by gunfire.” The Board demands that new legislation … Read more
In a special meeting on Feb. 27, Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) board voted unanimously to place a general obligation bond before the voters to fund development of new schools, and repairing and upgrading existing facilities within the district. The board has yet to determine whether the measure will be on the ballot in … Read more
Dozens of educators and parents of students from Don Callejon School appeared at the Santa Clara Unified School District’s (SCUSD) Board meeting on Feb. 8 to protest the addition of more portable classrooms to the school that already has limited space. One by one, Don Callejon staff recounted examples of how students have been impacted … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) has completed the first step—schematic design of spaces—in the development of the upcoming multi-school and park project on the former Agnews Development Property. SCUSD is currently performing site demolition and clean-up for the upcoming project, an 81-acre lot located at 3500 Zanker Rd. in San Jose. The completed … Read more