Local school news, educational institutes’ news reporting in Santa Clara and Sunnyvale.
The Wilcox varsity girls’ basketball team snapped a six-year drought Friday night. Playing in its first CCS playoff game since 2019 (when the team played in three playoff games), the Chargers easily handled the Andrew Hill Falcons to the tune of a 54-32 victory. With key rotational players Carissa Quistian and Shriya Ratnani unavailable, senior … Read more
From private school vouchers to threats over “woke” curriculum, the Trump administration has launched a slew of reforms intended to reshape K-12 schools. But it’s still too soon to determine how — or if — those efforts will play out in California, experts say. “There’s been a strategy of rapid-fire change, and Trump is very … Read more
For the first time in 30 years, the Santa Clara Bruins boys’ wrestling team is league champion. Not to be overshadowed by their male counterparts, all seven lady Bruins wrestling for Santa Clara managed to qualify for CCS! No matter who was on the mat, the Bruins were pinning their ears back and pinning their … Read more
A former Santa Clara High School teacher and “well-known” coach stands accused of having sex with a student. Darrin Garcia, 53, has been an athletic director in the Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) since 2022, according to SCUSD. Prior to that role, Garcia was a gym and health teacher at Santa Clara High School, … Read more
The Santa Clara Unified Board of Trustees had a busy week before heading off on break with not one but two board meetings. The Board covered a lot of ground from the LCAP to the superintendent search. LCAP Update This school year Santa Clara Unified started their 2024 – 2027 Local Control and Accountability … Read more
A student-led protest marched through the streets of Santa Clara on Feb. 10 as a few hundred teens from Wilcox High School spoke out against the deportation of immigrants. Led by sophomore Dayarely Amaya, the students walked off the campus during fifth period and raised their voices with chants of “Sí, se puede.” For Amaya, … Read more
Local school districts have vowed to vanguard immigrant students’ information from federal immigration inquiries. In lock-step with guidelines set forth by the California Dept. of Justice (DOJ), Santa Clara Unified School District and Sunnyvale School District have let residents know the law protects student information from the U.S. Immigrations & Customs Enforcement (ICE). “Federal and … Read more
Long after high school corridors are silent and doors locked, certain home garages around Silicon Valley are buzzing like bee hives. Forgetting time (and occasionally homework), teenage robotics enthusiasts crowd inside them. Members of high school and community robotics teams, they have been engrossed since last fall in the time-consuming challenge of designing, building, and … Read more
Santa Clara Unified had never had a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) before but at the Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, Jan. 23 they finally approved the PLA for the Bracher Elementary Modernization Project. Project Labor Agreement The District has its very first Project Labor Agreement. With a PLA, only unionized companies can bid … Read more
It won’t be long now until Santa Clara Unified School District will have to say goodbye to Superintendent Dr. Gary Waddell. Dr. Waddell is retiring at the end of the school year but before the Board can pick who will fill his shoes, they had to first pick the firm for this important search. The … Read more