Santa Clara
Santa Clara, CA · Education
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Students await opening of new parking lot
After many years of struggling to find parking spots in the neighborhood, San Rafael High School students are wondering if and when they will be able to park in the newly constructed parking lot on Mission Avenue. There are only forty five parking spots in the senior parking lot, which...
EdSource
Students oppose bell-to-bell cellphone bans due to safety concerns, report says
High school students overwhelmingly oppose bell-to-bell cellphone bans because of safety concerns, but support cellphone limitations to some extent during the school day, according to a national survey reported by K-12 Dive. The report, conducted by research firms Hopelab and Data for Progress, surveyed nearly 1,500 youth ages 13 to 24 about their support for cellphone use restrictions in school. “Students are telling us... read more
theburlingameb.org
sonomasun.com
School Superintendent Jason Sutter Talks About Pride Flag
Jason Sutter, Superintendent of Sonoma Valley Unified School District, was a strong presence among the students at Sonoma Valley High School during the October 13 noontime walkout. On that day, several hundred students left classes to demonstrate for the return of the Pride Flag to its flagpole at the entrance to the campus. “I was there to support our students,” he stated simply. “I wanted to be sure the students could safely exercise their First Amendment rights.”
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Daily Californian
Spanish King Felipe VI awards $56K to campus professor
Within the Convent of La Merced in Soria, Spain, UC Berkeley professor emeritus Charles Faulhaber stood shoulder-to-shoulder with King Felipe VI, the current king of Spain. Faulhaber came to Soria on Sept. 25 to accept the Second Duques de Soria Prize for International Hispanism, which he was granted for the nearly 50 years he has spent as the director-at-large of PhiloBiblon, a database of medieval Romance language texts from the Iberian Peninsula. The award from the Duques de Soria Foundation for Hispanic Science and Culture came along with a grant of 50,000 euros, or about $56,142, to support the project and honors excellence in research into the culture and history of Spain.
berkeleyside.org
Photos: See what People’s Park student dorm looks like with facade in place
UC Berkeley’s 1,100-bed dorm at People’s Park is taking shape. The university recently finished installing the facade at Judith E. Heumann House, the centerpiece of a controversial project that is bringing student and affordable housing to the long-contested patch of land, a symbol of Berkeley’s progressive history and the former site of activism, homeless encampments and mutual aid.
SFGate
redwoodbark.org
Girls varsity volleyball outlasts Marin Catholic in five-set comeback victory
In a back-and-forth rivalry match, the girls varsity volleyball team rallied to defeat the Marin Catholic Wildcats 3-2 on Friday, Oct. 16, extending its winning streak to nine. The matchup took place on Marin Catholic’s senior night, adding to the intensity of the longstanding rivalry. The Giants narrowly claimed...
richmondconfidential.org
When WCCUSD merged middle schools in Pinole, it caused an unintended side effect — traffic jams
In the morning and afternoon at Betty Reid Soskin at Pinole Middle School, students cross the street and weave through cars without a crosswalk or crossing guard. Cars double park and attempt illegal U-turns, risking head-on collisions. Drivers ignore prominent signage prohibiting left turns into the school, causing backups deep into the neighborhood.
contracosta.news
Contra Costa Community College District Chancellor to Retire After Nearly Four Decades of Service
Martinez, Calif. — Following a decades-long career with the Contra Costa Community College District (4CD), Chancellor Mojdeh Mehdizadeh has announced that she will retire on Dec. 30. At their September meeting, the 4CD Governing Board appointed Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Micaela Ochoa to serve as interim chancellor while the...
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Students’ efforts to defend press freedom lead to Berkeley appearance, awards, push for stronger legal protections
What began as a censorship dispute over a political cartoon last spring has taken two Gretna East High School student journalists to the University of California–Berkeley, and earned them two awards recognizing their advocacy for student press rights. Seniors Aidan McClaren, who is the Editor-in-Chief of the Wingspan, the...