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School Lunch Program Survives
OAKLAND, Calif. (KCBS)- Many Bay Area schools are suffering from deep budget cuts, affecting everyone from teachers to janitors. But one thing that has managed to escape the budget axe in the East Bay...
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Budget Furlough Means Fall Vacation At San Jose Schools
SAN JOSE (KCBS/BCN) – Just a month into the school year, students in San Jose have already been advised it’s time for a break. About 3,000 district employees, including 1,800 teachers, agreed to the...
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San Jose Substitute Teacher Accused Of Sexual Assaults
SAN JOSE (BCN) — A substitute teacher for the Franklin-McKinley School District in San Jose was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault upon multiple minors, according to police. The suspect, Jayanthum...
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Adult Education Program In San Jose Could Be Slashed
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – An adult education program that’s been around for 43 years could soon be the latest victim of the budget ax with the San Jose Unified School District proposing a 67 percent program...
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San Jose Schools Cut GED Classes To Shore Up K-12
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – The San Jose Unified School District announced Friday that it will close two adult education campuses so it can restore five furlough days in regular classes. Redirecting $3.5 million...
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Silicon Valley’s Largest School District Says Goodbye To Furlough Days
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Despite the uncertainty over state funding, schools in the San Jose Unified School District will be in session for a full 180 days and there will be no teacher furloughs. School bells...
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Thousands Of Bay Area School Children Still Need Whooping Cough Shots
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – Thousands of middle and high school students in Oakland, San Jose and San Francisco still haven’t gotten their mandatory whooping cough vaccination, even though the deadline to...
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San Jose Unified School District Prepared For Looming State Budget Cuts
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – A projected $3 billion budget deficit now facing California this fiscal year will almost certainly trigger cuts in December at school districts throughout the state. “Some of the...
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San Jose School Vice Principal Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Minor
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A vice principal at a San Jose high school was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a minor, according to police. Joseph Reghitto, 32, was arrested at Leland High...
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San Jose Unified Wants To Require Internships For Students
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Under a new strategic plan unveiled by San Jose Unified School District, students would be required to take an internship in order to graduate from high school. If approved, the plan...
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Leaked Questions At San Jose Schools Delay Standardized Test Results
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – Results of statewide standardized testing for California school children have been delayed because cell phone pictures of test questions were posted online by students at several...
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Bay Area Students Improve On High School Exit Exam, Scores Up Statewide
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — This year’s graduating class posted the highest pass rate on the state’s High School Exit Exam, with Bay Area districts seeing improvement. According to the California Department...
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Counselors Provided At Bay Area Schools Following Connecticut Tragedy
SAN JOSE (KCBS) – At schools across the Bay Area and around the country, counselors are being made available for students in the wake of last week’s mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in...
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Phil Matier: California College-Prep Course Successes Overstated
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) – The highly-touted plan to have every student in the San Jose Unified School District pass the classes required for University of California or California State University...
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San Jose High School Pays Tribute To Former Student Killed In Isla Vista Rampage
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — The principal of Lynbrook High School in San Jose this morning asked for a moment of silence for 2012 graduate Cheng Hong, one of six people killed by his deranged roommate Friday...
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Ask A Bay Area Expert: 5 Tips For Getting Your Child Ready For Kindergarten
(credit: Thinkstock) Starting school is typically a fun and exciting time in any child’s life. Kindergarten is often the first experience kids will have with classrooms and regulated schedules. The...
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10 San Jose Unified Schools Affected By Norovirus
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — Ten schools in the San Jose Unified School District have reported being impacted by the norovirus, school officials said Tuesday. The elementary schools affected are: Hacienda,...
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South Bay Stomach Flu Outbreak May Be Spreading
SAN JOSE (CBS SF) — A 24-hour stomach bug outbreak that has sickened hundreds of students in the San Jose Unified School District schools may be spreading to other counties, according to the Santa Cruz...
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Parents Slam Proposal To Move San Jose Schools For Affordable Teacher Housing
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – A plan to bulldoze a pair of schools to make way for affordable housing was the topic of a heated meeting in South San Jose Wednesday night. Parents, students and community members...
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San Jose Teachers Speak As Fight Over Affordable Teacher Housing Roils Community
SAN JOSE (KPIX 5) – At a San Jose Unified School District public meeting Thursday night, teachers weighed in on proposals to close or move two schools to make way for affordable housing. But the plan...
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