What are the 3 ballot measures BUSD is asking voters to approve in March 2020?
BUSD is asking voters to help fund everything from solar panels to English teachers salaries.
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Safety hazards prompt Oxford Elementary to move to West Campus next school year
The temporary relocation addresses safety issues but not the longterm future of Oxford.
Dozens of Berkeley High teachers say they’ll call in sick Monday over union negotiations
For the second time this month, teachers will buck union leadership and leave administrators scrambling to deal with major absences.
Some Berkeley High teachers stage an unofficial ‘wildcat’ strike
With the school district and union still struggling to reach a contract agreement, teachers stayed home to ramp up the pressure.
Opinion: Teachers and staff in Berkeley schools are struggling; district should give meaningful raises
The author, who has worked for the District for 24 years, had to pay $920 a month for Kaiser healthcare in 2015, a rate that forced him to get a second job. He supports the union demand for a 12% raise over two years.
Teachers flood meeting, demanding raises and special-ed support
The first big teacher rally of the school year was part dance party, part protest.
Berkeley Unified might ask voters to pay a teacher tax in 2020
As the district recuperates from millions of dollars in budget cuts, officials are pondering three different ballot measures that would support the schools.
8 months after devastating crash, Judy Appel returns to School Board
Wednesday’s School Board meeting was not only the first for Judy Appel after a long medical leave, but also the first ever for new Superintendent Brent Stephens.
Pasquale Scuderi says goodbye to Berkeley Unified
BUSD’s number-two administrator is Alameda Unified’s new superintendent.
Let them eat lunch: Parents and kids say Berkeley schools have too-short mealtimes
Berkeley Unified is famous for its lunch program, but kids are coming home from school with barely eaten sandwiches and tales of scarfing down food, sometimes in as little as five to 10 minutes.
Berkeley Unified closes its only charter school
After a months-long saga, the school board denied REALM’s application to merge with an online charter system, then revoked the school’s charter.
Charter school angling to operate in Berkeley gets nixed by Monterey County
Wednesday is the Berkeley School Board’s last chance to approve Compass — or close REALM.
