Berkeley Unified superintendent to retire in July
Donald Evans has big goals for the final months of his six-year tenure.
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School Board president and wife in critical condition after Berkeley crash
The Berkeley School Board president and her wife were struck by a car while walking in Berkeley just after midnight Friday and are in critical condition at a local hospital, according to police and community members.
Opinion: It’s time for Berkeley High parents to become allies for our kids
Berkeley High parents have offered to help BUSD develop materials for substitute teachers, create math manuals and more to help students succeed. Their efforts have been rebuffed.
Berkeley schools go beyond bathrooms to support gender non-conforming students
While policies elsewhere limit the rights of transgender and non-binary students, BUSD tries to be as accommodating to its gender non-conforming students as possible.
New state report card goes beyond test scores for Berkeley schools
Information on student achievement and disparities at Berkeley schools is available in a new interactive — and quite colorful — online database.
Berkeley High student recounts to School Board ‘year you chose not to keep me safe’
After being a victim of harassment within BUSD, a 14-year-old student said she was told the safest thing to do was for her to leave the school.
Berkeley school superintendent worked 18 months with lapsed credentials
For much of the last two years, Berkeley School Superintendent Donald Evans has been working without credentials required by his contract.
Berkeley School Board rejects school officer grant
The Berkeley School Board said a resounding “no” to a proposal to add a second police officer to its campus roster during a discussion earlier this month about ways to address safety and racial tension on campus.
Berkeley School Board primer: Campus racism, Thousand Oaks portables, help for ‘high-need’ students
The Berkeley schools Board of Education meets tonight, Jan. 13. On the agenda: The superintendent will share his plan to address racism on campus, the board may vote to call off plans for portables at Thousand Oaks, and there will be an overview about the types of intervention help and support the district’s high-need students receive.
BHS student to be disciplined after racist statement
The student who posted an inflammatory and racist statement on a Berkeley High School library computer last week was a student of color, according to a school district spokesman. But the student, a male freshman, was not black, according to a city staffer familiar with the case.
Berkeley High students walk out, rally after racist threats
By Tracey Taylor, Lance Knobel and Emilie Raguso
Berkeley School Board to get student residency update
After approving a new admissions and enrollment policy in June aimed to curtail the illegal enrollment of out-of-district students, the Berkeley School Board is set to receive a report at tonight’s meeting that sums up district efforts this year related to residency and inter-district permits.
