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.
Kids of all ages took to the streets in Berkeley and San Francisco to demand action on climate change.
Along with purchase of 6,200 Chromebooks, BUSD has launched a "digital citizenship" curriculum covering cyber-bullying, fake news and privacy.
Preliminary tests at a few sites were negative, but a new law requires EBMUD to test every BUSD school.
Kids and parents at a few Berkeley elementary schools promoted peace and equality at demonstrations Friday morning.
Parents say the crowded elementary school needs more staff. The district says that is easier said than done.
Over the summer, Washington Elementary School in Berkeley got a new set of portable classrooms. The new classrooms replaced a group of portables which dated back to the 1960s, even though they were installed originally as a temporary measure. The new ones come from Berkeley High School. They were removed from there in order to complete the high school’s $46 million new construction project.
By Sarah Cline, Jazz Program Director at Berkeley High School
When Sarah James went to the first meeting for her daughter’s freshman crew team at Berkeley High School, she wanted to form a carpool for the 6 a.m. practices.
A school district proposal to replace decades-old portable classrooms at Berkeley’s Washington Elementary and Berkeley Arts Magnet schools with a set of newer ones that are being removed from the Berkeley High campus, has been delayed for further consideration after concerns were expressed by parents at the schools.
Berkeley schools are making a renewed commitment to recycling and composting after efforts slacked off over the past five years.
Berkeley police have arrested three juveniles who reportedly used a gun in a robbery near Washington Elementary School on Tuesday evening, according to authorities.
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