After a year-and-a-half long search, the Berkeley Unified School Board voted unanimously to name Dr. Donald Evans as the new superintendent of the school district on Wednesday.
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The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education announced Friday that it is taking the final steps in the search for a permanent district superintendent. Read More…
As the search continues for a permanent replacement, two Berkeley Unified School District administrators may soon be hired to temporarily fill the open position of district superintendent.
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Berkeley residents Judy Appel, Norma J.F. Harrison and Tracy Hollander are challenging incumbent School Board Director and Clerk Beatriz Leyva-Cutler for the two seats. Read More…
The Berkeley Unified School District has begun moving its district administrative offices into the renovated West Campus building at 2020 Bonar Street at the corner of University Avenue.
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Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Bill Huyett and Assistant Superintendent Neil Smith presented a progress report at the district’s school board meeting Wednesday night on the district’s plan to close the achievement gap between students, which proposed new actions and priorities for the district to implement later this year. The Read More…
The Berkeley Unified School District’s Board of Education announced May 31 that it would be broadening its search for the new district superintendent despite its original plans to have selected a candidate by the beginning of June. The board decided to extend the search because they were not satisfied with Read More…
The Berkeley Unified School District rescinded 148 potential layoff notices due to an unanticipated growth in student attendance this year, which helped fill almost half of the next school year’s projected budget gap in the district. In contrast to fiscal year 2010-11 — during which time the district lost more Read More…
The Berkeley Unified School District will begin interviewing applicants this week for the superintendent position that will be vacated by current District Superintendent Bill Huyett when he retires in June. At a special closed session meeting on May 2, the district’s Board of Education selected between seven and 10 of the Read More…
The Berkeley Unified School District could see cuts totaling more than $3.2 million if Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax hike is not approved, based on the proposed state budget for 2012-13. At its meeting Wednesday, the district’s Board of Education discussed several scenarios for how the district — which has a Read More…