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On Wednesday, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education voted to pass a resolution to place the 2016 Berkeley Schools Excellence Program, or BSEP — a measure geared toward helping reduce student-to-teacher ratios at Berkeley public schools — on the November 2016 election ballot in the city of Berkeley.
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Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Donald Evans worked for more than 18 months without renewing his credentials.
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The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education discussed the possibility of opening a new elementary school for the 2018-19 school year because of enrollment growth and limits of current school capacities at its Wednesday evening meeting.
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At a Wednesday meeting, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education tracked progress on its local funding plan and discussed a potential pilot program in which Berkeley City Council would use the school board’s room for meetings.
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At its Wednesday meeting, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education discussed several new priorities for the upcoming school year.
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With the school year starting next week, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education convened Wednesday to evaluate the beginnings of a locally driven funding plan implemented last year.
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The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education heard updates on the planning process for the renewal of a special tax to fund the district’s key education programs, which is scheduled to go on the ballot in November 2016, at its Wednesday meeting.
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A school district plan to build portable classrooms at Thousand Oaks Elementary School to address potential overenrollment has been met with backlash from several community members and parents, with some posing a legal challenge against the development.
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At its meeting Wednesday, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education adopted new classification and compensation guidelines for some of their staff and heard a presentation about the impact of the new state budget on funding for the district.
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At a meeting Wednesday evening, board members of Berkeley Unified School District unanimously approved a controversial recess restriction policy, with planned discussions for further amendments to its language.
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