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Sophie Hahn, Berkeley City Council member, is running for re-election in hopes of continuing to “problem solve” for the city she grew up in.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature reached an agreement June 22 on a 2020-2021 state budget that has fewer cuts for K-12 education than were proposed in May.
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Parent and longtime Berkeley public school volunteer Laura Babitt is running for election to the Berkeley Unified School District board this November.
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Berkeley Unified School District board president Judy Appel announced Tuesday that she will not be running for reelection, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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Berkeley Unified School District administrators and parents discussed the development of an African American Success Project for the 2020-21 school year during the district’s second Black town hall meeting Tuesday.
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A self-described justice advocate and Berkeley native, Terry Taplin is running to be the next District 2 City Council member.
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On June 8, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Department of Education, or CDE, issued Stronger Together, a guidebook that addresses the reopening of public schools for fall 2020.
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The city of Berkeley announced its 2020 free summer lunch program for children, designed to supplement Berkeley Unified School District’s meal plan.
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Although the Berkeley Unified School District board meeting Wednesday had a packed agenda with various items, the topic of Black Lives Matter and supporting Black families continually resurfaced throughout the evening.
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Hundreds of protesters took to the streets Tuesday to chant and dance as Black Lives Matter protests continued in Berkeley.
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