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Despite a push from parents for in-person classes, Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, voted to pursue distance learning during a special board meeting Wednesday.
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Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Brent Stephens recommended starting fall semester with distance learning ahead of the school board’s Wednesday vote on the method of instruction for fall.
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No One Left Offline is working to provide community access to those in need by stepping in directly to pay internet bills for those who cannot and providing free broadband locations in communities.
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Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Brent Stephens sent a letter to students’ guardians Wednesday with updates about the upcoming school year, set to begin Aug. 17.
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The Berkeley Unified School District office building at 2020 Bonar St. is temporarily closed for inspections, cleanup and repair work due to a small fire that occurred July 3.
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Sophie Hahn, Berkeley City Council member, is running for reelection 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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