LeConte Elementary School

LeConte Elementary is one of many schools in the Berkeley Unified School District committed to fostering equity and diversity in its classrooms.

Zachary RunningWolf has campaigned for Berkeley mayor from a jail cell. Twice.

Berkeley City Council has allocated $675,000 to the Berkeley Unified School District Gardening and Cooking Program, which will be used to fund a Health and Wellness Project — an after school workshop where elementary, middle and high school students can learn how to cook and the values of healthy eating.

The Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education discussed Wednesday the possibility of revising a districtwide elementary recess restriction policy, as well as an agenda item proposing a more community-oriented process for naming or renaming school sites and facilities.

Berkeley Unified School District officials are considering to change the name of LeConte Elementary School after criticism from residents regarding its namesake.

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.

In anticipation of higher enrollment, the Berkeley Unified School District Board of Education voted unanimously at a meeting last Wednesday to create new classroom space at elementary schools for the next two school years.

An 11-year-old student at a Berkeley elementary school contracted whooping cough after cleaning bathrooms as a punishment for alleged bullying.

Four candidates running for director positions on the Berkeley Unified School District School Board of Education addressed concerns regarding Berkeley schools at a forum held at the LeConte Elementary School.