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Maggie Riddle, executive director of pre-K through eighth grade schools for Berkeley Unified School District, is set to retire July 1 after 26 years of being an educator.
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At the beginning of March, Berkeley Unified School District closed all of its schools indefinitely, forcing teachers, parents and administrators to rapidly adapt to a situation unlike any other.
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On Wednesday, about 400 teachers, students and community members rallied before the Berkeley Unified School District board meeting for a contract campaign led by the Berkeley Federation of Teachers and Berkeley Council of Classified Employees.
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About 50 students reported feeling dizzy and faint after singing in the Malcolm X Elementary School auditorium Thursday, according to a Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, statement.
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Berkeley police have located 27-year-old Joe Spears, a previously missing at-risk person, according to a Nixle alert released by Berkeley Police Department on Monday afternoon.
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Berkeley Unified School District will discuss whether to eliminate, reduce or keep eight positions at its board meeting Wednesday.
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Although Malcolm X Elementary School Vice Principal Candyce Cannon’s job is tentatively safe, other Berkeley Unified School District employees’ jobs are still in jeopardy because of proposed staff layoffs for the 2018-19 academic year.
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The Berkeley Unified School District plans to cut $1.8 million from its budget for the 2018-19 academic school year, of which about $420,000 in cuts has been approved.
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Berkeley Unified School District parents, students and community members gathered at the school board meeting Wednesday night in support of REALM Charter School and its efforts to continue to lease space at the West Campus building at 2020 Bonar St.
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Berkeley Police Department is investigating a possible child abduction attempt that occurred Monday about 8 a.m. on the 2900 block of Harper Street.
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