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As the search continues for a permanent replacement, two Berkeley Unified School District administrators may soon be hired to temporarily fill the open position of district superintendent.
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Workers at Berkeley High School’s old gym began demolition of the building last week. The construction on the new gym is scheduled to begin in the fall and finish in November 2013.
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A woman was killed and two others were injured in a Victorian house that caught fire at the intersection of Shattuck and Ashby avenues at about 2:36 a.m. early Thursday morning.
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The Lonely Island — a popular music trio made up of Berkeley High School alums and known for infamously provocative hit songs such as “I’m On A Boat” — is planning to donate $10,000 to its alma mater for a new scoreboard. Berkeley High School aims to construct a new
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The Berkeley Unified School District rescinded 148 potential layoff notices due to an unanticipated growth in student attendance this year, which helped fill almost half of the next school year’s projected budget gap in the district. In contrast to fiscal year 2010-11 — during which time the district lost more
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The Berkeley Unified School District will begin interviewing applicants this week for the superintendent position that will be vacated by current District Superintendent Bill Huyett when he retires in June. At a special closed session meeting on May 2, the district’s Board of Education selected between seven and 10 of the
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As many as 50 Berkeley High School students face suspension, expulsion or community service after administrators say they were found selling changes to classmates’ attendance records. School officials say a recent investigation found several students hacked into attendance data after obtaining an administrative password which they used to clear tardies
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Berkeley Unified School District’s Hillside School, closed since 1985, was chosen to be a part of the movie set for Paul Thomas Anderson’s new film, “The Master.” The film features Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams and Philip Seymour Hoffman who were alleged to be on set at Hillside School on Thursday
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State deregulation of about $4.5 billion in funds for K-12 education has resulted in deep cuts to popular programs, as school districts have attempted to use the now-flexible money to balance their budgets, according to a study released last Thursday. Authored by researchers from the RAND Corporation and Policy Analysis
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For the upcoming school year, the Berkeley Unified School District may be looking at its smallest budget cut in years, since Gov. Jerry Brown’s May revision of the state budget released Monday provides more money for K-12 education than local districts had earlier anticipated. Over the past few weeks, the
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