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Previously approved accommodation letters to teach from home will no longer be considered satisfactory by the Berkeley Unified School District for teachers who wish to continue teaching remotely.
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Food insecurity brings with it social stigma, and treating clients with dignity should be at the core of every food pantry’s mission.
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Parents, employees and a teacher that has contracted COVID-19 twice this year debated the pros and cons of reopening Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, elementary schools at Wednesday’s school board meeting.
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Norma J F Harrison, an 85-year-old activist and community volunteer, is running for a position on the Berkeley Unified School District school board for the “fifth or sixth” time.
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As a result of the updated shelter-in-place order, which went into effect June 5, libraries may now offer curbside pickup for books and other materials.
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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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Berkeley Unified School District unveiled the plan for its summer free meal program Wednesday, which will continue through August 17.
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With schools closed due to the shelter-in-place order, the Edible Schoolyard Project, which operates out of Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, has been donating its harvests to the Berkeley Food Network.
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UC Davis and Alice Waters, the owner of Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, announced a partnership designed to bring together health, sustainability and education to foster a healthier future and fight climate change.
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A judge ruled Oct. 19 that Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School teacher Yvette Felarca cannot block Berkeley Unified School District from releasing documents about Felarca to conservative advocacy group Judicial Watch.
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