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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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Three education-related measures will be on the ballot Tuesday — Measures E, H and G — all of which could have a lasting effect on students, teachers and other BUSD staff. With one measure funded by a bond issue and the other two by parcel taxes, these measures could fund everything from basic maintenance to keeping educators from leaving Berkeley for better-paying districts.
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Berkeley High School students and administration spoke out about recent sexual assault allegations and their impact on the community at Wednesday’s Berkeley Unified School District meeting.
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The Berkeley Unified School District saw a lively turnout at its regular meeting Wednesday, where it discussed Berkeley High School’s Bridge program, Thousand Oaks Elementary School, new board positions, funding and equity.
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Berkeley High School, or BHS, educators engaged in a “sick-out” strike Monday during another day of negotiations.
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Berkeley Unified School District board member Judy Appel has returned to work after she and her wife, Alison Bernstein, were hit by a car in January in a collision that left them in critical condition.
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Wednesday night’s emotional Berkeley Unified School District meeting marked the end of many things — the end of student director Arvin Hariri’s yearlong term, recognition of the retirement of four BUSD employees and community members, and the revocation of REALM’s charter.
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BUSD board members continued talks surrounding the future of REALM Charter School and the district’s sustainability efforts at their meeting on Wednesday.
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Charles Burress, public information officer, or PIO, for Berkeley Unified School District, is set to retire this summer after serving the district for nearly three years.
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During the Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, board meeting where the board was scheduled to finalize $2 million budget cuts for the 2019-20 school year, hundreds of teachers, classified staff and community members filled the room to support raising staff wages.
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