Yvette Felarca

During its Wednesday meeting, the district approved amendments to its current policies for both students and teachers, changing the definition of “fully-vaccinated” to include the COVID-19 booster shot for those deemed eligible by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 

This week, middle school students in Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) are back in the classroom two afternoons out of the week for the first time since March 12, 2020.

On Monday, Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, teachers and students returned to in-person instruction for the first time since the pandemic first forced schools to close last spring.

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.

East Bay teachers and parents met Wednesday afternoon to speak out against the Biden administration’s plans to reopen the majority of schools within its first 100 days of office.

The BUSD Board continued conversations of reopening plans and spotlighted plans to aid marginalized groups at Wednesday's meeting.

On Wednesday, civil rights organization By Any Means Necessary, or BAMN, will continue speaking against the reopening of Berkeley schools during the Berkeley school board meeting.

Wednesday’s Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, board meeting focused on the phased reopening of Berkeley elementary schools during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

On Monday, community members picketed in front of San Francisco Immigration Court during the asylum trial of Venezuelan political refugees Annelise Pineda and her daughter Oriana Benavides, a Berkeley High School student.