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Berkeley school recycling gets back on track
Berkeley schools are making a renewed commitment to recycling and composting after efforts slacked off over the past five years. This year, a local non-profit, Green Schools Initiative, has worked with...
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2 Berkeley school principals move to new district roles
Berkeley Unified School District is promoting two of its school principals to new district-level director positions. Longfellow principal Pat Saddler will be the director of special projects and...
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4 new principals appointed to elementary and middle schools, search continues...
Four new principals have been appointed to Berkeley elementary and middle schools, and the Berkeley Unified Board has decided to conduct a second-round search for a candidate to replace Pasquale...
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Kids get new perspective on plastic, make eco-art
By Ann Krueger Spivack While students in Sean Keller’s fourth-grade class at Jefferson School tie broken toys onto a wire mesh panel, Colleen Mahoney is talking about LEGOs. Mahoney nods to a red LEGO...
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Berkeley School Board primer: Decision time for board on overcrowding
The Berkeley schools Board of Education meets tonight, Jan. 14, for a closed session at 6 p.m., followed by its regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. See the Jan. 14 agenda packet here. (It’s a large file that...
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The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley this weekend
OPENING OF BAMPFA In case you hadn’t heard, Berkeley has a newly housed museum, and it opens to the public on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m., with a great big, 12-hour long Open House. Get a first look at...
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Water at Berkeley schools tested for lead contamination
Preliminary tests at a few sites were negative, but a new law requires EBMUD to test every BUSD school.
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In wake of Florida shooting, Berkeley School Board approves $2M safety project
BUSD will assess school facilities and install more "Columbine locks," specialized PA systems and surveillance cameras.
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‘A bunch of third graders’ mount a photography show
Creative wrangler Jeannie Kim Chen gave a group of 9-year-old girls from Jefferson Elementary professional-grade photography lessons. The result is "Miniworlds," on show until Aug. 31.
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BUSD will rename Jefferson and Washington elementary schools in broader...
Board member Ka'Dijah Brown emphasized that renaming of the schools is only a small step in the district’s work to address systemic racism.
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Jefferson Elementary School could be renamed after the first Black teacher at...
Ruth Acty taught in Berkeley Unified School District for 50 years, and was a key part of efforts to integrate school staff in the early 1940s.
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Miss Alice, longtime crossing guard for Berkeley school, gets tearful send-off
Alice Kay Tolbert helped generations of students cross the street at Ruth Acty Elementary. When she retired last month, they gave her hazelnut chocolates and praised her in song.
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