The 2016-17 School Year calendar: Staff Development Day: Monday, Oct. 10 – No School for Students Staff Development Day (Elementary Conferences): Monday, Nov. 7: – No School for Students Veteran’s Day Holiday: Friday, Nov. 11 Thanksgiving Break: Wednesday, Nov. 23 through Friday, Nov. 25 Winter Recess: Monday, Dec 19– Monday, Jan. 2 (first day back: […]
Our Extended Family
August 21, 2016 Dear Colleagues and Community Members, We should all be savoring the end of summer, looking forward to a new school year together, but right now we are in mourning for four members of our extended family. We learned that 22 year old Alex Goodwin was murdered Thursday night near San Pablo Park. […]
School Board Meeting Stream May 18 2016
Here’s the link to tonight’s 7:30pm School Board meeting live stream.
North Region SELPA Annual Plans Meeting – May 26, 2016
Notice of Public Hearing In accordance with California Education Code Section 56205[b][1] and 56205[b][2], this serves a public notice that the Policy Board of the North Region Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) at its next regularly scheduled meeting, will be reviewing and adopting – The 2016-17 North Region SELPA Annual Service Plan, and – […]
Opportunity to Object to Release of Student Data by State
Please read this message carefully, as you may want to take action regarding your student’s education records. The action you may take is to file an objection to the release of your student’s data — this is incorrectly being characterized as an Opt-Out form in some communications. Note that the deadline for action is April […]
June 10 2015 School Board meeting was streamed on internet
The June 10, 2015 School Board meeting was the second meeting to be streamed on the internet. This link will allow you to view the June 10 meeting as well as future streamed meetings. The next meeting is scheduled for June 24 at 7:40pm. The June 3, 2015 was the first meeting to be streamed […]
Negotiations Update
Three appointments to the Fact-finding Panel have now been made. The information is provided here. On Wednesday, July 30, 2014, the Berkeley Unified School District announced in a press release a move to the final step in the negotiations process in order to try to reach agreement on a contract with the leadership of the […]
Where to find School Board Meeting Information
School Board meeting information, including future agendas (posted 3 or more days before meetings), packets, minutes and notes are posted on this page: https://www.berkeleyschools.net/school-board/board-meeting-information/
Thanks to Participants of Dine Out! for Gardening & Cooking
A lot of you came out for Dine Out on May 13th, where the community and local businesses showed their support for the district’s Cooking & Gardening programs by contributing a percentage of sales to our program. Last year, over 40 local food establishments and customers helped us raise $25,000 for the program. We are […]
Saturday School makes the TV news!
KTVU Channel 2 recently ran a piece about school on Saturdays in Berkeley, including the students’ field trip to Lawrence Hall of Science (LHS). Don’t miss the kids talking about what it’s like!