Parents/Guardians of students in grades 5, 7, 9, and 11 should have received notice regarding the California Healthy Kids Surveys (CHKS) being filled out by students in these grades in all of our schools.  The survey responses help measure our progress in educating our youth about healthy lifestyle habits, are used to help direct services […]

Parent Liaisons help schools and families connect to support student success.  Only a few of our schools currently have parent liaisons working at the school site.  Through the community work on the 2020 Vision, the 2011 Communications Study, and parent surveys, and in reviewing the research, it became clear that resources for parent engagement would […]

Update: Community Gathering to Remember Terry Doran on February 25, 2012, 2:00 pm The Community gathering to celebrate the life of retired BUSD teacher and School Board President Terry Doran will take place at Longfellow Middle School on February 25th at 2 p.m. The family invites all of the community to attend the memorial and […]

Traducido al español abajo. BUSD Master Plan for English Learners 2013 English Learners (EL) make up 14% of the students in the Berkeley Public Schools. Recent state test results (both CELDT and CST) show that concentrated efforts of our teachers, administrators, and families to make the education of our English learners a priority have had […]

  Berkeley, CA – December 6, 2011 – During a successful BUSD Disaster Exercise on November 15, 2011, the District activated the District Emergency Operations Center (EOC) simultaneously with a full school exercise at Cragmont Elementary School at 8:47 a.m. This was a simulated response to a 6.7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault, with severe […]