Berkeley Technology Academy

BUSD schools affected by redlining include the two high schools, Berkeley High School and Berkeley Technology Academy. The district’s middle schools, Longfellow Arts and Technology Middle School, Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School and Willard Middle School, also reveal the impact of trends in racial segregation.

During the 12th annual Berkeley Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Jan. 16, students from Berkeley High School, or BHS, Berkeley Technology Academy, or BTA, and Berkeley Unified Schools District, or BUSD, middle schools received Next Generation Awards for their engagement in social justice initiatives, honoring the legacy of MLK Jr.

Students from Sylvia Mendez Elementary School planted a Miyawaki forest at the Berkeley Technology Academy, the fourth of its kind within the Berkeley Unified School District.

Longfellow Middle School underwent a lockdown after school staff learned that a former student who had returned to the school allegedly may have had a weapon, according to a press release from Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, Superintendent Brent Stephens. 

As students navigate new normals amid a continuing pandemic, the Berkeley Unified School District continues to try to support its houseless or food-insecure families through a myriad of programs. 

Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, educators at alternative high schools and special education programs have adapted their teaching methods due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which also rendered key services inaccessible for students.

As schools remain closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, created online dashboards that show the progress of its plans to reopen schools across multiple grade levels.

Discussion of equity in education dominated Wednesday’s Berkeley Unified School District board meeting, at which the board voted to discontinue the names of two Berkeley elementary schools. 

The Berkeley Unified School District board discussed many topics during its Wednesday meeting, including a resolution to reimagine the role of police in schools, budget updates and fall planning.

California has the fifth-largest economy in the world, yet it still falls 41st in the nation in per-pupil spending.