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BUSD discussed changes they are making in the district and addressed community concerns at a board meeting Wednesday. 

Patil’s Miyawaki forests are the first to be planted in any school district in California. With the introduction of a draft of AB-57 to the California legislature by Assemblymember Ash Kalra in December, they may not be the last.

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.

Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, Ruth Acty and Berkeley Arts Magnet Elementary schools have been selected for the 2023 California Distinguished Schools Program.

Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD’s, Board of Education officially kicked off Black History Month at their meeting Wednesday.

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.

The Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, Board met Wednesday to recognize the Berkeley Fire Department for its role in facilitating a career pathway program. 

The Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, board met Wednesday to discuss their ongoing workforce housing project and new middle school assignment model.

Current board president Ka’Dijah Brown leads with 27.52% of the vote as of press time. Meanwhile, Jennifer Shanoski captured 21.9% of the vote with Mike Chang and Reichi Lee close behind at 21.73% and 21.16%, respectively.

Performance gaps in statewide Smarter Balanced Assessments in math and English language arts are the fourth and fifth highest in the state, a Daily Californian analysis found.