Julie Sinai

Updates focused on grading and student participation regarding the Berkeley Unified School District Distance Learning Plan were presented during Wednesday's regular board meeting. The school district’s online learning program was launched April 6 and was met with some difficulties.

Berkeley High School students and administration spoke out about recent sexual assault allegations and their impact on the community at Wednesday’s Berkeley Unified School District meeting.

The Berkeley Unified School District saw a lively turnout at its regular meeting Wednesday, where it discussed Berkeley High School’s Bridge program, Thousand Oaks Elementary School, new board positions, funding and equity.

BUSD unanimously approved two new tax measures be added to the 2020 ballot and ratified the previously tentative contract agreement with the BFT.

Berkeley Unified School District board member Judy Appel has returned to work after she and her wife, Alison Bernstein, were hit by a car in January in a collision that left them in critical condition.

Berkeley High School senior and Berkeley Unified School District student director Arvin Hariri chaired the BUSD board meeting Wednesday night as a part of an annual tradition and led discussions on the education budget, transportation plans and special education programs.

BUSD board members continued talks surrounding the future of REALM Charter School and the district’s sustainability efforts at their meeting on Wednesday.

More than 750 people from the Berkeley Federation of Teachers, or BFT, and Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, joined other California educators in Sacramento on Wednesday to lobby for charter accountability measures and to show support for greater funding for education.

Berkeley Housing Opportunities for Municipal Employees, or BeHOME, was formed to advocate for and develop a plan to expedite the development of workforce housing.

Berkeley Unified School District President Judy Appel and her wife Alison Bernstein have returned home from the hospital after they were hit by a car four months ago, which left them in critical condition, as first reported by Berkeleyside.