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SCHOOLS & KIDS
PAMF gives $600,000 to Healthy Kids programHundreds more children will receive medical and dental coverage in Santa Clara County thanks to a $600,000 donation to the...
Original post made on Aug. 14, 2009Last comment by Maria Daane, on Aug 17, 2009 at 9:31 pm | 4 comments | 5717 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Controversial teacher reassigned to GrahamA former fourth-grade teacher at Huff Elementary School, who left the school last spring after some parents complained that...
Original post made on Jun. 21, 2009Last comment by Get Ready, on Aug 13, 2009 at 7:27 pm | 21 comments | 6994 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Freestyle teacher, Fulbright scholar, diplomatNext year, as part of his prestigious fellowship, local teacher Gordon Jack hopes to forge new relationships between Argentinean...
Original post made on Jul. 30, 2009Last comment by Robie Livingstone, on Aug 4, 2009 at 6:21 pm | 5 comments | 5346 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grand jury report puts school leaders in hot seatLocal school officials are rolling their eyes over a civil grand jury report that lambastes the districts for "generous administrative...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2009Last comment by parent, on Aug 3, 2009 at 8:40 pm | 7 comments | 5138 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grant money helps LAHS science classStudents of the Los Altos High School environmental studies class will have access to more advanced equipment when they return...
Original post made on Jul. 22, 2009Last comment by localmom, on Aug 1, 2009 at 10:55 pm | 3 comments | 5356 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV, LA high schools ranked among top 600Mountain View and Los Altos high schools are among the top 600 public schools in the country among a list of 21,000, according...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2009Last comment by localmom, on Aug 1, 2009 at 10:46 pm | 9 comments | 8051 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
For the love of scienceDespite the ubiquitous presence of science and innovation in the Bay Area, Bay Area students receive woefully little instruction...
Original post made on Jul. 13, 2009Last comment by Parent, on Jul 31, 2009 at 9:35 am | 3 comments | 4197 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A lightning rod teacher returnsLast March the <I>Voice</I></B> ran a story based on charges from a small group of parents saying that a Huff Elementary...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2009Last comment by parent, on Jul 22, 2009 at 12:44 am | 27 comments | 5740 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mrs. P deserved betterI am deeply saddened by the way Pat Polifrone has been treated. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/story.php?story_id=5259...
Original post made on Jul. 10, 2009Last comment by Oh Please, on Jul 21, 2009 at 8:19 pm | 10 comments | 5280 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Local school budgets reflect state crisisTo get an idea of how California's financial crisis will play out across the state, look no farther than Mountain View's...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2009Last comment by Oh Please, on Jul 21, 2009 at 8:16 pm | 10 comments | 6411 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The tenure dilemma: no easy answersA look at the rights and due process given to tenured public school teachers in California — especially when they've...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2009Last comment by Oh Please, on Jul 21, 2009 at 8:13 pm | 34 comments | 9785 Views
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Summer camps see shrinking enrollmentAn uncertain economy has led many local parents to cut their kids' yearly summer camps out of the family budget — and...
Original post made on Jul. 16, 2009Last comment by Mountain View Mom, on Jul 18, 2009 at 11:57 am | 3 comments | 5142 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Summer camps see shrinking enrollmentFor the last 18 years, Jeff Gamble's summer camps have filled up on the first day of registration in February, months before...
Original post made on Jul. 17, 2009Last comment by Para, on Jul 17, 2009 at 9:41 am | 1 comment | 4454 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Whisman trustees contemplate magnet modelAs elementary school trustees talked this week about what they want the district to look like within the next decade, some...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2009Last comment by a voter, on Jul 16, 2009 at 4:57 pm | 6 comments | 5103 Views
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MVHS graduate gets $20K medical scholarshipThe Palo Alto Medical Foundation has given Eduardo Bent, a recent Mountain View High School graduate who wants to become...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2009Last comment by kanan krishnan, on Jul 15, 2009 at 11:54 pm | 2 comments | 6322 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New principal selected for PACTThe Mountain View Whisman School District has selected the first principal to run PACT — the popular parent participation...
Original post made on Jun. 16, 2009Last comment by Huff Parent, on Jul 9, 2009 at 9:16 pm | 42 comments | 7290 Views
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Local debaters bring home national honorsFour local high school students and a coach returned this month from a national speech and debate competition with medals,...
Original post made on Jul. 9, 2009Last comment by MVHS parent, on Jul 9, 2009 at 9:09 am | 2 comments | 5179 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Accountability for tenured teachersWhen local school officials reassigned a controversial elementary teacher to a middle school for the upcoming academic year,...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2009Last comment by Kyle, on Jul 7, 2009 at 9:49 pm | 8 comments | 4515 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grant Road project pits MV against LAAfter years of controversy and grief over the loss of the city's beloved pumpkin patch, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2009Last comment by mvuser, on Jul 7, 2009 at 4:51 pm | 5 comments | 4257 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The tenure dilemmaA look at the rights and due process given to tenured public school teachers in California — especially when they've...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2009Last comment by Koala Bear, on Jul 1, 2009 at 10:46 pm | 1 comment | 4567 Views
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