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SCHOOLS & KIDS

Schools keep small classes for one more year

Despite the ongoing fiscal uncertainty at the state level, members of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District on Tuesday...

Original post made on Jun. 26, 2009
Last comment by Rick, on Jul 3, 2009 at 5:53 pm | 18 comments | 5552 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Water polo coach pleads not guilty to embezzlement

A Monte Vista High School coach has pleaded not guilty to embezzlement charges. Read the full story here http://www.danvilleweekly.com/story.php?story_id=3622...

Original post made on Sep. 8, 2008
Last comment by Steve, on Sep 8, 2008 at 8:52 pm | 1 comment | 5546 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Eagle Scout builds racks for bike-friendly downtown

As the Danville Town Council approved plans to improve bicycle parking in the downtown area earlier this month, a San Ramon...

Original post made on Mar. 24, 2012
Last comment by Dave Newton, on Mar 29, 2012 at 10:13 pm | 3 comments | 5536 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

SRPD: Dougherty Valley student arrested in possession of knife, muriatic acid

A potential danger was neutralized Monday morning when Dougherty Valley High School students alerted school administrators...

Original post made on Dec. 18, 2018
Last comment by DV Student, on Dec 18, 2018 at 6:21 pm | 1 comment | 5535 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

School board to debate new policies for employee breastfeeding, pregnant students

The San Ramon Valley school board Tuesday (Feb. 25) is set to consider new policies pertaining specifically to employee breastfeeding...

Original post made on Feb. 25, 2014
Last comment by Beth, on Feb 26, 2014 at 6:10 am | 2 comments | 5522 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Teachers union questions furlough days

Teachers union president Darren Day told the school board May 26 that teachers had trouble understanding the "layoff days"...

Original post made on May. 28, 2009
Last comment by Rick, on Jun 2, 2009 at 3:41 pm | 16 comments | 5511 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Student-run Cafe sells last lunch

The popular [email protected] served its last meals Friday to long lines of students at Monte Vista High School. The snack bar,...

Original post made on Jan. 18, 2010
Last comment by Pedal Power, on Jan 20, 2010 at 11:17 pm | 10 comments | 5506 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Nonverbal teen speaks though painting, poetry

Thirteen-year-old Trevor Pawlak has been painting since he was 4, using watercolor and, eventually, acrylic paints to draw...

Original post made on Aug. 5, 2013
Last comment by bz, on Aug 5, 2013 at 1:11 pm | 3 comments | 5503 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Schools share spirit of giving

Rain fell, temperatures hung in the low 40s, and still a group of parents turned out Monday and Tuesday mornings at Los Cerros...

Original post made on Dec. 19, 2008
Last comment by Robert Schermer, on Dec 19, 2008 at 8:36 pm | 1 comment | 5476 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Teen Wire: A student's take on bigger classes, school budget crisis

Teen columnist Daniel Morizono talks about the difference smaller classes make in the ninth grade, based on his personal...

Original post made on Mar. 1, 2010
Last comment by Diane, on Mar 9, 2010 at 8:18 am | 36 comments | 5457 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

School day the old-fashioned way

On a cloudy cool Friday morning, a class of third-grade students from Sycamore Valley Elementary gathered around the front...

Original post made on Apr. 4, 2008
Last comment by sam, on Apr 4, 2008 at 5:13 pm | 1 comment | 5430 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

'Scary Larry' retiring after 20-year reign of 'terror'

Known as "Scary Larry" Valley-wide, Larry Chan has been the supposed terror of the Pleasanton DMV for 20 years. But on Friday,...

Original post made on Jul. 27, 2011
Last comment by C. R. Mudgeon, on Aug 1, 2011 at 5:04 pm | 11 comments | 5424 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Danville teacher earns national fellowship

Hollis Scott, a fifth-grade teacher at Danville's Montair Elementary School, has been named one of 11 recipients of a national...

Original post made on May. 31, 2016
Last comment by Deborah, on May 31, 2016 at 9:04 pm | 1 comment | 5410 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

SRVUSD named to AP Honor Roll for 7th consecutive year

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District again finds itself in elite company nationwide for its high school students’...

Original post made on Dec. 27, 2016
Last comment by SHale, on Dec 27, 2016 at 11:23 am | 2 comments | 5405 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Danville students among the sick at Walker Creek Ranch

Approximately 50 Bay Area students and adults on a five-day educational trip in Marin County became ill Wednesday night and...

Original post made on Feb. 4, 2011
Last comment by concerned parent, on Feb 7, 2011 at 8:34 am | 3 comments | 5358 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Three SVMS students taken to hospital after science class evacuation

Three students from Alamo's Stone Valley Middle School were taken to area hospitals as a precaution after reporting they...

Original post made on Nov. 20, 2014
Last comment by Dave, on Dec 9, 2014 at 2:55 pm | 8 comments | 5349 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

Campaign sticker placed in Danville post office

Election fervor over the upcoming May 5 Measure C Parcel tax vote is rising, which may have led one person to post a bumper...

Original post made on Apr. 10, 2009
Last comment by Rick, on Apr 28, 2009 at 6:11 pm | 6 comments | 5346 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

San Ramon Valley schools go green in new way

Taking a sustainable approach to circulating information, the San Ramon Valley Unified School District (SRVUSD) plans to...

Original post made on Jun. 30, 2014
Last comment by JT, on Jul 9, 2014 at 9:17 am | 4 comments | 5344 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

MV in desperate need of bike rack

Traffic, gas prices, and laziness among students. Car prices, insurance, and automobile accidents. It's not been only a...

Original post made by Kristin Hugo on Apr. 4, 2007
Last comment by Kristin, on Sep 23, 2007 at 9:49 pm | 6 comments | 5343 Views

SCHOOLS & KIDS

McNerney brings voice of SRVUSD students to Washington

Congressman Jerry McNerney (D-Pleasanton) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday, sharing ideas...

Original post made on Apr. 6, 2011
Last comment by Inman, on Apr 28, 2011 at 11:14 am | 16 comments | 5331 Views
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