The Albany school board passed the President gavel to Vice President Jonathan Knight tonight. Board member Allan Maris was elected Vice President. A vote on architect contracts for rebuilding Marin and Ocean View schools was postponed.
Humans’ best friend – dogs – will be employed at UC Berkeley Tuesday to share their soothing vibes with students stressed by final exams.
Draft layouts for rebuilding Marin and Ocean View elementary schools are being presented to the Albany school board Tuesday night for a possible vote on $2.8 million in architectural contracts for replacing the two schools.
The student Fair Trade Club at Saint Mary's High School on the Albany-Berkeley border won a national contest for their campaign to promote fair trade bananas.
A feast for the ears, eyes and stomach is promised for those attending the annual "Madrigal Delights" dinner theater frivolity produced by the Albany High School Choirs, taking place this year on Friday and Saturday.
The buildOn Club at Albany High seeks used cell phones and electronics until Dec. 6 in a fundraiser to help build a school in Nicaragua. The group raised more than $30,000 to build a school in Nepal and now hopes to repeat their success.
The Albany Unified School District school board has scheduled a community meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday to discuss placing a parcel tax on the Nov. 2014 ballot.
Starting her tenure with an active agenda, new UC President Janet Napolitano told UC Regents today that she intends to keep the current freeze on undergrad tuition, increase community college transfers and cut UC's energy use to zero by 2025.
Was it hacked? The official Albany High School website was replaced this morning by a photo of a sparse crowd in the school gym and an exhortation to come support the girls' volleyball team in their playoff game tonight, Wednesday.
The Albany school board on Tuesday night will consider approval of new 3-year union contract containing a 4-percent raise for maintenance, custodial, food service and transportation employees.
The Albany school board has scheduled an hour-long review and discussion of possible ways to reduce K-3 class sizes. An ad hoc group, ""Committee of Concerned Parents," formed at the beginning of the school year to address the issue.
When E.T. tries to call home, he may get a busy signal. There are tens of billions of planets in the Milky Way Galaxy that are potentially able to support life, according new findings by researchers at UC Berkeley and the University of Hawaii.
An ad hoc group of parents seeking smaller class sizes in Albany's K-3 classrooms invites any interested parents or other community members to a meeting tonight, Wednesday.
Agreeing that MacGregor High School's structural problems were too extensive to fix economically, the Albany school board voted unanimously Tuesday night to tear it down to make way for portables that would replace it.
The Albany school board voted 4-1 Tuesday night for a cost-benefit study to help determine whether Marin and Ocean View elementary schools should be retrofitted or rebuilt to address seismic safety issues.
Student loan debt likely will force today's college grads to work longer.
In report for a school board item tonight on seismic safety issues at Marin and Ocean View elementary schools, Superintendent Marla Stephenson says the two schools face "an imminent health and safety threat."
A recommendation to demolish MacGregor High School in Albany and replace it with portables is on the agenda of a special meeting Tuesday of the school board of the Albany Unified School District.
The chart shows the percentage of fifth grade students with a body composition score (body fat percentage) classified in the "needs improvement – high risk" category in the 2012-13 school year.
The Steering Committee on what Albany schools to rebuild, fix and/or expand meets Wednesday night on priorities at the elementary schools, funding for MacGregor High, which is recommended for demolition, and the state of Marin and Ocean View schools.
The Albany school board agenda Tuesday includes OK of a new teachers contract (the first in six years) with a 4% raise, public hearings on initial contract proposals from two other unions, and selection of a search firm for a new Superintendent.
The man who caused alarm by taking photos of Marin Elementary School in Albany was a visitor from China photographing his granddaughter's school, school Principal Alexia Ritchie said Friday.
Two alerts on the Marin Elementary School e-tree reported a man taking photos of students at the school. Anyone with information about the incidents or who sees a suspicious photographer around the school is asked to notify the school or police.
A major change for student testing in California was approved this past week when Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation to replace the traditional STAR test with computerized exams aligned with the new "Common Core Standards."
A recent Atlantic article explores what happens when a parent takes on his daughter’s homework for a week: it’s not pretty.
Five Albany High students and one Saint Mary's College High student are in the approximately one percent of high school seniors named as National Merit Scholarship semifinalists this year.
The large, two-story press box that appears to float above the rebuilt Memorial Stadium at the University of California at Berkeley has won a national award for innovation in steel structures. The award was presented at the stadium on Friday.
The discovery of four species of legless lizards announced by UC Berkeley on Tuesday has leapt around the world. The creatures' habitats included vacant lots in downtown Bakersfield and dunes near Los Angeles International Airport.
Help your little one get a good start to the day with these easy-to-make, healthy morning meals.
A new study suggests that lowering the approval rate for school parcel taxes to 55 percent from the current two-thirds would lead to more taxes being passed, but not in poorer communities. Albany has never rejected a parcel tax.
In the wake of the Sandy Hook school massacre and other school shootings, the Albany school district is among many districts considering new training programs to deal with a school shooter. Albany is looking at the "ALICE" program.
Albany High School juniors feel considerably less threat to their safety than do their peers on average in Alameda County and California as a whole, according to recently released results of state surveys.
No more pencils, no more books. iPads, smartphones and other technology find their way into the classroom.
Community Colleges are reversing an earlier trend and are now adding more courses. Here are charts comparing East Bay community colleges according to success rates and the increase in courses.
School and police officials say they are fixing the damage caused by Sunday's police motorcycle competition to the playground at Thousand Oaks School in Berkeley. The competition was held in conjunction with the Solano Avenue Stroll.
The Albany Education Foundation welcomed the district's new teachers on Tuesday with checks, school-supply goodie bags, brownies and the opportunity to introduce themselves. The reception was held at the Albany Public Library.
Calling all young artists (and would-be artists) at Marin Elementary School. The school urges its K-5 students to submit pencil or pen drawings for the cover of this year's school directory. Deadline is Sept. 25.
Parents enlist the help of Suave for its ability to gently soothe and wash away the remnants of the game. Sponsored by Suave.
To help you plan ahead, here are the special days off for Albany schools for the fall term.