Crestmoor school debate not over
Shaun Bishop - 11/24/2010
Campus crusade: A sale of the former Crestmoor High School campus is still on the table, school district officials say.
Shaun Bishop - 11/24/2010
Campus crusade: A sale of the former Crestmoor High School campus is still on the table, school district officials say.
Schools prepare for teacher layoffs
Heather Murtagh - 05/12/2010
Hundreds of layoff notices will go out to teachers at the end of the week as districts prepare final votes before the state required deadline of May 15 to notify those who will be out of a job.
Heather Murtagh - 05/12/2010
Hundreds of layoff notices will go out to teachers at the end of the week as districts prepare final votes before the state required deadline of May 15 to notify those who will be out of a job.
School parcel tax for March election
Heather Murtagh - 06/12/2008
An $87 annual parcel tax will go before San Bruno voters next year to help the school district with a loss of cash flow.
Heather Murtagh - 06/12/2008
An $87 annual parcel tax will go before San Bruno voters next year to help the school district with a loss of cash flow.
Teachers to rally down Peninsula
Neil Gonzales - 05/10/2008
Educators and families plan to form a 40-mile picket line Wednesday from the Peninsula to Silicon Valley, protesting proposed statewide school budget cuts.
Neil Gonzales - 05/10/2008
Educators and families plan to form a 40-mile picket line Wednesday from the Peninsula to Silicon Valley, protesting proposed statewide school budget cuts.
Students get to be rockstars
Heather Murtagh - 01/18/2008
Selling bottled water began as a class project for students at Portola Elementary School to help others.
Heather Murtagh - 01/18/2008
Selling bottled water began as a class project for students at Portola Elementary School to help others.
County kids besting state at fitness
Beth Winegarner - 12/07/2007
San Mateo County students were fitter this year than last year and outstripped students across California when it came to a battery of physical-fitness tests administered by the state each year.
Beth Winegarner - 12/07/2007
San Mateo County students were fitter this year than last year and outstripped students across California when it came to a battery of physical-fitness tests administered by the state each year.
Students raise money for healthy water
Heather Murtagh - 06/15/2007
Julie Calleja's fourth-grade class learned that one child dies every eight seconds without access to healthy water.
Heather Murtagh - 06/15/2007
Julie Calleja's fourth-grade class learned that one child dies every eight seconds without access to healthy water.
Enrollment shifts on the Peninsula
Heather Murtagh - 05/29/2007
Enrollment is more than a number of students, it represents a lifeline to schools bringing in or taking away students and money.
Heather Murtagh - 05/29/2007
Enrollment is more than a number of students, it represents a lifeline to schools bringing in or taking away students and money.
Committee to set school closure criteria
Staff - 05/09/2007
Declining enrollment is forcing the San Bruno Park Elementary School District to consider shutting a school for the 2008-2009 school year, but first a committee needs to be created to decide what factors will be used when deciding which school will close.
Staff - 05/09/2007
Declining enrollment is forcing the San Bruno Park Elementary School District to consider shutting a school for the 2008-2009 school year, but first a committee needs to be created to decide what factors will be used when deciding which school will close.
Board blow-up over smear
Heather Murtagh - 04/27/2007
A reference made about a comment naming an involved parent and linking her to a derogatory name during a San Bruno Park Elementary School District Board of Trustees meeting is raising the question - what is appropriate behavior for an elected official during official business?
Heather Murtagh - 04/27/2007
A reference made about a comment naming an involved parent and linking her to a derogatory name during a San Bruno Park Elementary School District Board of Trustees meeting is raising the question - what is appropriate behavior for an elected official during official business?
Pricey management contract under scrutiny
Will Oremus - 04/18/2007
On Thursday night, Superintendent Sam Johnson and construction contractor Skanska USA will speak publicly for the first time about the progress that's been made on the San Mateo Union High School District's Measure M school renovation project.
Will Oremus - 04/18/2007
On Thursday night, Superintendent Sam Johnson and construction contractor Skanska USA will speak publicly for the first time about the progress that's been made on the San Mateo Union High School District's Measure M school renovation project.
Crestmoor teachers ask for Apples
Mark Abramson - 04/18/2007
Crestmoor Elementary teachers and administrators want to replace the school's antiquated computers with 32 new Apple notebook computers that would be wheeled into classrooms inside a cart.
Mark Abramson - 04/18/2007
Crestmoor Elementary teachers and administrators want to replace the school's antiquated computers with 32 new Apple notebook computers that would be wheeled into classrooms inside a cart.
How safe are local campuses?
Lisa M. Krieger - 04/17/2007
In the wake of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech University, Bay Area colleges and universities said they would re-examine their strategies for responding to such a crisis. However, campus leaders note, any security procedures they could craft likely would never match the high-tech measures put in place to protect elementary and high school students.
Lisa M. Krieger - 04/17/2007
In the wake of Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech University, Bay Area colleges and universities said they would re-examine their strategies for responding to such a crisis. However, campus leaders note, any security procedures they could craft likely would never match the high-tech measures put in place to protect elementary and high school students.
Students eat not-so-tasty treats
Mark Abramson - 04/14/2007
Sardines with whipped cream and chocolate chip cookies with mayonnaise may not be on the school menu anytime soon, but that didn't stop students at John Muir Elementary in San Bruno from gobbling down those and other gross dishes Friday.
Mark Abramson - 04/14/2007
Sardines with whipped cream and chocolate chip cookies with mayonnaise may not be on the school menu anytime soon, but that didn't stop students at John Muir Elementary in San Bruno from gobbling down those and other gross dishes Friday.
Jake Sarnecky wins 20 computers for schools
T.S. Mills-Faraudo - 04/13/2007
When 10-year-old Jake Sarnecky found out he won 20 new computers for his school, he was stunned beyond words.
T.S. Mills-Faraudo - 04/13/2007
When 10-year-old Jake Sarnecky found out he won 20 new computers for his school, he was stunned beyond words.
Districts appeal for parcel taxes
T.S. Mills-Faraudo - 04/01/2007
Cash-strapped school districts in North San Mateo County soon will be asking voters in their communities to help pay for teachers, librarians, custodians and programs.
T.S. Mills-Faraudo - 04/01/2007
Cash-strapped school districts in North San Mateo County soon will be asking voters in their communities to help pay for teachers, librarians, custodians and programs.
Rollingwood gets computer makeover
Heather Murtagh - 03/29/2007
Rollingwood Elementary School in San Bruno just got the capabilities to become more tech-savvy after winning a $25,000 computer makeover thanks to a sweepstakes fifth grader Jake Sarnecky entered with his mom in January.
Heather Murtagh - 03/29/2007
Rollingwood Elementary School in San Bruno just got the capabilities to become more tech-savvy after winning a $25,000 computer makeover thanks to a sweepstakes fifth grader Jake Sarnecky entered with his mom in January.
Land can't be donated to schools
Heather Murtagh - 04/06/2006
A potential 5-acre land donation to the San Bruno Park Elementary School District turned out to be a bit less appealing than it looked on paper.
Heather Murtagh - 04/06/2006
A potential 5-acre land donation to the San Bruno Park Elementary School District turned out to be a bit less appealing than it looked on paper.
San Bruno has truancy problem
Bill Silverfarb - 08/25/2004
Citing a truancy problem at two San Bruno high schools, police Lt. Noreen Hanlon urged the City Council last night to draft a daytime curfew ordinance.
Bill Silverfarb - 08/25/2004
Citing a truancy problem at two San Bruno high schools, police Lt. Noreen Hanlon urged the City Council last night to draft a daytime curfew ordinance.
Gifted kids program faces budget ax
Christopher Heredia - 07/23/2004
About 75 students, parents and teachers packed Courtroom A at the San Mateo County History Museum in Redwood City recently for a mock trial: The Case of the Missing Puppy. But they soon might get a real-life lesson: the case of the missing summer school program.
Christopher Heredia - 07/23/2004
About 75 students, parents and teachers packed Courtroom A at the San Mateo County History Museum in Redwood City recently for a mock trial: The Case of the Missing Puppy. But they soon might get a real-life lesson: the case of the missing summer school program.