The new A Building is now open for classes such as Jazz Band and video production. The revamped Berkeley Community Theater will open later this year.
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Berkeley students aiming to prevent fentanyl overdoses say ‘don’t do drugs’ won’t cut it
A Berkeley High student group’s harm-reduction campaign prioritizes placing FentCheck strips in school and increasing access to education.
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Can Jasmina Viteskic reform Berkeley schools’ Title IX office?
Student leaders trust her. She’s made the complaint process less painful. But can the charismatic Title IX coordinator fix how the district handles sexual assault?
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Berkeley teacher who sent 15,000 letters to students gets a ‘love letter’ of her own
A new documentary chronicles Berkeley High teacher Nancy Rubin’s decades-long project delivering letters written to students’ future selves.
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See how your Berkeley school did on state tests
An interactive graphic created by CalMatters allows you to see how test scores changed at every Berkeley school through the pandemic — broken down by race, grade and other factors.
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Berkeley students’ reading test scores stable through pandemic, math scores drop 4 points
High schoolers saw the biggest drop in scores. Achievement gaps, still a major crisis, didn’t dramatically worsen as many expected.
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Berkeley teachers say they need compensation for extra duty of writing college rec letters
Berkeley High stopped hiring subs to cover teachers’ classes while they write letters. As teachers negotiate, students applying to college are caught in the middle.
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Teen brothers killed in shooting laid to rest in deeply moving Berkeley funeral
Family, Berkeley High friends and soccer teammates said a final goodbye to Jazy and Angel Sotelo Garcia on Thursday, marking a “new chapter” of their grief.
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Berkeley teens hold summit on climate action
Organized by 17-year-old Ella Suring, the conference brought together diverse students to envision a new plan for climate action.
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Remembering R. Dianne Bartlow, teacher, scholar, filmmaker
A winner of three Emmys, Bartlow brought all of her gifts to bear to raise society’s understanding of the judicial plight facing women and children.
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Police seek 3 suspects in shooting that killed Berkeley brothers
The shooting happened at a 17-year-old’s birthday party in North Oakland in a home a parent had rented on Airbnb.
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Plans scrapped for school district operations building but downtown parking garage will still rise
The school district reversed an earlier decision to make a new operations building part of an incoming parking garage structure on Milvia Street.