After one semester of a new bell schedule at Benicia High School, Principal Brianna Kleinschmidt delivered a presentation on how the schedule was going and potential next steps for modification at Thursday’s school board meeting. In 2015, BHS formed a Schedule Advisory Committee made up of parents, students, teachers and administrators to discuss a possible […]
Photo: Renovated Benicia High School room opens
Benicia High School Class of 1997 gearing up for 20-year reunion
Let us go back to the second week of June 1997. Puff Daddy’s “I’ll Be Missing You” was blasting out of millions of Americans’ boomboxes, car radios and CD players. Other Americans were going to the multiplexes to see “Speed 2: Cruise Control” (a decision many would probably regret, if the critical consensus is […]
2016 Year in Review: Big changes at BUSD
(Over the next few days, the Benicia Herald will close out 2016 by revisiting the big local news stories of the year. Today’s edition will focus on Benicia’s schools.) Although 2015 was a big year for Benicia Unified School District in terms of leadership changes and Measure S bond projects, 2016 was even bigger. Leadership/personnel […]
School board OKs achievement plans for middle, high schools
The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District unanimously voted to approve the Single Plans for Student Achievement (SPSA) at Thursday’s meeting. The SPSA is established by school site councils to develop goals, aligned to BUSD’s Local Control Accountability Plan, which would support the academic performance of all students. At the high school level, […]
Benicia principal, police meet with concerned parents over lockdown, threats of violence
By Kevin Nelson Special to the Herald More than 100 parents and residents attended a special meeting Tuesday at Benicia High School hosted by Principal Brianna Kleinschmidt, police and school district officials who sought to reassure parents that the school was safe and to answer questions related to Monday’s lockdown after a Benicia High freshman […]