School board approves safety plans at Thursday’s meeting Benicia Unified School District is projected to have lower enrollment next year, according to a report by Chief Business Official Tim Rahill at Thursday’s school board meeting. Rahill said that in the last five to eight years, BUSD has had stable enrollment with the numbers going up […]
Lower BUSD enrollment projected for next year
Liberty High named as model continuation school
Liberty High School has a lot to celebrate. On Wednesday, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson announced a list of California schools that had been designated as Model Continuation High Schools in 2017. Of the 452 continuation high schools in the state, only 35 were singled out for their efforts to prepare at-risk students for 21st […]
Mardi Gras-themed elementary school fundraiser, auction event returns
BottleRock, Warriors tickets among prizes (This post has been updated) Mardi Gras is Tuesday, Feb. 28, but you can celebrate three days earlier while also supporting Joe Henderson and Robert Semple Elementary School’s parent teacher groups. The annual event— now in its fourth year— certainly puts the “fun” in “fundraising.” It is an adult-only event […]
Safety plans on slate for Thursday’s school board meeting
Meeting will start one hour earlier than usual The Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District will be considering the approval of safety plans for the district and its seven schools at a shortened meeting this Thursday, which will start at 6 p.m. so the trustees can attend Benicia High School’s open house that […]
Afterschool running program looking for volunteers
Benicia Herald staff report Girls on the Run, an after-school life-skills and running program in Benicia is looking for two to three positive, energetic women to volunteer at Matthew Turner Elementary School. The life-coach volunteers will use a pre-written curriculum to facilitate discussions, activities and running or walking to a small group of third-to-fifth-grade girls, […]
BUSD board meetings will now be streamed online
Following the adjournment of Benicia Unified School District Governing Board meetings, video of the meetings will be posted on the district’s website. Previously, the meetings were broadcast on TV on Comcast Channel 27 or AT&T U-Verse Channel 99. However, the district has opted to phase this out in favor of having footage of the meetings […]
Benicia Unified ranked as one of 100 best districts in state
Benicia Unified School District was ranked as one of the 100 best school districts in California, according to ranking site Niche.com. Niche– formerly known as College Prowler– is a company that publishes rankings and reviews of K-12 schools, colleges and neighborhoods. Its 2017 list of the best school districts is based on analysis of statistics […]
Rotary Club mentors Liberty High School students
As the Benicia Rotary Club celebrates its homecoming and anniversary on Feb. 28, the members will be recalling the many civic projects it has participated in. We are no prouder than the association between the Club and Liberty High school. As part of the 100-year anniversary celebration of Rotary International in 2010, the Club adopted […]
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 […]