Compiled by Nick Sestanovich 75 years ago Water For Industry Is Discussed at Water Council Meeting (June 11, 1942) “The problem for securing water for Benicia and the Benicia Arsenal, if they are going to go into manufacturing on a large scale, will have to depend on the sweetening of the Suisun Bay area in […]
Letters: Graduation requirements and climate change
Rescind new HS graduation requirements Dear BUSD Board Members, I ask the Benicia Unified School District Board of Education to revoke your recent decision to mandate that all high school students beginning in the Class of 2022 meet the CSU/UC entrance requirements. My reasons are as follows: ** I was not aware of any opportunity […]
Community makes plea for support of arts, electives at Benicia High School during Thursday’s school board meeting
Supe: Board will revisit graduation requirements in September Hundreds of students, alumni, parents and teachers filled the Benicia Unified School District office to address concerns over Benicia High School’s new graduation requirements, scheduled to go into effect for the class of 2022, at Thursday’s school board meeting. In fact, the turnout was so large that […]
Longtime Benicia High School, Liberty administrator to retire
After more than 30 years as a teacher and administrator with the Benicia Unified School District, JoAnn Severson is ready to call it a career. In Severson’s 33 years of working in education, 31 have been at BUSD, including 26 at Benicia High School and five years at Liberty High School, where she has served […]
New Benicia High School courses to be considered for approval at Thursday school board meeting
New Benicia High School courses are among the many items on the agenda for the Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District’s Thursday meeting. There are seven new courses that are being considered for implementation at Benicia High School for its 2017-18 school year.These course outlines will be presented by Dr. Leslie Beatson, assistant […]
Top 2017 Liberty graduates grateful for school’s support
(This post has been updated from the print edition to correct the date and time of the graduation.) Jessica Turner did not have an easy start to high school. She began attending Benicia High School, but she said it was not a good fit academically for her. “I had really bad attendance,” she said. “I […]
Benicia High School informational meeting draws concerns over new graduation requirements, funding for PAB
Parents, students and teachers packed the Benicia High School Performing Arts Building for an informational meeting Monday night about the new school board-approved graduation requirements where they voiced their concerns about their potential impact on art and elective courses. At the March 16 school board meeting, the board held a discussion and first reading of […]
Letters: Tobacco ads and new graduation requirements
School board policy: The real story Benicia is an “Art Town”, and very proud of the fact. So why has your school board recently voted to potentially slash art, theater and everything else that makes Benicia High School a Gold Ribbon-winning model school? Our recent California Ed Board win, Congressional Art Competition wins and Bay […]
Informational meeting on new graduation requirements to be held at Benicia High School
An informational meeting will be held at Benicia High School on Monday to address the planned graduation requirements for the classes of 2022 and beyond, particularly its potential impact on art and elective requirements. At the March 15 meeting, the school board discussed a new set of graduation requirements that allocated a number of elective units […]
Grad Night fundraiser, pasta dinner to be held at Clocktower tomorrow
Benicia High School’s Grad Night Board and Committee will be holding its first ever pasta feed, fundraiser and silent auction tomorrow night at the Clocktower. The proceeds will benefit Grad Night, an evening of safe, sober fun for new Benicia High and Liberty High School graduates on the grounds of the BHS campus, featuring games, […]