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School board receives Measure S update to start off academic year

August 17, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

With a new school year ready to commence, the Governing Board of the Benicia Unified School District heard an update on the Measure S bond projects at Thursday’s meeting. Measure S is an initiative that was approved by Benicia voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding for renovation and upgrades of school […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Middle School, Benicia Unified School District, fire alarm, Measure S, Performing Arts Building, school board

BUSD budget among items on packed school board agenda

May 30, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

Thursday’s school board meeting will be the last of the 2017-18 year while school is in session— and if the agenda is any indication, it will be the busiest of the entire year by far. One of the biggest items is a public hearing on Benicia Unified School District’s proposed budget for the 2018-19 school […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: 2018 election, Benicia, Benicia High School, Benicia Teachers Association, Benicia Unified School District, BUSD budget, contract negotiations, fire alarm, LCAP, Mary Farmar Elementary, Measure S, Robert Semple, school board

School board rejects bids for fire alarm upgrades

April 22, 2018 by Nick Sestanovich 1 Comment

Bids will reopen at later date At Thursday’s meeting, the Benicia school board unanimously voted to reject bids for fire alarm upgrades at two elementary schools and reopen them at a later time. As part of the Measure S initiative, which was approved by voters in 2014 to provide $49.6 million in bond funding to […]

Filed Under: Education, Features, Front Page, News Tagged With: Benicia, Benicia Unified School District, fire alarm, Mary Farmar Elementary, Measure S, Robert Semple, school board

School board to consider awarding fire alarm upgrade to lowest bidder

May 2, 2017 by Nick Sestanovich Leave a Comment

The Benicia Unified School District is already in the process of looking for a contractor for the fire alarm upgrade at Benicia High School. The school board will be voting Thursday to award the contract to the lowest bidder. The fire alarm improvement is another item to be funded through Measure S, the initiative approved […]

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