education

  81 posts

  Sep 07, 2022

School boards in Solano County face shortage of candidates for November election

The Vallejo school board will fill a board vacancy after no one filed ran to represent West Vallejo and Mare Island....

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  Aug 30, 2022

With no election candidates, Vallejo school board to fill vacancy

The board will meet during a special workshop Wednesday to discuss its next steps to fill the board seat for Trustee Area 1, which represents most of West Vallejo and Mare Island....

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  Aug 22, 2022

Longtime Vallejo educator Tony Gross seeks second term on school board

Gross is seeking a second term “to continue to improve the city’s public education system.”...

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  Aug 05, 2022

Teacher John Fox seeks re-election to Vallejo school board

Trustee John Fox is asking voters for another term on the Vallejo school board so he can “continue the hard work and keep the momentum this board has established.”...

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  Aug 03, 2022

Vallejo school board approves leasing portion of Farragut school site

Without comment, the Vallejo school board approved leasing a portion of the former Farragut School site to the Seneca Family of Agencies while the sale of the property is finalized....

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  Aug 01, 2022

Glenn Amboy confirms run for Vallejo school board

Vallejo resident Glenn Amboy — a parent of two children currently enrolled in the Vallejo school district with a third who graduated in 2020 — confirmed his candidacy for the Vallejo City Unified School District Board of Education in the upcoming November 2022 election....

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  Jul 27, 2022

Vallejo, Richmond charter school workers form rare union with IWW

The union drive at Caliber Public Schools began in Richmond two years ago and staff has been organizing since....

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  Jul 25, 2022

Vallejo school board pauses charter revocation to work on ‘last chance agreement’

The Vallejo school district and Griffin Technology Academies (GTA) have two months to work out a “last chance agreement” to keep the charter network open....

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  Jul 19, 2022

Vallejo school board to consider new agreement with charter network

The Vallejo school board will be asked to approve a tolling agreement with Griffin Technology Academies (GTA) on Wednesday as the charter network works to fix several alleged violations levied by the school district....

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  Jul 01, 2022

Vallejo school board trustee questions superintendent’s raise

The board voted 4-1 during its June 15 meeting to increase the superintendent’s annual pay to $274,881, starting Friday....

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  Jun 23, 2022

Vallejo charter network names Nick Driver as new superintendent

The Griffin Technology Academies Board of Directors announced this week that Nick Driver, who has been serving as acting superintendent since March, will fill the position permanently starting July 1....

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  Jun 08, 2022

Vallejo charter schools promise ‘turnaround’ after district’s threat to status

In a 179-page response the charter network released on Monday, GTA said it was in the process of remedying or had already fixed many of the allegations....

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