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Santa Clara County leaders could expand control over education board

Santa Clara County leaders may exert more power over the Office of Education, whose elected board voted to fire its controversial superintendent, Mary Ann Dewan. The Board Supervisors on Tuesday voted 4-0 to look into whether it should decide who sits on the countywide school district’s Board of Education. Supervisor Susan Ellenberg recused herself, with...

Santa Clara County education board appoints new leader amid turmoil

The Santa Clara County Office of Education has found a new interim superintendent, and he lives in Southern California. The county Board of Education voted 6-1 to appoint Charles Hinman Wednesday to temporarily replace ousted superintendent Mary Ann Dewan. Hinman has a 35-year career in public education, which includes multiple stints as a superintendent in school...

Silicon Valley school fight over LGBTQ+ curriculum has ‘big implications’

About 20 teachers and parents walked into a Cupertino Union School District board meeting Oct. 10, armed with signs that read, “Keep LGBTQ students and teachers safe at CUSD.” Another group of about eight people clutched signs that read, “Advanced gender topics don’t belong in TK.” Both groups were there for one reason — to...

Santa Clara County’s top educator loses legal bid to get job back

Recently fired Superintendent of Schools Mary Ann Dewan’s request to be reinstated has been denied by the Santa Clara County Superior Court. The court said Dewan, who filed suit against the Board of Education last week, did “not adequately establish ‘some possibility’ she will ultimately prevail on the merits.” Dewan alleged the board had no...

Silicon Valley school board candidates divided on LGBTQ+ issues

Candidates running for a Silicon Valley school board shared starkly different viewpoints on LGBTQ+ issues at a forum this week, disagreeing on whether teachers should notify parents about children’s preferred pronouns and gender identity. There are two seats up for grabs in November on the five-member Franklin-McKinley School District board. Trustees Milan Balinton and George...

Silicon Valley students say their teachers need better pay

Hundreds of Prospect High School students marched out of class this week chanting, “What do we want? Teacher’s pay!” The walkout took place Tuesday across the Campbell Union High School District, a sea of students wearing red in support of their teachers’ demands for better pay and lower class sizes. The day of the walkout, teachers began “working...