SCHOOLS & KIDS Science camp on lock-down with gunman at large A shooting in Cupertino caused a science camp in Saratoga to go on lock-down and a number of Mountain View schools to close for the day. Mountain View students at the science ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 5, 2011 at 12:55 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 6, 2011 at 10:25 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS President's jobs bill could help schools As President Barack Obama began touring the country in an attempt to sell his new $447 billion jobs bill, the head of the National School Boards Association applauded those pr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Sep 20, 2011 at 6:34 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 21, 2011 at 6:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Google gives 200 laptops to local high schools Google is donating 200 used laptops to Mountain View high schools, as part of its ongoing efforts to support science, technology, engineering and math education in local schoo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Sep 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 25, 2011 at 9:27 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Castro kids go bananas over reading Castro School's principal, Judy Crates, donned a full gorilla suit on Sept. 8 -- following through on a promise she made to her students last year.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS New CBO for MV Whisman Terese McNamee is set to start this week as Mountain View Whisman School District's new chief business officer.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Local schools top last year's test scores Mountain View schools scored better than the statewide average on the California Standards Test, officials from both local districts reported.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Local schools top last year's test scores Mountain View schools scored better than the rest of the state on the California Standards Test, officials from both local districts reported.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Back to school: more students, more choices Mountain View elementary and middle schools are taking on more students this year and adding to their course offerings, and the local high school district is remaining about t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 25, 2011 at 3:20 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 26, 2011 at 10:38 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS So hard to say goodbye It's not easy to let go, as Theuerkauf Elementary School kindergartner Justin, 5, and his dad BJ discovered Monday in teacher Leslie McClellan's room. All around the Mountain ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 23, 2011 at 10:55 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 25, 2011 at 6:27 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Girls' Middle School leaves Mountain View Twelve years after it first opened its doors on Rengstorff Avenue, the Girls' Middle School is moving from Mountain View to a new location in Palo Alto.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Local district produces more college-ready grads than county, state Seniors from Mountain View and Los Altos high schools graduated at higher rates last year than their peers in the county and throughout the state, and a greater percentage of ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 20, 2011 at 9:53 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Homework: quality, not quantity The head of the local elementary and middle school district said that there will not be a major overhaul of the homework policy, despite recent moves from other school distric... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 16, 2011 at 5:44 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 16, 2011 at 5:44 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Camp makes calculus kid-friendly A unique school that teaches high-level science and math concepts to students years earlier than is typical in public schools has opened its second location in Mountain View.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS VIDEO: Voices Around Town | Kids and homework Do you think kids are getting the right amount of homework?
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SCHOOLS & KIDS MVLA district seeks fairer grades Not all A's are created equal. The differences in how teachers grade their students are being scrutinized by a commission of instructors and administrators looking at making s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 4, 2011 at 2:04 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 7, 2011 at 1:29 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Teaching a new way to teach In an effort to improve math and science scores, the Mountain View Whisman School District has begun contracting with an education research company to teach teachers how to te... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 2, 2011 at 2:26 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 5, 2011 at 8:36 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Teaching the teachers In an effort to improve math and science scores, the Mountain View Whisman School District has begun contracting with an education research company to teach teachers how to te... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 31, 2011 at 7:43 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 31, 2012 at 9:01 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS More technology equals better students, teachers say MERIT -- Making Education Relevant and Interactive Through Technology -- is a year-long course taught by Foothill faculty and former program participants through a series of w... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 28, 2011 at 8:07 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 30, 2011 at 1:31 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Students need whooping cough shots before school starts About a third of Mountain View elementary students still need to get whooping cough booster shots before school starts, and high school students could be turned away from clas... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 26, 2011 at 2:12 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 30, 2011 at 7:21 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Summer break? Castro School is working overtime While the majority of campuses in the Mountain View Whisman School District have remained relatively quiet since classes let out for the summer, Castro Elementary has been bus... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 21, 2011 at 2:38 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 22, 2011 at 2:43 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Parents fed up with school district's wait list More than 170 would-be elementary and middle school students have been placed on the Mountain View Whisman School District's waiting list for the 2011-12 school year. While pa... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 15, 2011 at 7:28 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 20, 2011 at 3:20 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS MV Whisman district finances looking rosier The Mountain View Whisman School District anticipates having more money next school year than it had in 2010-11, thanks to two large and unexpected infusions of cash that the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 15, 2011 at 3:46 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 15, 2011 at 10:17 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS District pays ex-teacher $225K settlement A former elementary school teacher who resigned from her position at the beginning of the 2009 school year was paid $225,000 in a legal settlement with the Mountain View Whism... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 9, 2011 at 8:17 am There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 17, 2011 at 8:21 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS High school district must dip into savings Local high schools will not suffer greatly next year, despite the fact that the Mountain View-Los Altos district plans to run at a deficit, the district's head business office... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Jul 5, 2011 at 2:30 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Former school teacher paid $225K in settlement A former elementary school teacher who resigned in 2009 was paid $225,000 in a legal settlement with the Mountain View Whisman School District, according to documents obtained... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Jul 1, 2011 at 3:55 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jul 4, 2011 at 11:38 pm.
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