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MV Whisman teachers get small raiseAfter two short days of negotiations, teachers and administrators with the Mountain View Whisman School District have reached...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2011Last comment by Teacher, on Nov 15, 2011 at 7:03 am | 4 comments | 4485 Views
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Deer Hollow needs volunteersDeer Hollow Farm is looking for volunteers to teach students visiting the 150-year-old farm. Deer Hollow hosts more than...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2012Last comment by Eileen, on Jan 5, 2012 at 5:05 pm | 4 comments | 4774 Views
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District may evict preschool, use space for high-risk teensA proposal to evict preschool program from its current home on the Mountain View High School campus and replace it with a...
Original post made on Feb. 18, 2012Last comment by William S., on Feb 22, 2012 at 6:32 am | 4 comments | 4524 Views
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Tough road for undocumented teensFor undocumented students at Mountain View High School, nothing has changed in the years since Jose Antonio Vargas hesitantly...
Original post made on Mar. 8, 2012Last comment by [email protected], on Mar 15, 2012 at 8:12 am | 4 comments | 3794 Views
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New role for former city managerThere's a new group of government officials making decisions in Mountain View, and it has a very long name: the Downtown...
Original post made on Apr. 12, 2012Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Apr 12, 2012 at 4:49 pm | 4 comments | 5261 Views
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Young art students win scholarshipsNine elementary and middle school students from Mountain View were recently awarded a scholarship for the Community School...
Original post made on Apr. 14, 2012Last comment by sean, on Apr 19, 2012 at 4:43 pm | 4 comments | 6002 Views
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New classrooms coming to local high schoolsThe local high school district is set to break ground this week on three classroom buildings, the largest of the Measure...
Original post made on May. 7, 2012Last comment by Steven Nelson, on May 11, 2012 at 12:05 pm | 4 comments | 15189 Views
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Graduation elationStudents from Mountain View and Los Altos high schools celebrated the end of an era with Friday evening's graduation ceremonies. Read...
Original post made on Jun. 3, 2012Last comment by george, on Jun 4, 2012 at 4:34 pm | 4 comments | 5393 Views
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Alta Vista graduates make it, after allOf all the graduation ceremonies taking place within the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, it is arguably...
Original post made on Jun. 7, 2012Last comment by Lauren, on Dec 1, 2013 at 6:55 pm | 4 comments | 8111 Views
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Big shift for district boardThree out of five trustees from Mountain View's elementary and middle school district have announced they will not seek re-election...
Original post made on Jul. 6, 2012Last comment by Rene, on Jul 9, 2012 at 6:37 pm | 4 comments | 6009 Views
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NASA rover lands on MarsThe rover Curiosity landed on Mars Sunday night shortly before 10:30 p.m., according to NASA officials. Its two-year mission...
Original post made on Aug. 6, 2012Last comment by Teresa, on Aug 6, 2012 at 2:53 pm | 4 comments | 6111 Views
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Summer reading pays offThird-grade Mountain View resident Ethan Xie won a $529 check towards his college education from ScholarShare, California's...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2012Last comment by Reader2, on Oct 17, 2012 at 7:55 am | 4 comments | 4789 Views
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School district gets specific in English learners planOfficials with the local elementary and middle school district are making a series of changes aimed at improving their program...
Original post made on Nov. 12, 2012Last comment by School Parent, on Nov 13, 2012 at 12:15 am | 4 comments | 5342 Views
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Google keeps Bookmobile rollingBooks in hand, Claudia and her son Julio leave the Mountain View Bookmobile at Castro Elementary School on Dec. 4. On Tuesday,...
Original post made on Dec. 7, 2012Last comment by Robin Schultz, on Dec 10, 2012 at 2:13 pm | 4 comments | 5663 Views
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District needs to root out bad behavior, moms sayDirty dancing, drugs and foul language — three mothers with teens enrolled in Mountain View High School are concerned...
Original post made on Jan. 18, 2013Last comment by Tabitha, on Jan 19, 2013 at 12:18 am | 4 comments | 4825 Views
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Delaying kindergarten: should district have a say?The father of a young girl is taking issue with the Mountain View Whisman School District over whether he can delay his daughter's...
Original post made on Feb. 4, 2013Last comment by whatever, on Feb 11, 2013 at 8:11 pm | 4 comments | 4425 Views
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Students help direct 'Romeo and Juliet'The Mountain View High School Theatre Department is presenting "Romeo and Juliet," Shakespeare's famous tragedy for [http://tinyurl.com/MVHSplay...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2013Last comment by incognito, on Apr 28, 2013 at 5:47 pm | 4 comments | 5308 Views
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MV Whisman looking forwardThe superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District wants students to put down their textbooks, pick up tablet...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2013Last comment by Nicole, on May 1, 2013 at 9:53 am | 4 comments | 5431 Views
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School district to film, stream meetingsWith the board of trustees' informal blessing, officials with the Mountain View Whisman School District have begun taking...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2013Last comment by GSB, on Jul 3, 2013 at 10:48 pm | 4 comments | 5067 Views
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The art of learningGaining a better understanding of literature and writing through art is one of the central ideas behind Freestyle Academy....
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2013Last comment by not a Freestyle parent, on Nov 3, 2013 at 5:31 pm | 4 comments | 7745 Views
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