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What a Week -- Invigorating innovation: Awards honoring young Tri-Valley DreamMakers & RiskTakers

The Innovation Tri-Valley Leadership Group is honoring 11 of those standout young trailblazers with its 13th annual Tri-Valley DreamMakers & RiskTakers Awards next Tuesday at the Shannon Community Center in Dublin.

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LVJUSD recognizes administrator transitions for new school year

The 2022-23 school year in Livermore is set to begin next Tuesday (Aug. 23) and many students will find different administrators leading their campus communities, including Clark Conover promoted to principal at Granada High School.

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Ex-PUSD trustee Jamie Yee bidding for Pleasanton City Council District 3

Former Pleasanton school board trustee Jamie Yee has announced that she will be running for the City Council District 3 seat on the ballot this November.

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Pleasanton school board to vote on purchasing Hacienda office building for $23.5 million

Pleasanton Unified School District trustees are set to discuss entering into a $23.5 million sales agreement to acquire the Arroyo Center in Hacienda Business Park to become the new home of the district headquarters.

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Foothill teacher Josh Hill named 2021 Alameda County Teacher of the Year

More than a year later after first being nominated, Foothill High's Josh Hill will finally be presented with an Alameda County Teacher of the Year award during a special ceremony honoring more than a dozen Bay Area educators next week.

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Kingsburg school boards meet, agree on 2021 calendars


KINGSBURG — Trustees of the Kingsburg Joint Union High School District and the Kingsburg Elementary Charter School District held their first meeting of 2021 at the same time on Monday, Jan. 11 but in different locations.
The high school board met at the high school while the elementary school board met at the District office.
Both agendas were filled with routine items. For example, the high school board adopted a school calendar for the 2021-22 school year. KHS students will begin classes on Aug. 11. The first quarter will end on Oct. 12 with the first semester ending on Dec. 7.
Days off for Veterans Day will be Nov. 11 and 12 with Thanksgiving vacation on Nov. 22-26. Christmas Vacation will be from Dec. 20-31 with an in-service day on Jan. 3. Classes resume the next day.

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School boards host reorganizational meetings


 
The Elementary District meeting was held at the District Office on Stroud Avenue while the High School District meeting was held by teleconference (with outgoing board President Johnnie Thomsen participating on Zoom) at the high school.
 
 
 
After trustees Constance Lunde (outgoing Board President) and Frank Yanes were sworn after going unopposed in the November election, trustees elected Shane Murray as the new Board President and Karyll Smith Quinn as the Clerk.
 
On the high school side, trustees Rick Jackson and Thomsen received the oath of office after going unopposed in November. Jackson was elected President while Trustee Mike Serpa was elected Clerk.

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