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VIDEO: Historic Alameda High School "wish list" engagement meeting

Donna Eyestone
Monday, April 15, 2013 - 5:57pm

The second of four community engagement meetings on the fate of Historic Alameda High School was Monday night. Here's Donna Eyestone's video; Michele Ellson's live Tweet by Tweet coverage, plus your thoughts and suggestions, are at the jump. Read more >> about VIDEO: Historic Alameda High School "wish list" engagement meeting

Residents: Fix old Alameda High buildings for students

Michele Ellson
Friday, April 12, 2013 - 12:05am

Residents who participated in a meeting Thursday aimed at gathering input on the fate of Historic Alameda High School said they want the 88-year-old campus saved and reopened to students.

“It hasn’t been stated, but these buildings are in jeopardy of being torn down, and I don’t want to see that happen,” said Ed Kofman, whose grandfather’s name graces the school’s auditorium. Read more >> about Residents: Fix old Alameda High buildings for students

VIDEO: Historic Alameda High School engagement meeting

Donna Eyestone
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 5:53pm

LIVE TWEETS: Historic Alameda High School engagement meet

The Board of Education hosted a community meeting to gather input on the future of Historic Alameda High School. Tweets from reporter and editor Michele Ellson, at the jump. Read more >> about VIDEO: Historic Alameda High School engagement meeting

Historic Alameda High School: A timeline

Michele Ellson
Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 12:05am

Tonight, the first of four meetings being conducted to gather the community's input regarding the future of Historic Alameda High School. But it won't be the first time schools leaders have sought to address seismic safety issues at the 88-year-old school. Efforts to address seismic safety issues on the old campus have been underway since 1935, a decade after the school opened to students. But much of the campus remains unsafe for student use, and has since been vacated by district administrators and the Alameda Adult School and fenced off. The Alamedan collected and reviewed a series of district reports and communications, news clippings and online sources to construct a timeline of efforts to address Historic Alameda High's seismic issues along with the needs of the school's students. Here's what we know. Read more >> about Historic Alameda High School: A timeline

Students make sales at Wind River

Laura Casey
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 12:05am

A group of BUILD students makes its pitch at Wind River. Contributed photo.

It’s not often that taking a high school college prep class means making money. But that’s exactly what a cadre of tenth grade students from East Oakland did in March at Wind River. Read more >> about Students make sales at Wind River

Schools leaders seeking input on Historic Alameda High

Michele Ellson
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 - 12:05am

Schools leaders want to know what you think needs to be done with Historic Alameda High School. So they’re hosting four meetings to share information and gather public input regarding the future of the school in April and May.

The meetings are scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11; 6 p.m. Monday, April 15; 1 p.m. Saturday, April 20; and 6 p.m. Thursday, May 9. All of the meetings will be held in the Alameda High School cafeteria, at the corner of Central Avenue and Walnut Street. Read more >> about Schools leaders seeking input on Historic Alameda High

DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: Children face perilous journey to school

Michele Ellson
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 12:05am

Alameda Police logged three dozen accidents at or near Alameda schools between 2010 to 2012. Source: Alameda Police Department.

Heather Little is a traveler who has walked on the edge of volcanoes with her two young children, where the drop is 350 feet down. But she never felt so close to losing her son, she said, as on the day a motorist nearly hit the then-kindergartner in the crosswalk he was riding his bicycle into on the way to school. Read more >> about DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: Children face perilous journey to school

DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: Twenty minutes at Haight Elementary

Michele Ellson
Friday, March 22, 2013 - 12:04am

Video by Donna Eyestone.

Caroline Topeé faces light traffic on her walk to Haight Elementary School at 8:05 a.m Monday, which takes her, daughter Jovanna, 9, and a friend through a crosswalk that traverses Lincoln Avenue at Chestnut Street and into the school’s back gate.

“But you know what happens? Everybody drops their kids off at the last minute,” Topeé said as she headed out the door to school. “It’s chaos.” Read more >> about DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: Twenty minutes at Haight Elementary

School board sets aside money for potential tax refunds

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:05am

Alameda’s Board of Education is setting aside $5.8 million to cover refunds the district may have to pay on its Measure H parcel tax.

The board voted 5-0 on Tuesday to repurpose an existing reserve fund it created in 2008 as state funding lurched over a cliff to cover the potential refunds. If needed, the money could cover close to 80 percent of what the district could have to pay out.

“Right now it seems to me – 80 percent seems like a prudent number. And right now we have it to set aside, so it’s not as painful,” Trustee Mike McMahon said. Read more >> about School board sets aside money for potential tax refunds

Your news in Tweet: Tuesday's Board of Education meeting

Michele Ellson
Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - 12:03am

Alameda's Board of Education signed off on a new teacher contract and set aside $5.8 million for possible parcel tax refunds; that and more, in Tweet. Read more >> about Your news in Tweet: Tuesday's Board of Education meeting

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