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April 24, 2026

Board of Education appoints Area 3 trustee

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On Nov. 28, the Santa Clara County Board of Education unanimously approved the selection of Donald Rocha as the provisionally appointed trustee for Area 3.  Trustee Area 3 includes the Cambrian, Campbell Union, Luther Burbank, Moreland, Union and Campbell Union High School districts and a...

Los Gatos High School principal to retire

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Kevin Buchanan sat in his office overlooking the front lawn as the rain faded into blue sky just before noon on Friday. Last month, the 64-year-old Los Gatos High School principal broke the news to the school community that this year will be his final...

LGHS taps assistant principal for top job

Dave Poetzinger
The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District announced last week that Dave Poetzinger will be the new principal of Los Gatos High School. After a comprehensive search processβ€”conducted by an interview team made up of teachers, support staff, parents, students, and administratorsβ€”the Board of...

School district asking voters to hike parcel tax

The Los Gatos Union School District’s parcel tax expires next June, so voters are being asked to renewβ€”and increaseβ€”the existing parcel tax. There will be two vote centers open in Los Gatos for the Nov. 2 election, with vote-by-mail ballots hitting mailboxes in early October.   The...

“FREE THE SMILES” -Parents demand school board remove masks from kids

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Parents who are fed up with having to make their kids wear masks to school protested this morning outside of R.J. Fisher Middle School, which is next to the Los Gatos Union School District offices. They say research from infectious disease scientists suggests that children...

Los Gatos elementary school district sued over child molestation by former teacher

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The Los Gatos Union School District, along with the former Blossom Hill Elementary School teacher who pled β€œno contest” to child molestation and child annoyance charges last month, are both now being sued by the parents of one of the students that the teacher...

Jewish K-8 day school welcomes new head

New Jewish teacher and wife
Tzachi Rechter has been named Head of School of Los Gatos’ Yavneh Day School. The board of trustees announced the news Aug. 12. He will succeed Cindy Schlesinger, the school’s previous leader, and Sarah Munson, who’s been serving as Interim Head of School. β€œOver the course of...

High School District #1 in math; Office of Ed recognizes teachers (local scene)

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Teachers recognized by Office of Education Three teachers in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District were selected to receive a 2023 Special Teacher Recognition Award at the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s (SCCOE) annual Teacher Recognition Celebration on Oct. 23. They are:β€’ Alex Czech,...

New schools tax squeaks past threshold

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Voters in the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District narrowly approved the district’s first parcel tax in more than a dozen years by a narrow eight-vote margin, according to the election offices in Santa Cruz and Santa Clara counties. Measure A will add a $79...

Vaccination rates are so high, Covid-19-prevention clinic will offer flu shot, too

Welcome Back to School
By the time the Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District held its first meeting since classes returned, Aug. 24, it’d already dealt with two coronavirus casesβ€”a teacher and a studentβ€”one in Saratoga, and one in Los Gatos. While demonstrating the publicly-available β€œdashboard” for trustees, Brian...
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