Students will keep electives this fall, but freshman P.E. will be mandatory in 2026
According to a recent CDE audit, BUSD is out of compliance with California's public school P.E. requirement, causing the district to scramble to revise elective requests.
BUSD pandemic recovery continues, but so do opportunity gaps
Berkeley Unified School District's student test scores are rebounding faster than state averages post-pandemic, but achievement gaps persist among student demographics.
BUSD pushes back on Trump, strengthens policy to protect immigrant families
It's re-traumatization of our community, Beatriz Leyva-Cutler, a former BUSD board member and founder of Latinos Unidos, told Berkeleyside on Wednesday.