MHS will offer three new classes for the 2024-25 school year, Assistant Principal Jonathan Mach said. The new classes offered will include Ethnic Studies: LGBTQ+, Ethnic Studies: History of Hip-Hop, and Film History, Mach added. Vietnamese was also originally planned to be added; however, due to a lack of interestContinue Reading
Senior Isabelle Cho and junior Reba Prabhakhar and juniors Ashton Chen and Atharv Vyas from the Speech & Debate Club finished as quarter-finalists in the Public Silver Forum at the national Tournament of Champions (TOC) at the University of Kentucky on April 22, 2024, according to the Tabroom website. TheContinue Reading
The new three-year Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) plan for 2024-27 is meant to improve on the previous plan and support student populations that are struggling, Superintendent Cheryl Jordan said. The LCAP is mandated statewide and consists of schools using their local control of state funding to achieve eightContinue Reading
Principal and Chief Innovator of Milpitas High School and New Campus Programs Greg Wohlman introduced the Fight Free Campus Challenge (FFCC) on Oct. 13, 2023, to help reduce the number of fights on campus, he said. He originally had rewards planned for all grade levels that could remain fight-free throughoutContinue Reading
CreatorScape, an arts and literature fair originally planned for April 26, 2024, hosted jointly by One Long Story (OLS) and Youth Arts Movement (YAM), was canceled a day prior by MHS administration for “security reasons,” OLS president Kate Chua said. A few of CreatorScape’s vendors planned to donate proceeds toContinue Reading
The Innovation Campus will only be enrolling freshman and sophomore for the 2024-2025 school year due to low enrollment numbers from upperclassmen, Principal and Chief Innovator of Milpitas High School and New Campus Programs Greg Wohlman said. This will result in a total 83 students enrolled for the extension campusContinue Reading
At the May 14, 2024 board meeting, MUSD board members collectively approved measures to explore the possibility of adding a new parcel tax measure to the November 2024 election ballot, according to the MUSD website. They will work with two firms, Props & Measures and EMC Research, to evaluate theContinue Reading
MUSD is currently facing three lawsuits related to previously employed personnel allegedly having inappropriate sexual interactions with students, according to the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara Public Portal.One case involves Daniel McQuigg, a teacher formerly employed at MHS until 2018, who allegedly sexually harassed, molested, and abusedContinue Reading
The MUSD board agreed to maintain the Navy Junior Reserve Oficers Training Corps (NJROTC) program despite expected budgetary cuts during the Feb. 13 board meeting.The U.S. Navy has announced it will cease to fund MHS’s NJROTC program if the program fails to reach the 100 student enrollment threshold before theContinue Reading
MHS will begin offering a variety of ethnic studies courses next school year, one of these classes being ethnic studies LGBTQ+, Assistant Principal Jonathan Mach said.However, starting with the class of 2030, all high school students in California will be required to take a one-semester ethnic studies course, according toContinue Reading
MUSD is looking to reduce around $2 million to the 2024-25 district budget, Superintendent Cheryl Jordan said.One of the main reasons why MUSD is not receiving as much state funding is because of the California 2024-2025 state deficit, MUSD Board Trustee Chris Norwood said.AnEducatEveryWhere full-time-equivalent (FTE), 1-2 Learning & DevelopmentContinue Reading
With many seniors applying to college and waiting to hear back for final decisions during this time, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) plays a critical role in decision making in this process. However this year, because of new revisions being made to the form, it caused aContinue Reading