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Getting accepted to Stanford isn’t getting any easier. In 2000, the university received about 18,300 applications. In 2010, that figure had increased 75 percent to more than 32,000 applications.
Stanford students designed music-playing helmets and lockable bike lights to increase bicycle safety on campus. A bicyclist who wasn’t wearing a helmet died on campus last year after being hit by a car.
Criminal record clearance assistance is in high demand in Santa Clara County; however, the programs that provide it are struggling to find the money and support to stay afloat.
Aaron Blanding, a special education teacher at Woodside High School, recently began using iPads with his orthopaedically impaired students. These devices have helped the students develop and learn.
In 2009 the Sequoia High School baseball field got a $40,000 facelift. But it took another year and the hiring of a new coach to give the team and the program the makeover it needed.
About 100 concerned Carlmont High School parents attended a presentation by the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Department Tuesday to learn how to identify drugs and whether their teens might be using them.
The Redwood City School District will have a full year of classes ending June 9, 2011 thanks to increased funding from the state’s newly passed budget.
As school districts across California have faced steep cuts in state funding, some education proponents have responded with fundraising efforts. The San Carlos Education Foundation raised $1.7 million.
Christine Koltermann, a Santa Clara Unified School District board member, is campaigning against the 49ers new stadium, seeing it as a costly, environmental hazard that will lower property values.