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MUSD celebrates ribbon cutting for phase one of Innovation Campus

September 15, 2023. This date marks an important moment in Milpitas history, as it’s when the ribbon cutting for Phase 1 of the MUSD...

STEMgirls club from Milpitas High provides free STEM program to young students

When Savan Bollu walked into her AP Physics class during her junior year, she was surprised to find that there were only five girls...

New Milpitas High School principal Greg Wohlman brings experience & grit

When Greg Wohlman was 18 years old, he left his hometown of Fargo, North Dakota – and never looked back.    “I had a driver’s license,...

Historic First: Inaugural class graduates from middle college in Milpitas

Back in August of 2021, a group of 13 students embarked into uncharted territory.  They entered Milpitas Middle College High School (MMCHS), an innovative program...

Two Milpitas High teachers let go after accusations of inappropriate behavior toward students

Throughout the year 2022, investigations of two Milpitas High School teachers were conducted due to allegations of inappropriate behavior toward students. The two teachers...

Ocean Supermarket and local Knights of Colombus council donate over $9k toward special education at Milpitas High

Last month, at the March 14 Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) Board of Education Meeting, Ocean Supermarket and the Knights of Columbus St. Elizabeth...

Mandarin coming to Randall Elementary World Languages School

Starting in the Fall of 2023, Randall Elementary School will be adding Mandarin to its school curriculum.  Randall is a dual-immersion Elementary School and is...

MetroED’s hands-on courses propel high school students toward brighter futures

February is Career and Technical Education month and The Milpitas Beat is spotlighting the Metro Education District’s Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (SVCTE)... The school’s been...

MUSD’s Board of Education appoints Robert Jung to open board seat

The Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education voted this evening to appoint Robert Jung to occupy the board seat that had been...

MUSD seeks applicants to fill vacancy on Board of Education

A vacancy has opened up on the Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education.  Hon Lien, who had served on the school board since...

Norwood, Yip-Chuan, & Nakka sworn in to MUSD’s Board of Education

At this week’s Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) Board of Education meeting, the November election results were certified and an oath of office ceremony...

Anu Nakka becomes first Indian-American elected to public office in Milpitas

Anu Nakka has been elected to the Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education. She is the first Indian-American ever to have been...

Charles Gary is back at Milpitas High School as Interim Principal

Charles “Chuck” Gary is back.  After having retired from the role of Milpitas High School (MHS) Principal in 2008, Gary stepped back onto the MHS...

Suspect who left feces at Rose Elementary School has been arrested

An arrest was made recently following long-running acts of vandalism at Rose Elementary School (located at 250 Roswell Dr. in Milpitas). The suspect had...

MHS Assistant Principal Cheryl Rivera retires after serving MUSD for 33 years

It was 22 years ago when Cheryl Rivera first began serving as an Assistant Principal at Milpitas High School (MHS).  This past June, Rivera retired,...

Candidate feels she is being targeted after signs & banners go missing in Milpitas

It was during this year’s Labor Day weekend when Kelly Yip-Chuan first took to the streets, to put up signs and banners around the...

Building of Mabel Mattos Elementary School completed

After years of planning and construction, the building of Mabel Mattos Elementary School has been completed, just in time for the start of the...

MUSD receives 52 responses after putting out call for rooms for rent for educators

The Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) made national news this week after putting out a call to its community, asking for rooms for rent...

Chris Norwood seeks re-election to MUSD’s Board of Education

Chris Norwood has served on Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education for the past eight years.  And in that time, he has put...

Two Milpitas Unified school board members file police reports against Michael Tsai over “harassing messages”

At last Tuesday’s Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) School Board meeting, the board revisited AB361, a California law passed in 2021 that governs how...

Suraj Viswanathan is running for a seat on MUSD’s Board of Education

Suraj Viswanathan is running for a seat on Milpitas Unified School District’s (MUSD) Board of Education.  As a parent of two boys (a first- and...

Historic groundbreaking of MUSD’s Innovation Campus happens in Milpitas

Something historic happened in Milpitas last week.  The Milpitas Unified School District (MUSD) broke ground on its new Innovation Campus on Wednesday, August 3.  The campus,...

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