The union, which reps about 1,200 teachers, said Chris Funk’s explanation for his departure doesn’t line up with what they know.

Chris Funk, superintendent of San Jose’s East Side Union High School District, hopes his absence will help solve the district's budget impasse.

Edward Youngblood, a business and accounting teacher at Silver Creek High School, realized early on that there is no ‘right’ way to think.

Liz Dinh-Aziz took the road less traveled as a teacher. Her calling has always been about reaching students who need help the most.

Yerba Buena High School's Charles Fowler is one of the most decorated teachers in Silicon Valley.

Though he’s yet to decide whom he’s endorsing in the District 5 runoff, J. Manuel Herrera will indeed be running to retain his long-held East Side Union High School District Board Trustee seat next fall.

When Herrera hoofed it to the County of Santa Clara Registrar of Voters Office to pull his papers earlier this month, however, whom did he discover in line ahead of him? None other than former East Side Superintendent Bob Nuñez.