December 9, 2020 Newly Elected Alum Rock School Trustee Abruptly Resigns Before Taking His Oath of Office By Jennifer Wadsworth On Dec. 4, just a day after officials certified results from last month’s election, Scott Pham submitted his letter of resignation. Read More 5
February 6, 2019 Op-Ed: Raymond Mueller Has Proven Himself as the Best Candidate for ARUSD Board By Paul Escobar and Tanya Freudenberger If Alum Rock Union ever had a clearer choice for their newly vacant trustee seat, it would be now and it would be Ray Mueller. Read More 2
August 22, 2018 Alum Rock Trustee Hit With Restraining Order for Verbally Attacking Superintendent By Jennifer Wadsworth ARUSD Superintendent Hilaria Bauer filed a stay-away order against a trustee who threatened violence against her at an Aug. 9 meeting. Read More 17
July 25, 2018 Drag Queen Glams Up Story Time at San Jose Library, But Not Without Some Controversy By Tori Truscheit More than 400 attendees—about half of them children—showed up for the inaugural drag queen story time at the MLK Library last weekend. Read More 23
June 27, 2018 Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury: Alum Rock School District’s Board Majority Should Resign By The Fly Yet another report came out that puts the troubled Alum Rock Union Elementary School District in a bad light. Read More 15
June 6, 2018 San Jose Vice Mayor Magdalena Carrasco Wins Second Term By The Fly San Jose Vice Mayor Magdalenca Carrasco got her wish Tuesday night: avoiding the runoff. Read More 4
May 30, 2018 Alum Rock Schools Chief Spared the Axe; Trustees Partially Cut Ties With Shady Contractor By Jennifer Wadsworth Reform advocates in Alum Rock Union Elementary School District celebrated some major victories Tuesday. Read More 2
May 16, 2018 Did Alum Rock Board President Esau Herrera Play Hooky to Attend a Luis Miguel Concert? By The Fly Alum Rock Union board president Esau Herrera reportedly skipped an important meeting last week to watch the Mexican pop sensation. Read More 8
April 12, 2018 Out + Smart in Silicon Valley: The New Faces of Gay Politics as the Breakthrough Generation Retires By Tori Truscheit Will quiet bias keep LGBTQ candidates out of office, or has shifting consciousness made the South Bay a safe place to run a gay campaign? Read More 18
March 6, 2018 District-Wide Walkout Planned to Protest Alum Rock School Board By Jennifer Wadsworth Parents frustrated by the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District’s dysfunctional leadership are planning a walkout later this week. Read More 1
September 20, 2017 New Issues Arise in Alum Rock School District’s Bond Oversight By The Fly A citizen watchdog says he found evidence of even more dysfunction in the Alum Rock Union Elementary School District. Read More 5
September 1, 2017 Alum Rock Union School District Ousts Fiery Board President By Jennifer Wadsworth The Alum Rock Union School District gave incendiary board president Khanh Tran the boot only to appoint a like-minded successor. Read More 2