Education

Walt Disney, William McKinley and Joaquin Miller elementary schools were recently recognized by the state as California Distinguished Schools.

Burbank High won the fourth consecutive and annual Burbank City Clerk’s Cup by registering and pre-registering more students than Burroughs, 146-57.

St. Robert Bellarmine Elementary School in Burbank presents its 20th annual kindergarten holiday musical.

While Burbank Unified’s school board voted to remove David Starr Jordan’s name from a district middle school this spring, the process to find a replacement name will continue into a third year.

Muir Middle School removed a mural of Aung San Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and Myanmar political icon, from its Hall of Heroes this week as the world leader testifies at the Hague.

About 95 fourth-graders from Stevenson Elementary School combined to submit three films, one for each classroom, in the school’s second annual film festival.

Despite a student body of only 13 students, St. John Paul II STEM Academy administrators say they are looking for slow, responsible growth

A 27-page report by Debbie Kukta, Burbank Unified’s new assistant superintendent of administrative services, says the district lacks classified employees.

Rising vacation accruals and overseeing overtime at the Burbank Unified School District are listed as “areas to watch.”

John Muir High School assistant principal Brian James has accepted the same position at Burbank High School. James was a former football assistant coach at Burroughs High.

Burbank Unified reached an agreement Thursday with the Burbank chapter of the California School Employees Assn. for a 1% raise, retroactive to July 1, 2018.

Burbank Unified board member Steve Ferguson excoriated some local parents for what he called “empowering terrorism,” while district staff called for calm at Thursday’s board meeting.