At the San Mateo Union High School District Board of Trustees meeting on Thursday, March 28, the Board went over the results of the annual Panorama survey, completed by students and their families at the...

From Monday, March 18 to Wednesday, March 20, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) visited campus to evaluate Burlingame for accreditation. WASC is a committee that assesses high schools...

On Tuesday, March 5, Californians, including Burlingame seniors, voted in the 2024 primary election. While primary elections are held every two years to establish the top candidates for various state,...

On Sept. 5, 2023, attorney Christopher Lee Kaufman and financial education non-profit founder Timothy J. Ranzetta proposed a ballot initiative to make one semester of financial literacy classes a high...

For 40 years, Peninsula High School was located at the Crestmoor property in San Bruno. That changed in 2020 when the school relocated to a site in Burlingame. Ever since, the district has been in the...

When fifth-grade elementary school teacher Patricia Althaus saw her son Liam struggle to decipher the birthday card her mother had gifted him, stumbling through the loopy letters and skipping over phrases,...

According to a 2019 Stanford study, two-thirds of students tested couldn’t distinguish editorial content and advertising, and 96% didn’t comprehend why a climate-change website supported by a fossil...

According to the California Public Utilities Commission, the Broadway intersection, crossing California Drive, Broadway, and Carolan Avenue, is the most dangerous train crossing in the state. That’s...

“Procrastination.” When asked “What is one thing that is preventing you from being successful in your classes?” in the Panorama Back-to-School survey, this was students’ most common response....

For almost 20 years, discussions have echoed throughout city hall regarding the construction of a new town square for downtown Burlingame. It’s been a long wait, but the town square will finally come...

Starting in the 2024-25 school year, juniors and seniors can take a semester-long advanced ethnic studies elective. The course will closely resemble Intro to Ethnic Studies, a mandatory course for freshmen,...

The San Mateo County American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 829 union picketed in front of Burlingame City Hall for 16 hours on Monday, Dec. 4, citing intimidation...