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Former Burbank High Assistant Principal Becomes New Principal

Michael Bertram, who was an Assistant Principal in 2008 before leaving for Glendale High, returns as Principal to Burbank High

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Disney and Jefferson Elementary Schools to Exchange Principals

Principals at Thomas Jefferson and Walt Disney Elementary Schools announced that at the end of the current school year, they will be trading places

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Burroughs High School Vocal Music Association Crowned National Grand Champions

Powerhouse and Sound Sensations named National Grand Champions at FAME Show Choir Competition in Chicago

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PTA Honors Outstanding Volunteers And Organizations

Some of the hardest working people in the community were honored when the Burbank Council PTA held its 63rd Annual Honorary Service Awards dinner

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Muir Middle School Drive Gets a Taste of Success with Drive for BTAC

John Muir Middle School’s Drive for Burbank Temporary Aid Center was a success with more than 5,000 items collected

Alleged Testing Irregularity at McKinley Elementary School

A student reported to the Principal that a teacher had improperly assisted students with questions on the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) examination

Boys 100 meter dash (Photo by Ross A. Benson)

John Muir Conquers Annual All-City Middle Schools Track and Field Meet

John Muir, Luther Burbank and David Starr Jordan middle schools competed for the city championship

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Jordan Middle School Goes Through a Renaissance

It was Renaissance Day on campus, and history came alive for the school’s seventh graders in interactive workshops, a professional play, a feast of foods that might have been served in the sixteenth century, and a jousting spectacle performed by knights on horseback.

Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Bill Russell were all recently at Muir Middle School shooting their commercials (Photo courtesy or Muir Middle School Staff)

Muir Middle School Takes National Spotlight in Commercials

National Commercials are shot at Muir Middle School, bringing out some major stars to Burbank

Burbank Police Chevrolet Caprice with new door emblem, new strobes in the mirrors, strobes in the front push bars, backseat cage and more. (Photo by Ross A. Benson)

Teen Arrested For Threatening To Shoot Another Student

16 year-old John Burroughs student made cyber-bullying threat via Twitter.

It's Thumbs Up for these winners of Burbank's Primary Election, L/R David Gordon, Char Tabot, Jess Talamantes and Larry Applebaum. (Photo by Ross A.Benson)

Gordon, Talamantes, Applebaum and Tabet Win Seats, Golonski Denied

11,123 ballots cast (18.2% of registered voters). Dave Golonski voted out of City Council after 20 years

Dr. Jan Britz  BUSD Superintendent of Schools in the passenger seat as Brian O'Rourke Luther Principal hangs behind the drivers seat. (Photo by Ross A. Benson)

“Luther Mobile” to Make It’s Way Down Parade Route

Luther Burbank Middle School students convert car into the Luther Mobile and will have it carry principal, Dr. Brian O’Rourke down the Burbank On Parade route

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Jordan Middle School Wins Burbank Business Partners’ Support Our Schools Award

The school’s “Cougar Vision” program enables students to develop technical, performance, and social skills through its weekly video broadcast