Schools

Nearly 100 adults and children attended the McKinley Elementary Family Literacy Night Monday evening, learning games and strategies to promote reading.

Tickets are on sale now for "Burroughs On Broadway" this weekend. The event is the biggest, most extravagant fundraiser of the year for the John Burroughs High School Vocal Music Association

BUSD looks to add more positions, services and programs in the future as more funding comes from the State. BUSD seeks parent, teacher, staff and community input on creating a viable priority list and in moving forward.

Children under 18, accompanied by an adult, may get a free meal at Washington Elementary School Monday through Thursday between June 16 and July 17 this summer.

Residents have until January 15 to file their objection by returning their protest form or protesting at the public hearing on January 15

Muir Middle School Vocal Music Association students raised $800 and donated the funds to Burbank Temporary Aid Center.

Eight- and nine-year-olds celebrate Martin Luther King with a song and a poem and put on a class play. Youngsters in the bilingual immersion program speak and sign the words for hearing, deaf and hard of hearing audience members.

Students are gathering new gifts to give to them this holiday season. Each homeroom at the school has been responsible for fulfilling the needs of their adopted family

BUSD Board of Education approved a plan to offer one Spanish language class to eighth-graders for the 2014-15 school year.

Burbank Unified will receive approximately $200,000 more in Supplemental Grants from the State of California for the coming year's LCAP plan. The amended plan will be read and discussed at the June 18 Board of Education meeting.