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Distinguished Schools
The state’s Department of Education last week recognized five Tri-Valley public schools, including two in Pleasanton, among its 2024 California Distinguished Schools award list.
Hart and Pleasanton middle schools were among the Distinguished Schools “recognized for outstanding student performance and closing the achievement gap for certain student groups,” Pleasanton Unified School District officials said.
Across the freeway in Dublin, Wells Middle School and Dublin High School earned spots on the state list, as did Pine Valley Middle School in the San Ramon Valley Unified School District.
State Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond and his department honored 293 middle and high schools statewide with this year’s awards.
Change those clocksÂ
Daylight Saving Time is beginning for the year this weekend. Remember to set your clocks forward one hour at 2 a.m. this Sunday (March 10).
New water main
Pleasanton city officials announced that crews are beginning work to place a new water main on Bernal Avenue between Nevada Street and Vineyard Avenue/Tawny Drive.
“This is part of the 2024 water transmission upgrades to increase reliability and capacity in this part of the city. The work consists of installing 1,300 feet of new, larger pipe within Bernal Avenue and crossing the Arroyo del Valle on the Bernal Avenue Bridge,” city officials said of the project.
Preliminary work has already started in the area, and the pipe installation and its major traffic impacts are expected to get underway in the middle of this month, city officials said. The majority of the traffic shifts through the work area will take place during the day, although a few will occur at night.
Civil grand jury
Recruitment is underway for residents interested in serving on the 2024-25 Alameda County Civil Grand Jury.
Applications, which are available online at grandjury.acgov.org/join-us, are due by April 1. The one-year term will begin on July 1 and run through June 30, 2025.
“The Civil Grand Jury in Alameda County acts as an arm of the superior court system and is tasked to examine and investigate any and all local government and public agencies that do business in Alameda County,” officials said.
“The jury ensures that these agencies are operating in the best public interest and in a fiscally responsible manner,” they added. “It is an excellent way to serve the citizens of Alameda County and get a unique perspective of how our government agencies work.”
