weave got 14 ap classes at overfelt. and we have open access. so again we are not getting traditional ap students but that does not mean that they aren't motivated. so we want to make sure that they have the best chance of success. >> what is maybe -- they may have been lacking as far as not being on that path to automatically go in to ap classes. was it a push from home or a push from within themselves what was it maybe that you noticed in maybe some of your students? >> a lot of the times, especially just in -- it's kind of just a lack of experience or a lack of knowledge about things that are outside of their realm and maybe just a lack of basic math skills, as well. and so, we try and incorporate and strengthen those areas. as well as expose them to what they need to be able to do. and then for english and ap u.s. -- >> a lot of it was reading and writing. >> mm-hmm. >> they weren't quite sure what college level readiness was like, what college level reading was like, so we exposed them during that week-long course to what they can expect thr

hard for them to keep up with their studies, very hard to keep up with the rest of the nation for ap classes and stuff like that. so we are very excited that we're not going to lose time. >> trinity christian school is the first school in our area to start this kind of program. will other schools follow suit? i'm sam sweeney. jummy: there is no snow in the immediate forecast, but don't will be back with a final look -- doug will be back with a final look at the forecast. narrator: for state senate, who shares our values? jeremy mcpike - supports school funding. thinks women should make their own health care decisions. and favors background checks on all gun sales. hal parrish? as mayor, he slashed education. fought to block women's health clinics. parrish gets an "a" from the gun lobby - they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. virginia extreme or mainstream? vote mcpike for virginia. feinblatt: everytown for gun safety action fund sponsored this ad. jummy: back to that breaking news right now. we are waiting for a news conference to start any moment i

. >> he took all ap classes. from what i have seen from him because i pass him in the hallway sometimes, he is really quiet. >> according to the sheriff, he also planned to ambush a police officer and take his gun and he had petroleum jelly with him to spread out on the floor to make him slippery and get away. >>> now to new development ins a racist threat that sparked this protest with thousands of students in berkeley. late today, school officials say they found the person behind the threat. berkeley high says the student acted alone, admitted to the crime and could now be expelled and all of this because racist and threatening messages were found on a classroom computer. ktvu fox 2 news' john sasaki with more on how those messages prompted students to march off campus. >> it took some deliberation and some follow-up interviewing as well as a pretty intensive analysis of the computer where this happened. so we had some pretty strong evidence as to who did this. >> reporter: nearly half the student body held an

he apparently took a lot of ap classes and one of my teachers was the one mo wrote the recommendation -- who wrote the recommendation letter for him. he didn't see like he would do much. he just faded into the background. >> reporter: for some reason he came out of the background in a violent way stabbing and slashing four students with a hunting knife at uc-merced yesterday before being shot and killed by police. >> this is really a shocking tragedy for our community to learn this today. and because of that, we are offering counseling support to students and staff. >> another friend says he liked to play videogames and go to amos to be pray. the fbi confirmed it was confirmed at his santa clara home but so far the family and his background raise no red flags. his former classmates are among those trying to make sense of it all. >> why are your people tempting you to be really quiet holding back a lot of stuff. i guess maybe mohammad was just one of those people who had a lot of stuff going on. >> reporter: faisal mohammad's older sister also attended wilcox high school so the family

ap classes should happen everywhere, not just in upper-income courses. we need to find our most talented, most effective teachers, and incentivize them to come to our most underserved communities. jessica: which are highly segregated many times. ryan: absolutely, and we need to provide expanded learning opportunities. we need more after-school programs. we need more summer learning opportunities so that students can actually get ahead. but lastly, we need to put equity at the center of our conversation, meaning all students should have the same opportunity. but let's not pretend that they're all starting in an equal place. those who are starting way beyond and before the starting line need to have a boost, so we need to be giving those resources to those students. jessica: very well done. black minds matter. ryan: black minds matter. jessica: black minds matter. thank you very much, ryan. we'll be right back. [music] ono off-days, or downtime.ason. opportunity is everything you make of it. this winter, take advantage of our season's best offers on the la

takes a lot of ap classes. she pushes me to be a better person in school. >> the mother says adopting an teaches you a lot. >> challenges. how you can over come them. and how strong -- how strong you are. >> they hope other families will take on the challenge. cindy hsu, cbs 2 news. >> she plans to keep challenging herself and hopes to someday be a doctor. >> very nice. >>> looking for a president? the charity that is offering up celebrity experiences. >> i couldn't go out there. i couldn't get closer. >> trying to save a woman trapped on thin ice. the device that helped bring her to safety. >> first dana tyler with what is coming up on cbs 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> tonight at 6:00 p.m. scandal at a failing new york city high school. the principal under investigation after reports he fixed grades so students would new charges for parking at a train station. p.m. out of california. a 40-foot yacht teetered on a break wall. the coast guard rescued two people. no one was injured. it is unclear what caused it to run a

. >> he took all ap classes and from what i have seen from him because i passed by him in the hallways sometimes, he was really quiet. >> just really a shocking tragedy for our community to learn this today. >> reporter: a spokesperson said he had a tight knit circle of friends. the district was not aware of past problems with him. >> he was a good kid. quiet. not very different than many teenagers. >> i knew the family. >> how is the family? >> very nice quiet family. >> reporter: all of them left wondering why a teenager with a bright future would go on a stabbing rampage. a school district spokesperson said he had an older sister who also went to wilcox high school. the school will have three counselors on hand for students and staff who need it. in santa clara, azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> democratic presidential candidate hillary rodham clinton is in the bay area tonight. she is attending a fundraiser in the napa valley. jana katsuyama is live in saint helena. you say she arrived late for her own party. >> reporter: she did. one reason for the delay is she came directly fro

. >> my teacher told me he took all ap classes. and, from what i have seen from him, because i passed by on the hallway sometimes, he is really quiet. just really kind of a shocking tragedy for our community to learn this today. >> reporter: a spokesperson said he had a tight-knit circle of friends. the district was not aware of any past problems or trouble with him. >> he is a good kid. quiet. not very different from many teenagers. >> i knew the family. >> how shh the family? >> very nice. quiet family. >> reporter: all of them left wondering why a teenager with a bright future would go on a stabbing rampage. a school district spokesperson said he had an older sister who also went to wilcox high school. the school will have grief counselors on hand for students and staff who need it. in santa clara, i'm azenith smith, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> police in san jose are asking for help to find a woman suspected of robbing two banks in two days. the first robbery happened on tuesday at the chase bank on alma and expressway. the woman deman

he apparently took a lot of ap classes and one of my teachers was the one who wrote the recommendation letter for him and he didn't seem like he would do much, he was just one of those people who just faded into the background really. >> reporter: mohammad came out of the background in a violent way something no one here would have ever expected from him. the fbi confirmed this afternoon that they did serve a search warrant on his santa clara home as part of the larger investigation into how this happened. faisal was 18. live in santa clara, len ramirez, kpix 5. [ yelling ] >>> a wild scene at alameda city hall last night where a debate over rent control got so heated, police had to wrestle a protestor to the ground. the city council voted to put temporary restrictions on rent hikes and evictions but renters tell kpix 5's da lin, more need to be done. da. >> reporter: veronica, more than half, 55%, of the folks who live on this islander renters. that's why the heated topic of rent control turned into a wrestling match at city hall. despite two arrests, tenants say they won a small vict

he performed well academically and was in many ap classes and had many goals of being an engineer. we spoke by home to a friend of his. the two of them attenned middle school today. he said mohammed enjoyed playing basketball and video games and was anything but violent. >> he was kind. he was open. he would talk to anybody without having any prejudices against anybody. >> a district spokesperson says he has an older sister who also goes to the school. grief counselors will be on staff and students are expect today go back to school tomorrow. >>> police are investigating what led to a car crash that killed a two-year-old child. the driver was a 30-year-old woman from pittsburgh who lost control and slammed into a pole on power avenue near case drive. the child was in a car seat. but was still ejected. witnesses told police that just minutes before, the driver was involved in a minor collision and was racing away from that incident. she was driving without a license. >>> two arrests in alameda and allegations of police brutality. the meeting drew an overflow crowd of landlords and t

>> she and her partner are -- leading the the discussion in ap government -- discussion in ap government classd when you hear police brutality . >> she's an . >> she's an honor student at summit prep charter school in redwood city, you would never guess that she is death. >> my left ear has a cochlear implant you the hearing on my right here. >> her hair covers the reading devices, she -ellipsis- ellipsis read -- blip -- lip reads. >> when you look at june lisa you see a beautiful articulate woman. i don't think you have an impression about how hard she fights every single day. >> are speaking is not affected because june lisa was not warned the, she became very sick when she was 5-years-old, and the antibiotics damaged or hearing. she spent a year in and out of the hospital. >>> i felt like there wasn't any sound in the world. >>> the medications made her gain weight. this is her at the school for the deaf. when she went to a mainstream school, the teasing started. >>> he was just compared me to like an animal or an object. >> students like julissa who are chronically bullied develop serious

mohammed was cutoffs didn't, he took many ap class is in high school. >> i guess it shows you can be really quiet and have a lot of pent-up emotion. >> of my friends said he is soft-spoken but really really smart. >> james: is this a wave is a cloud? we will talk about what is looming over the ocean? >> darya: if you are allergic to eggs we have a warning for you. more next. we live in a pick and choose world. love or like? naughty or nice? calm or bright? but at bedtime... why settle for this? enter sleep number. don't miss the semi-annual sale going on now! sleepiq technology tells you how you slept and what adjustments you can make. she likes the bed soft. he's more hardcore. so your sleep goes from good, to great, to wow! gift the best sleep. only at a sleep number store. save $500 on the veteran's day special edition mattress with sleepiq technology, plus 36-month special financing. hurry, ends wednesday! know better sleep with sleep number. >> james: there's a popular brand of putting be recalled because of affecting those allergic to eggs. this put an shoulds that contain eggs

i took a lot of ap and honors classes. cheerleading uniform. it came with pom-poms. >> she was the best child any father could have. just a joy to be around. she kept saying she was going to fsu, going to fsu. when she first got there, i knew she made the right choice. >> my first and last year was a lot of science classes. i was in six classes. i wanted to go to med school. i didn't go out a lot just because i was in a lot of classes. so it was the week before finals. and we drove to potbelly's. and we were just hanging out. this guy started following me around. i said to him, stop, stop following us. and a man sitting at the bar saw that, like i was uncomfortable with this guy following me. and so he kind of like grabbed me and was like, this is my girlfriend, leave her alone. and i was like, thank you. the guy left. and i was just like, thank you. i remember being in a cab. and there were three guys in the cab also. anyone you ask would tell you i never would go home with a guy, period. and especially not three people t

class. i'm learning my writing skills, i'm learning how ttwrite more fluently and express my ideas even if i don't agree with it. " ap capstone is a two year coursee with the first year called seminar and the second called research. michael ayers took on teaching the course. " 9:23:12 i think that ap seminar and ap research together will be about as good of college prep as students can get. because the focus is on conducting research and communicating that research and building arguments with that research." students get to pick topics to research. " " 21:22 my wrrting skilll have improved. i like researching, it improves my research." " 9:17:44 this is probably the first high school class i've ever taken that i work so that i can learn, instead of working to get a grade. " it's a learning process that this group of about 20 students is embracing. " 9:21:36 i think it's really cool and i like how we are the only high school in ioo that's doing it because we are kind of the guinea pigs." 9:13:28 clapping nats? students will be assessed through individual and group presentations and projects. the principal says they co

the honors-level track and the ap-level tracks, the sort of privileged context in the school, were 80 and 90% white, right? so less than 50% white students, but these classes that are the high status classes in the school were predominantly white, right? and so people in the community talk about the fact that when you come into the school, the students mingle in the hallways, and you see them talking to each other, they go to classes, and they go separate ways. you can walk down the hall and see the difference between a regular class, which is predominantly black and latino, and honors and advanced placement classes where mostly white students find themselves. >> host: what was one other finding that you -- at riverview? >> guest: i think the other big finding is that we often think about parent involvement as a positive thing, and in some ways it certainly is. but one of the things we found is that the administrators and teachers and members of the community felt a lot of pressure from white parents who were powerful in the community. and those tended to be the parents of the students who were in these honors and advanced placement classes. so as they tri

but the honors level track and ap level track are the privileged context in context in the school for 80 to 90% white. so less than 50% white students that the classes are of the highest classes in school were predominantly white and so people in the community talk about the fact when you come into school with people in the hallways and you see them talking to each other they go to their classes and go separate ways and you can walk down the hall and see the difference between the regular class that is latino and honors a placement class where most of the white students find themselves. >> what was one other finding at riverview? >> the other finding is we think about parent involvement as a positive thing and in some ways it certainly is but one of the things is the administrators and teachers in the community felt a lot of pressure from white parents who were powerful in the committee and those tended to be the parent of the students that were in the honors and advanced placement classes so as they try to create more equity there was a process to be referred to as opportunity hoarding that is the monopolizing of the most privileged educational con

but the honor level track and ap level track of the sort of privileged context of the school were 80 and 90% white. so less than 50% white students but the classes that are the high start classes in the schools were prominently white people in the community talk about the fact you come committed to school the students mingle in the hallways and you see them talking to each other and they go to class and go separate ways and you can walk down the hall and and see the difference between a regular class and honors and advanced placement where mostly white students find themselves. >> what was one other finding? >> the other big finding is that we often think about parenting book that as a positive thing, and in some ways it certainly is but one of the things we found is the administrators and teachers and members of the community felt a lot of pressure from white parents who were powerful in the community. and those tended to be the parents of the students of in the honors and advanced placement classes so as they tried to create more equity in the context of the school there was a process referred to as opportunity hoarding, the opportunity to pic

honors level track and the ap level tracks, the sort of privileged context of the school were 80 and 90 percent white, right? so less than 50 percent white students, but these classes that are the high status classes in the school were predominantly white, right? and so people in the community talk about the fact that when you come into schools, the students mingle in the hallways, and you see them talking to each other, they go to classes, and they go separate ways. you can walk down the hall and see the difference between a regular class which is predominantly black and latino and an honors class where mostly white students find themselves. >> host: what was one other finding that you -- at riverview? >> guest: i think the other big finding is that we often think about parent involvement as a positive thing, and in some ways it certainly is. but one of the things we found is that the administrators and teachers and members of the community felt a lot of pressure from white parents who were powerful in the community. be and those tended to be the parents of the students who were in these honors and advanced placement classes. so as they tried to create more equity