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Uploaded: Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 4:41 PM
Boundary options down to two
School board closer to a decision -- switch likely for Mountain View kids
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by Alexa Tondreau
Mountain View Voice Staff
| In an effort to close in on a controversial change in elementary school boundaries, the Los Altos School District board on Monday narrowed its choices to two options, both of which would force 100 or more Mountain View students to change schools.
At the meeting, the district veered away from recommendations made by a committee of parents and educators several weeks ago and chose two new scenarios, dubbed "L.1" and "2.3."
"We have to narrow down our search," Superintendent Tim Justus said, stressing that a decision had to be made by the next board meeting on June 18.
The district plans to implement its new boundary policies in the fall of 2008.
Board members seemed hard pressed to narrow their choices, but ultimately agreed that scenarios L.1 and 2.3 best met their priorities.
Major adjustments in both scenarios take place in Mountain View neighborhoods. In scenario L.1, 100 students who live north of El Camino Real in Mountain View would be reassigned from Santa Rita to Covington, and another 91 to Springer.
Scenario 2.3 sends 122 students who live north of El Camino to Covington and leaves the rest at Santa Rita and Almond.
The board will reconvene for a final vote on Monday, June 18 at Egan Jr. High School starting at 7 p.m. Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Holingworth/Gilmore Resident, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on Jun 16, 2007 at 11:41 am The article should reflect the impact on ALL Mountain View neighborhoods. Let it be noted that Scenario 2.3 also displaces 60-70 Mountain View children (in the Hollingworth/Gilmore area) from their current Almond school to Springer.
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Posted by anonymous, a resident of another community, on Jun 16, 2007 at 8:26 pm right... it said that.
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Posted by anonymous, a resident of another community, on Jun 16, 2007 at 8:28 pm oops, in the big article, not the summary here
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Posted by Amanda, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood, on Jun 17, 2007 at 11:42 am " Another Mountain View community located in the Hollingsworth and Gilmore Drive neighborhoods would be affected by scenario 2.3, which would move approximately 60 students from Almond to Springer.
Scenario L.1, however, would keep the Hollingsworth and Gilmore Drive communities at Almond.
Elizabeth Gardner, a resident of the Hollingsworth to Gilmore Drive community and a member of the neighborhood parent committee, said scenario L.1 is preferable because it prevents parants from having to drive their children to school when currently they can walk to Almond less than a mile away.
"Shifting dozens and dozens of students from walking and biking to driving is no good for kids, or schools, or for the whole community," Gardner said."
Here is what the original article stated on behalf of Hollingsworth to Gilmore. They weren't omitted. What comes up here is truncated.
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Posted by Holingsworth-Gilmore Resident, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on Jun 19, 2007 at 11:16 am Correct, we were not omitted (in the longer article), just truncated in the summary.
But now we're officially displaced and motorized per LASD Board decision last night.
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Posted by Amanda, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood, on Jun 19, 2007 at 3:54 pm Yeah, sadly, a club none of us wish to belong to, I'm afraid, yet we both do.
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