SCHOOLS & KIDS Testing for the test There are still some kinks to be worked out, administrators with the Mountain View Whisman School District said, but the practice tests teachers have been using to prepare stu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 23, 2012 at 2:22 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 24, 2012 at 10:05 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Testing to the test There are still some kinks to be worked out, administrators with the Mountain View Whisman School District said, but the practice tests teachers have been using to prepare stu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 20, 2012 at 9:19 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 20, 2012 at 9:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Twenty- One LAHS Students Go to Haiti
Olivia adds one last shovel of dirt to the wheel barrow. Flo and Amada on opposite ends power the dirt to the top of a steep slope. The payload almost exceeds their collec... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by carlrbabb, a resident of another community, on Apr 18, 2012 at 2:10 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS Young art students win scholarships Nine elementary and middle school students from Mountain View were recently awarded a scholarship for the Community School of Music and Art for their "talent, dedication and f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 14, 2012 at 12:35 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 19, 2012 at 4:43 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS CHAC's Monique Kane named "Woman of the year" It was by a stroke of good fortune that Monique Kane, just named "Woman of the Year" by state Sen. Joe Simitian, is where she is today. The director of Community Health Awaren... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 13, 2012 at 4:19 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Apr 13, 2012 at 4:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New role for former city manager There's a new group of government officials making decisions in Mountain View, and it has a very long name: the Downtown Revitalization Authority Successor Agency Oversight Co... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 12, 2012 at 11:20 am There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2012 at 4:49 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS When background checks miss the mark How a Peninsula private school unknowingly hired a teacher with a decades-long history of child molestation allegations.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 11, 2012 at 8:35 am There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2012 at 8:15 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS 'Renegade' robot aims for global domination Renegade-the-robot is on a winning streak. The Mountain View High School robotics team piloted their latest machine, Renegade, to victory last weekend at a massive competition... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 6, 2012 at 3:00 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 7, 2012 at 4:19 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS District studies the value of A's and B's Mountain View and Los Altos high school students may soon see significant shifts in the way teachers assess and grade their academic performance.
Read the full story here htt... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 4, 2012 at 2:19 pm There have been 9 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 6, 2012 at 5:02 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Judge halts challenge language to school district bond A judge with the Santa Clara County Superior Court has stopped a local man's legal action against Mountain View's elementary- and middle-school district, an official with the ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Apr 2, 2012 at 9:49 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on May 9, 2012 at 1:59 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Parents concerned over district's handling of Bubb incident A pair of parents of students at Bubb Elementary School said that they thought the Mountain View Whisman School District could have alerted them sooner to the March 29 inciden... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 30, 2012 at 2:04 pm There have been 21 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 5, 2012 at 2:32 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Sketch released of 'stranger' who lunged at Bubb student Police have released a composite sketch of the man they suspect lunged at a 9-year-old female Bubb Elementary School student this morning on the school's campus.
Read the f... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 29, 2012 at 2:00 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 2, 2012 at 10:47 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS No end to schools' battle over space Another court ruling has been handed down in the years-long battle over classroom space between Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District. Yet, neither the chart... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 29, 2012 at 12:41 pm There have been 45 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 3, 2012 at 5:49 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Sunnyvale teen set up in robbery A Sunnyvale teen was mugged and robbed of $115 and a joint March 24, after being set up by a girl he thought was his friend, police said.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 28, 2012 at 5:49 pm There have been 16 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 30, 2012 at 1:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Don't text and drive, teens urge A group of students at Mountain View High School have launched a campaign aimed at getting their peers to put away their cell phones while behind the wheel.
Read the full sto... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 27, 2012 at 1:44 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 28, 2012 at 11:20 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS District bond measure challenged A politically active local man has gone to court to force the Mountain View Whisman School District to remove "misleading" language from literature in support of Measure G -- ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 23, 2012 at 7:18 pm There have been 22 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 30, 2012 at 8:32 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New teaching system a hit With the first day of spring drawing near, Craig Goldman says there are signs all around that his school district has been re-energized. And though it is possible that the uns... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 21, 2012 at 3:08 am There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Apr 12, 2012 at 4:03 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Creativity thriving at Crittenden On Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, Crittenden Middle School will stage "Willy Wonka," a musical adaptation of the famous Roald Dahl book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Fact... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 20, 2012 at 11:51 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 25, 2012 at 11:33 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New teaching system a hit Since the Explicit Direct Instruction program was introduced at the beginning of this school year, Craig Goldman, superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District, ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 20, 2012 at 2:21 pm There have been 11 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 25, 2012 at 7:19 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS PTAs oppose Bullis' quest to take over LASD campus The heads of the PTAs and education foundation are asking parents to take a stand against closing any Los Altos District school to give the Bullis Charter School its own campu... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 19, 2012 at 9:16 pm There have been 53 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 28, 2012 at 10:54 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New principals for Crittenden, Stevenson schools Two new principals are set to start at Mountain View schools. Geoff Chang will head Crittenden Middle School and Tyler Graff will lead Stevenson PACT, said Mountain View Whism... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 16, 2012 at 12:46 pm There have been 17 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 21, 2013 at 11:47 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Closing the gap for English learners English learners now account for 40 percent of the total student population in Mountain View's elementary and middle schools, and while some progress is being made, officials ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 9, 2012 at 4:18 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 14, 2012 at 11:21 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Tough road for undocumented teens For undocumented students at Mountain View High School, nothing has changed in the years since Jose Antonio Vargas hesitantly revealed his secret to his teachers. The fears an... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 8, 2012 at 7:14 pm There have been 4 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 15, 2012 at 8:12 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Mediation begins for Bullis, LASD Officials and lawyers representing Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District began talks Tuesday in an attempt to resolve "differences and the long-standing disp... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 7, 2012 at 2:25 pm There have been 14 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 12, 2012 at 3:51 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS About face The local high school district has decided not to relocate students from Terra Bella -- a county-run "community school" for struggling high school students -- to a building wh... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Mar 5, 2012 at 3:08 pm There have been 15 comments on this topic, the most recent on Mar 9, 2012 at 5:21 pm.
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