SCHOOLS & KIDS
Someone help those poor Madrigals!
Thanks to an erupting volcano in Iceland, the Mountain View High School Madrigals have spent the past week trapped in Paris. But they're making the best of it.
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on Apr 26, 2010 at 11:54 am by Anonymous, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Irate parent opposes MVLA bond
A Mountain View parent upset with the lack of school tax revenue from the city's Shoreline area is going to unusual lengths to publicize the issue.
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on Apr 21, 2010 at 4:14 pm by eric, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman made basic aid district
Further complicating the financial uncertainty over Mountain View Whisman's future, the local elementary school district recently became a basic aid district, and will now be ... |
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on Jun 1, 2009 at 2:47 pm by Parent, a resident of another community |
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Enrollment surge puts district in a bind
The Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District may have painted itself into a corner.
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on Dec 11, 2008 at 1:16 pm by USA, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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LEFT BEHIND: Schools caught in testing bind
Editor's Note: Six years ago Congress enacted No Child Left Behind, which sets ever-increasing standards for public school students. Today, those standards are quickly beco... |
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on Nov 17, 2008 at 9:55 am by Happy parent of former public school students, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
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Tracking gangs through MySpace
Marco Garcia uses MySpace to find out what his students may not tell him.
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on Apr 9, 2008 at 10:36 am by MountainViewownsall, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustees question Measure G management
The Mountain View Whisman School District's board of trustees is prioritizing projects funded by the $198 million Measure G bond. But some members of the board have reservatio... |
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on Mar 16, 2013 at 7:16 pm by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis demands not fair to district students
Your Aug. 24 editorial, "School dispute will cost Los Altos district," mischaracterizes the mission of the Huttlinger Alliance for Education. The Alliance was not formed to "a... |
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on Sep 10, 2012 at 7:09 pm by LASD Taxpayer, a resident of another community |
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New assistant principal named at Crittenden Middle School
Crittenden Middle School has a new assistant principal. Arline Siam, will take over the second in command position on July 1, according to an official statement.
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on Jun 29, 2012 at 9:08 pm by MVWSD Teacher, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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Bullis reaches milestone
The very first class of students to make its way from first through eighth grade at Bullis Charter School matriculated last week.
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on Jun 21, 2012 at 10:05 pm by Taxpayer, a resident of another community |
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Bonds will help upgrade local schools
Some elementary and middle school classrooms in the Mountain View Whisman school district are more than 50 years old and obviously need to be renovated or replaced.
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on May 15, 2012 at 11:11 pm by Parent of Student at Whisman, a resident of the Gemello neighborhood |
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Los Altos High survey reveals culture of stress
Students at Los Altos High School are some of the highest-achieving in the nation. And while most will go on to college, a survey taken by fellow students last spring indicate... |
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on Apr 13, 2010 at 6:48 pm by Scott Silton, a resident of the Willowgate neighborhood |
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Gay youth finding their voice
The students who attend the weekly Outlet group meetings at the Community Health Awareness Council, or CHAC, in Mountain View have one major thing in common: They all identify... |
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on Oct 24, 2009 at 11:16 pm by Resident, a resident of the North Whisman neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Letters to the Editor
Cuesta Park plan true to public input
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, September 18, 2009, 12:00 AM |
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on Sep 21, 2009 at 6:25 pm by Don Frances, Mountain View Voice Editor |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Varied policies on president's school speech
As controversy over President Barack Obama's address to students last week flared up across the country, administrators in local districts left the decision to air or not to a... |
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on Sep 20, 2009 at 9:47 pm by SG, a resident of another community |
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State releases this year's STAR results
The California Department of Education released results for the 2009 California Standards Test (STAR) on Monday, showing some student progress at state and local levels.
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on Aug 27, 2009 at 6:41 pm by Ned, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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MVHS in brief lockdown during manhunt
Mountain View and Alta Vista high schools went into a five-minute "code red lockdown" Monday morning after a student attacked a police officer during a meeting at Alta Vista H... |
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on May 14, 2009 at 5:14 pm by eric, a resident of another community |
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Residents Against Raising Taxes For Schools
Not another cent should go to the schools in the form of a parcel tax until the board addresses the questions of gangs and drugs in schools on one hand, and how it is going to... |
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on Apr 3, 2008 at 2:33 pm by Another Parent, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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MV Whisman ponders district transfers
Read the full story here Web Link posted Friday, February 15, 2008, 2:04 PM |
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on Feb 25, 2008 at 7:57 pm by Non-Resident, a resident of another community |
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Bullis passes on litigation 'pause'
Litigation won't stop while negotiations over school facilities continue between Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District.
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on Mar 7, 2013 at 10:37 am by Kidding, right?, a resident of the The Crossings neighborhood |
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Should district have say when kids start school?
The father of a young girl is taking issue with the Mountain View Whisman School District over whether he can delay his daughter's entry into kindergarten for a year.
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on Feb 4, 2013 at 2:36 pm by Jenny, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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, ... |
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on Mar 25, 2012 at 7:19 am by Student Teacher-Mom, a resident of the Waverly Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVHS debuts new pool with a splash
The local high school district marked the completion of a major Measure A-funded construction project on Tuesday morning -- with a splash.
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on Feb 10, 2012 at 11:05 pm by another father, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Students need whooping cough shots before school starts
About a third of Mountain View elementary students still need to get whooping cough booster shots before school starts, and high school students could be turned away from clas... |
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on Jul 30, 2011 at 7:21 am by Jeff C., a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Jury aims to stop nepotism in schools
A recent Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury investigation concluded that many county school districts, including those in Mountain View, ought to draft policies to prevent "t... |
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on Jul 21, 2010 at 1:38 pm by Augie, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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