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Trustees of the Mountain View-Los Altos school district will vote tonight on placing a $41.3 million bond measure on the June ballot that would provide for more classrooms as well as some “green” renovations.
The bond measure would require 55 percent of the vote to pass. It would not raise the current tax rate but would extend the current bond tax rate to 2030. The current bond, approved in 1995, was set to expire in 2024.
Also on the agenda tonight, trustees will hear proposals for reductions to the Adult School. The reductions could affect the Adults with Disabilities program, the career center, English as a second language programming as well as a program for young parents and another for those seeking a high school diploma.
The total reductions amount to 5.2 full time employees, and would yield a savings of $191,284 for the 2010-11 school year.
Tonight’s meeting is open to the public. It begins at 7 p.m. at the district board room located at 1299 Bryant Ave. in Mountain View.
With Mountain View having to cut services to balance the budget it makes better sense to not extend the bond and use the saved interest payments to balance the budget. When the economic situation improves, we can look at making the longer term improvements…
If you are referring to the city of Mountain View’s services being cut, that has nothing at all to do with the financing of the high school district. The city does not fund the schools at all. If we do not extend the bond, the high school does not get its much-needed improvements, and the city doesn’t save anything since it’s not their bond, so it’s a lose-lose, unfortunately.