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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Voters Guide: School district seeks approval of $198 million bondOfficials with the local elementary and middle school district are asking voters to approve a $198 million bond measure to...
Original post made on May. 14, 2012Last comment by John, on Jun 5, 2012 at 10:20 pm | 182 comments | 16177 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New school could close down Stevenson PACTDrawing new lines for school attendance boundaries can be a tricky task that always leaves someone dissatisfied, and that...
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:28 am | 179 comments | 21780 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Task force dumps new school planPlans for a new school in the Whisman and Slater neighborhood area of the city may be on the ropes after members of Mountain...
Original post made on May. 15, 2015Last comment by Joel Lachter, on May 23, 2015 at 10:39 pm | 147 comments | 12911 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No room in popular MV Whisman schools ... againHundreds of Mountain View families have grabbed a ticket and staked out a place in line, hoping for a spot in one of the...
Original post made on Mar. 30, 2017Last comment by @Just trying to learn what the facts are, on Apr 6, 2017 at 3:10 pm | 144 comments | 12448 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Task force balks on school facilities issueCalling the entire process rushed and saying they lacked critical information, members of the Mountain View Whisman School...
Original post made on Mar. 12, 2015Last comment by csea member, on Mar 25, 2015 at 7:32 am | 142 comments | 11129 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis not happy with district's facility offerWhile the Los Altos School District described its April 1 facilities-sharing arrangement to Bullis Charter School as "the...
Original post made on Apr. 16, 2013Last comment by LASD Sanity, on Apr 29, 2013 at 12:59 am | 141 comments | 8455 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis, LASD may be on way to compromiseWhile lawmakers in the nation's capital continue to wait for their respective opponents to blink, a smaller-scale but equally...
Original post made on Oct. 4, 2013Last comment by So What?, on Oct 25, 2013 at 8:56 pm | 133 comments | 15084 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos board asks MV to fund park purchaseThe Los Altos School District is looking to partner with the city of Mountain View to build a new school in the San Antonio...
Original post made on Jun. 19, 2015Last comment by Tom, on Jul 12, 2015 at 9:18 pm | 132 comments | 10201 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PACT program gets its own campusWith Castro Elementary School at full capacity, trustees decided last week to move the school's popular PACT program to a...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2009Last comment by Parent, on Feb 8, 2009 at 3:53 pm | 130 comments | 8475 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Last-ditch effort to re-open Whisman schoolWith only a week to go before the Mountain View Whisman school board decides on whether to open a new school in the district,...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 18, 2015 at 10:38 pm | 121 comments | 10849 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Impasse in teacher salary talksTension between the Mountain View Whisman School District and its teachers union has reached a tipping point. The Mountain...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2014Last comment by Sundar Subbarayan, on Oct 8, 2014 at 11:10 am | 119 comments | 16013 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board member resigns over hostilityBoard member Chris Chiang announced Friday night that he will be stepping down from the Mountain View Whisman school board...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:36 pm | 117 comments | 18691 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Grand jury report: School leaders overpaidLocal school officials are rolling their eyes over a civil grand jury report that lambastes the districts for "generous administrative...
Original post made on Jul. 7, 2009Last comment by Teacher, on Oct 7, 2009 at 5:41 am | 115 comments | 13076 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parents up in arms over 'abusive' teacherMountain View parents say they are fed up with a fourth grade teacher at Huff Elementary School who they claim is not being...
Original post made on Mar. 19, 2009Last comment by Opportunistic Activist, on Mar 21, 2009 at 10:03 pm | 114 comments | 9444 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos district continues to battle BullisThe years-long legal battle between the Los Altos School District and Bullis Charter School is not over yet, and the litigation...
Original post made on Dec. 1, 2011Last comment by Jewish Mom, on Dec 27, 2011 at 2:01 pm | 112 comments | 7208 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board votes to drop four school principalsLast night, Mountain View Whisman School District board members unanimously voted to release and reassign several elementary...
Original post made on Mar. 2, 2018Last comment by MV Resident For 55 Years, on Mar 18, 2018 at 12:32 pm | 111 comments | 21695 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Community divided over high school stadium lightsHundreds of residents, parents and students packed the Mountain View High School theater Monday night to start a long and...
Original post made on Aug. 17, 2018Last comment by Gary, on Sep 1, 2018 at 11:59 pm | 108 comments | 9869 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Task force backs plans to move Bullis to Mountain ViewBullis Charter School would be the best fit for a new campus in the San Antonio area of Mountain View, community members...
Original post made on Aug. 28, 2018Last comment by @TRW, on Sep 11, 2018 at 2:23 am | 106 comments | 8748 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
14 arrested in connection with arson firePolice have arrested 14 people in connection with a fire that burned a house in the 1700 block of Fordham Way in the early...
Original post made on Mar. 25, 2014Last comment by Possible actual fire loss cost?, on Feb 25, 2015 at 9:48 pm | 106 comments | 31928 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD bond measure on the horizonFaced with growing enrollment, packed campuses and difficult shared-space agreements with Bullis Charter School, the Los...
Original post made on Jul. 26, 2014Last comment by WHO GETS THE MONEY?, on Aug 17, 2014 at 11:27 am | 102 comments | 8579 Views
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