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SCHOOLS & KIDS
Governor signs bill eliminating 'personal belief' exemption for vaccinationsCome July 2016, California parents will no longer be able to claim a "personal belief" exemption from requirements that all...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2015Last comment by Otto Maddox, on Jul 6, 2015 at 3:02 pm | 11 comments | 5774 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Who wants to be a school board member?The Mountain View Whisman School District has been a hotbed of internal strife that led former board president Chris Chiang...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Dave, on Jul 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm | 12 comments | 8455 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers get raises, with no raised voicesLast year's bitter standoff between administrators and the teachers union over salaries didn't materialize during negotiations...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2015Last comment by interested Observer , on Jul 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm | 1 comment | 4075 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Cash from rent hike earmarked for Whisman schoolThe Mountain View Whisman school board took its first concrete step toward opening a new school in the Whisman and Slater...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Interested Observer , on Jul 3, 2015 at 4:37 pm | 4 comments | 5983 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pricey Castro School project gets $10M in cutsThe Mountain View Whisman school board decided on June 24 to move forward with a $42 million construction project at Castro...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2015Last comment by just saying, on Jul 3, 2015 at 3:39 pm | 3 comments | 4357 Views
AROUND TOWN
Council OKs 164 apartments for Rose Market siteA real estate developer was praised by a wide swath of the community at the City Council meeting on Tuesday evening for going...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2014Last comment by Kathy M., on Jul 2, 2015 at 6:58 pm | 36 comments | 13545 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View Whisman ratchets up spendingResidents who demanded that the Mountain View Whisman School District spend down its $20 million reserves may have gotten...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015Last comment by crossney, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:35 pm | 12 comments | 6832 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stevenson PACT principal resignsIn a decision that appears to have caught some by surprise, Stevenson PACT's principal, Tyler Graff, announced last week...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2015Last comment by More Than Enough, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:31 pm | 56 comments | 14060 Views
AROUND TOWN
Fourth of July travel to break records in CaliforniaThis Fourth of July weekend is projected to have the highest rate of travel since 2010. Read the full story here http://www.mv-voice.com/news/2015/07/02/fourth-of-july-travel-to-br...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Hmm, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:15 pm | 1 comment | 4008 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman taps former PAUSD head as interim superintendentThe Mountain View Whisman school board is tapping Kevin Skelly as the district's interim superintendent. Skelly, the former...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2014Last comment by Saratoga Parent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 1:09 pm | 14 comments | 8260 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kevin Skelly named San Mateo Union's superintendentInterim Mountain View Whisman School District Superintendent Kevin Skelly is taking the top post in the San Mateo Union High...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by Saratoga Parent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm | 10 comments | 10564 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sparks fly at MV Whisman school board meetingTensions flared at the Mountain View Whisman School board meeting Thursday night over a normally uncontroversial contract...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by MVwTaxpayer, on Jul 2, 2015 at 11:37 am | 46 comments | 12167 Views
AROUND TOWN
Homeless population doubles in Mountain ViewSanta Clara County's homeless population is the lowest it's been in a decade, bringing in praise from city and county officials...
Original post made on Jun. 30, 2015Last comment by sarahdox, on Jul 2, 2015 at 10:51 am | 7 comments | 33453 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board OKs $42 M Castro school projectThe Mountain View Whisman school board decided Thursday night to move forward with a $42 million transformation of the Castro...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jul 2, 2015 at 10:10 am | 9 comments | 6681 Views
OTHER ISSUES
Experts: Rising sea level needs to be top prioritySea levels are already rising along the San Francisco Bay and local creeks, and officials can't waste time in finding a fix,...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2015Last comment by @Sheephead, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:16 pm | 12 comments | 6806 Views
ELECTIONS
Is censure enough for Steven Nelson?The normal collegiality of the Mountain View Whisman board of trustees was ripped apart with the election of Steven Nelson...
Original post made on Jun. 23, 2015Last comment by LMGTS, on Jul 1, 2015 at 10:12 am | 9 comments | 6138 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Upgrades on the way for some MV Whisman schoolsOld, leaky building riddled with dry rot soon will be a thing of the past for elementary schools like Monta Loma. The Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:42 am | 11 comments | 7424 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 | 25290 Views
AROUND TOWN
Analysis: Supreme Court ruling likely to affect equal-rights lawsThe U.S. Supreme Court's sweeping decision that same-sex marriage is protected by the Fourteenth Amendment will have widespread...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015Last comment by Me, on Jun 29, 2015 at 4:50 pm | 1 comment | 4725 Views
AROUND TOWN
Man arrested in package theft caseA man in possession of a package that is thought to have been stolen was arrested on an outstanding warrant in Mountain View...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015There are no comments yet. 5367 Views
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