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Plutocracy and the Santa Clara Board of EducationOn November 26, the Santa Clara County Board of Education allowed the Bullis Charter School (BCS) to amend its enrollment...
Original post made by Serge Bonte on Dec. 7, 2007Last comment by Parent, on Jan 9, 2008 at 8:45 am | 6 comments | 7041 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
A vote for plutocracyOn Nov. 26, the Santa Clara County Board of Education allowed the Bullis Charter School to amend its enrollment procedure...
Original post made on Dec. 20, 2007Last comment by LASD Parent, on Dec 21, 2007 at 3:07 am | 2 comments | 12334 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Forty years of feuding over student parkingA 40-year debate over parking on the streets surrounding Mountain View High School continued last week, as the district successfully...
Original post made on Dec. 9, 2007Last comment by Jon Wiener, on Dec 9, 2007 at 11:18 am | 2 comments | 7215 Views
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Helping kids see the big pictureIn a young person's life, the smallest amount of interest and support can be influential. One-on-one attention in the form...
Original post made on Dec. 3, 2007Last comment by Lyle Bickley, on Dec 3, 2007 at 3:27 pm | 1 comment | 6363 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Food fight at Los Altos HighHungry Los Altos High School students who prefer the tasty offerings at a catering truck just off campus may have to settle...
Original post made on Oct. 16, 2007Last comment by rich, on Nov 16, 2007 at 1:17 pm | 19 comments | 9083 Views
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Burgers, fries and civicsThe Los Altos City Council intends to make a real-life civics lesson out of a dispute between Los Altos High School and a...
Original post made on Nov. 14, 2007Last comment by Jon Wiener, on Nov 14, 2007 at 7:59 am | 2 comments | 7636 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Tearful good-bye for Huff principalThe Huff Elementary School community gathered Thursday evening to give an emotional send-off to Principal Craig Goldman,...
Original post made on Jun. 14, 2007Last comment by Christopher Schulz, on Nov 7, 2007 at 6:14 pm | 6 comments | 7138 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Trustees put foreign language on tableThe Mountain View Whisman school board decided last week to formalize its interest in exploring foreign language instruction...
Original post made on Oct. 11, 2007Last comment by Palo Alto Resident, on Oct 15, 2007 at 7:11 pm | 2 comments | 8583 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
'I didn't think it would happen to me'Every time Iajady Paz returns to Mountain View High School to work with the Blossom Project, she wishes she were still a...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2007Last comment by Melissa, on Oct 14, 2007 at 4:10 pm | 1 comment | 7178 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Continuous Improvement will help students growI've enjoyed reading the discussion in recent weeks concerning the implementation of the Continuous Improvement educational...
Original post made on Oct. 12, 2007Last comment by Former Sudbury student, on Oct 12, 2007 at 2:48 pm | 1 comment | 6303 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New year, new president, new Campus CenterAfter two years of work and $22 million spent, Foothill College is kicking off its 50th anniversary celebration this Tuesday...
Original post made on Sep. 24, 2007Last comment by PA Resident, on Sep 24, 2007 at 1:17 pm | 1 comment | 7490 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Paradigm shift at MV WhismanThe Mountain View Whisman School District announced this week that it has adopted a new approach to teaching which regards...
Original post made on Aug. 21, 2007Last comment by Tom Karn, on Sep 21, 2007 at 5:13 am | 3 comments | 6976 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
API scores make Castro proudThe Mountain View Whisman Elementary School District saw mixed results from this year's academic progress report released...
Original post made on Sep. 7, 2007Last comment by Chris Kuszmaul, on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:08 pm | 1 comment | 6795 Views
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District makes the call on boundary changeAfter considering nearly 50 different proposed scenarios for boundary changes in the Los Altos School District, board members...
Original post made on Jun. 22, 2007Last comment by Wavemama, on Sep 7, 2007 at 10:13 am | 6 comments | 5678 Views
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It's back-to-school timeThe first day of school came earlier this year, with high schoolers starting Monday and younger students beginning class...
Original post made on Sep. 3, 2007Last comment by Susan Hong, on Sep 4, 2007 at 12:47 pm | 3 comments | 8567 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Profiles in leadership<I>Editor's Note: Leadership Mountain View (LMV) prepares adults who live or work in the city to take on a wide variety of...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2007Last comment by mary gilda sturino, on Sep 1, 2007 at 12:28 pm | 1 comment | 7071 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman sets down strategic goalsMath emerged as the top priority as trustees, school principals and key administrators from the Mountain View Whisman School...
Original post made on Sep. 1, 2007Last comment by Parent of a MVWSD student, on Sep 1, 2007 at 8:28 am | 1 comment | 6748 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School's new paradigm could come with a priceIt isn't often that a school district steps out of the traditional educational mold and adopts a totally new concept of teaching. Read...
Original post made on Aug. 24, 2007Last comment by Amanda, on Aug 31, 2007 at 2:17 pm | 5 comments | 6813 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
OH Memorial/Reunion -- Information RequestHi there, A fellow Briones classmate and I are making the seemingly impossible attempt at the largest reunion of the OH,...
Original post made by Daniel Mart on Aug. 18, 2007There are no comments yet. 6978 Views
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Summer dumdumsWith summer vacation in full swing, students are enjoying their chance to kick back and relax for awhile. But a recent announcement...
Original post made on Aug. 1, 2007Last comment by GSB, on Aug 9, 2007 at 1:08 pm | 4 comments | 7174 Views
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