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Is the child care crisis getting worse?Experts say high-quality care is so vital for small children. It's also why the ongoing child care crisis is so worrisome...
Original post made on May. 8, 2023Last comment by ivg, on May 8, 2023 at 4:15 pm | 1 comment | 1724 Views
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Santa Clara County launches campaign encouraging routine childhood vaccinationsSanta Clara County launched a campaign to encourage parents and caregivers to have their children vaccinated after rates...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2023Last comment by J Randall, on Apr 25, 2023 at 7:12 am | 1 comment | 2233 Views
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Foothill College will soon offer 2 bachelor's degree programsFoothill College, located in Los Altos Hills, was part of the initial pilot with a bachelor's in dental hygiene and gained...
Original post made on Apr. 25, 2023There are no comments yet. 4043 Views
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California high schools are adding hundreds of ethnic studies classes. Are teachers prepared?California high school students will be required to pass an ethnic studies class to graduate, starting with the class of...
Original post made on Apr. 5, 2023Last comment by Former Doormat , on Apr 5, 2023 at 8:12 am | 1 comment | 2090 Views
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Guest opinion: Writer, beware of chatbots' impact on our kidsIntroducing the use of AI bots, and cavalierly erasing a source of high school joy -- the sense of one's own creative, insightful,...
Original post made on Mar. 20, 2023Last comment by Leslie Bain, on Mar 20, 2023 at 9:23 pm | 2 comments | 3591 Views
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Santa Clara County wants to put millions into child careThe county is poised to invest millions in child care services and workforce development in an attempt to stave off an ongoing...
Original post made on Mar. 1, 2023Last comment by ivg, on Mar 1, 2023 at 6:52 am | 1 comment | 2090 Views
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Unfit to teach? Palo Alto teacher accused of rape had a checkered history in local schoolsPalo Alto Unified administrators knew of physical education teacher Peter Colombo's criminal history more than a decade ago...
Original post made on Feb. 17, 2023Last comment by Another MV Resident, on Feb 18, 2023 at 9:40 am | 2 comments | 6520 Views
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Why California still doesn't mandate dyslexia screeningExperts agree early diagnosis is key to helping dyslexic students learn to read, yet the statewide teachers union and others...
Original post made on Feb. 13, 2023Last comment by Kathy Thibodeaux, on Feb 13, 2023 at 5:11 pm | 1 comment | 2495 Views
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Years in the making, teacher and school staff housing project is under constructionAfter years of planning, negotiation and preparation, construction is underway in Mountain View to build subsidized housing...
Original post made on Feb. 9, 2023There are no comments yet. 4415 Views
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Schwab Learning Center opens new dyslexic-friendly 'innovation lab'With its new home at Children's Health Council in Palo Alto, the Schwab Learning Center's reach is now expanding beyond Stanford...
Original post made on Jan. 28, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 28, 2023 at 5:00 pm | 2 comments | 3044 Views
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Weather, inflation impact high school construction, but progress continuesInflation and recent inclement weather have posed challenges for projects at Mountain View and Los Altos high schools, but...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2023Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 24, 2023 at 3:02 pm | 1 comment | 2490 Views
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Mountain View Whisman school board runs into disagreements over electing its leadersIt wasn't picking who will lead the school board that caused controversy, but rather deciding who will be second in command,...
Original post made on Jan. 7, 2023Last comment by SalsaMusic, on Jan 21, 2023 at 7:33 am | 3 comments | 3785 Views
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Connecting students with caring adults, Mentor Tutor Connection makes an impactLos Altos-based nonprofit Mentor Tutor Connection provides hundreds of local students with mentors and tutoring each year,...
Original post made on Jan. 9, 2023Last comment by J Randall, on Jan 9, 2023 at 6:46 am | 1 comment | 2971 Views
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Year in Review: Learning to live with COVID-19 and getting back to business on big issues in Mountain ViewIn Mountain View, 2022 was about getting back to business on some of the pre-pandemic issues -- the housing crisis, homelessness...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2023Last comment by JAFO, on Jan 6, 2023 at 10:39 pm | 6 comments | 5064 Views
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Mountain View Whisman sees standardized test scores drop, mirroring county and state trendsMountain View Whisman's scores fell this spring after years of largely consistent improvements, results that are in line...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 24, 2022 at 7:24 am | 1 comment | 3431 Views
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New mental health beds could be ready starting next month in Santa Clara CountyLong wait times, staffing shortages and other issues at county-run behavioral treatment centers have led the Santa Clara...
Original post made on Oct. 14, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 23, 2022 at 2:42 pm | 1 comment | 3403 Views
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Ellen Wheeler honored for two decades on Whisman school boardMore than a dozen local leaders turned out on Thursday night, Dec. 8, to honor long-time Mountain View Whisman school board...
Original post made on Dec. 11, 2022Last comment by Ellen Wheeler, on Dec 11, 2022 at 4:16 pm | 2 comments | 3187 Views
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City and school district team up for bike safety workshops for Mountain View studentsThe city of Mountain View's Safe Routes to School program has partnered with the Mountain View Whisman School District to...
Original post made on Sep. 5, 2022Last comment by Frank Richards, on Nov 22, 2022 at 1:36 am | 11 comments | 5069 Views
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Former Trustee Juan Aranda has Passed AwayIt was shared at last night's MVWSD school board meeting that former trustee Juan Aranda has passed away. While he passed...
Original post made by Christopher Chiang on Nov. 18, 2022Last comment by Ellen Wheeler, on Nov 18, 2022 at 2:44 pm | 1 comment | 576 Views
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MVLA sees standardized test results improve, despite the pandemicLocal high schoolers' performance improved on standardized tests this spring compared to before the pandemic, results that...
Original post made on Nov. 8, 2022Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Nov 8, 2022 at 3:51 pm | 1 comment | 2628 Views
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