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Cyber attack takes down high school district's server and phone systemThe Mountain View-Los Altos High School District was the victim of a ransomware attack Wednesday that took down the phone...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2020Last comment by MVLAParent, on Feb 3, 2020 at 11:41 am | 1 comment | 8278 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Longtime school cop bids farewell to Mountain View HighAfter eight years walking the hallways of Mountain View High School, school resource officer Bobby Taylor says goodbye and...
Original post made on Jan. 27, 2020Last comment by Jon Keeling, on Jan 27, 2020 at 2:35 pm | 1 comment | 4104 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD's new Mountain View school won't open until 2025Los Altos School District's new Mountain View school won't open until 2025, following lengthy delays and an ever-evolving...
Original post made on Jan. 17, 2020Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 27, 2020 at 1:05 pm | 26 comments | 6032 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Wages for Foothill student employees lag behind local citiesFor the more than 1,000 student employees working campus jobs across the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, getting...
Original post made on Jan. 24, 2020Last comment by SRB, on Jan 25, 2020 at 5:09 pm | 10 comments | 1517 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board elects president for second year, breaking precedentThe Mountain View Whisman School District took the rare step last week of electing its board president for a second term,...
Original post made on Dec. 21, 2019Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 6, 2020 at 1:24 pm | 5 comments | 5985 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
CSMA offers a beacon of arts in a tech worldThe music and arts school has come a long way over the last 50 years, but it has never strayed from its mission to teach...
Original post made on Jan. 3, 2020Last comment by JMBMV, on Jan 3, 2020 at 10:45 am | 1 comment | 3650 Views
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Mountain View City Council makes mental health a priority after youth suicidesThe Mountain View City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to turn youth mental health into a top priority next year,...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2019Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Dec 17, 2019 at 10:02 am | 14 comments | 7778 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVLA school board says cities need to do more to curb teen vapingMountain View-Los Altos High School District board members approved a resolution this week urging local city governments...
Original post made on Nov. 28, 2019Last comment by SRB, on Dec 2, 2019 at 3:26 pm | 5 comments | 4045 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View man pleads no contest to lewd acts with 12-year-old girlA Mountain View man arrested on suspicion of raping a 12-year-old girl at his home in the Waverly Park neighborhood in May...
Original post made on Nov. 25, 2019Last comment by 3 years? Not really, on Nov 26, 2019 at 3:23 am | 4 comments | 6565 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD demands Santa Clara County act to reverse alleged charter school discriminationThe Los Altos School District is backing up allegations that Bullis Charter School has a long history of deterring low-income...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by LongResident, on Nov 20, 2019 at 6:57 pm | 61 comments | 5724 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
State report finds schools skimping on homeless reportingA new report by the State Auditor's office found that schools across the state are taking inadequate steps to identify and...
Original post made on Nov. 19, 2019There are no comments yet. 2043 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School district drops plans to relocate Freestyle AcademyThe Mountain View-Los Altos High School District is giving up on plans to move Freestyle Academy, a cutting-edge art and...
Original post made on Oct. 8, 2019Last comment by Putting Children First, on Nov 8, 2019 at 12:28 pm | 2 comments | 2782 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No more offices without new homesThe Mountain View City Council voted Tuesday night to approve the East Whisman Precise Plan, a comprehensive strategy to...
Original post made on Nov. 6, 2019Last comment by Former MV resident, on Nov 8, 2019 at 8:40 am | 23 comments | 13544 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos School District enrollment drops as charter school expandsLos Altos School District's enrollment has declined for the fifth year in a row, driving down the district's total enrollment...
Original post made on Oct. 31, 2019Last comment by Pathological privileged, on Nov 7, 2019 at 8:22 am | 12 comments | 3880 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Late for the bell no more: School districts seek to delay start timesStudents in Mountain View's public schools could be getting an extra half-hour of shut-eye each morning, as school districts...
Original post made on Nov. 5, 2019Last comment by kehlar, on Nov 6, 2019 at 4:04 pm | 5 comments | 3330 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
County supervisors vote to expand school mental health programs for troubled kidsSanta Clara County's Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to find new ways to link children and teens with mental health...
Original post made on Nov. 4, 2019Last comment by Sarah1000, on Nov 4, 2019 at 3:00 pm | 2 comments | 3339 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No Halloween for Vargas ElementaryGhouls, witches, zombies and sundry spooky frights won't be making an appearance at the new Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary...
Original post made on Oct. 28, 2019Last comment by mvrenter, on Nov 3, 2019 at 2:31 pm | 22 comments | 5936 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View school test scores rise, but some students fall behindMost public schools across Mountain View saw modest gains in test scores this year, with some making huge strides in student...
Original post made on Oct. 24, 2019Last comment by What Stinks in the D.O., on Oct 27, 2019 at 5:42 pm | 7 comments | 3773 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bullis Charter drops enrollment preference while blasting Los Altos district for divisivenessBullis Charter School will not give priority enrollment to students residing in wealthier areas, marking the latest development...
Original post made on Oct. 19, 2019Last comment by SRB, on Oct 23, 2019 at 6:52 pm | 33 comments | 5219 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
At long last, Midpeninsula will have a mental health center where teens can walk in for helpA yearslong effort to open a first-of-its-kind youth mental health center in Palo Alto reached a major milestone on Tuesday:...
Original post made on Oct. 22, 2019Last comment by Ellen Wheeler, on Oct 22, 2019 at 10:10 pm | 1 comment | 2410 Views
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