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Speak up: What Questions Do You Have For Candidates?

The first forum for candidates in Los Altos is Monday, but if you've got questions, write them here, and Patch can carry your questions to them for our own candidates' Q&A.

 

With Election Day less than two months away—and sooner for you early voters—it's becoming increasingly important to know more about the many candidates and their plans.

There are three competitive races this fall, from the Los Altos City Council to the Los Altos School District Board. All will be facing big issues in the coming months and years for our community.

In order to make your decision at the polls just a little easier, we'll be reaching out to all candidates to have them answer your questions. So if you've been wondering something, ask away, because we'll be sitting down with them in a week or so.

Post questions in the comments and tell us what race it's directed to. After we've racked up enough questions, we will relay them to the candidates in an interview. We encourage questions that all candidates in a race could be called on to answer. 

The following local races are in play: 

Los Altos School District Board of Education

Santa Clara County Board of Trustees, Area #1

Los Altos City Council

Purissima Hills Water District

The Los Altos Chamber of Commerce and the Los Altos Village Association are sponsoring the first of several public fora where you can see the candidates in action.

The Los Altos City Council Forum will be held Monday, Sept. 17, 7 p.m., in the Los Altos Library Community Room. The candidates participating are (in alphabetial order): , , , , and .

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David R. May 20, 2013 at 01:18 pm
I saw a public report that said most of the discussion related to carpooling and so forth, sinceRead More Blach is separated so much from the rest of the school. You know, things like dropping off both kids at Egan, and then a group of kids headed for Blach share a ride or vice versa. I don't see how any nonparents can really help with that.
mtnview_parent April 12, 2013 at 03:06 am
The only problem with the charter school is that they cause more problem than they solve. TheyRead More want to close Covington, then Blach. So, they don't provide flexibility at all. They keep going to court. This is a case were the remedy is worst than the disease. The original idea is that we have to be creative with the 10th site. Land is scarce, and most likely, we cannot provide the same facility than other school within the district. People are not happy about being moved from their school (with good reason I feel) Solution: provide an inspiring project. May be an immersion program, or a more academic program, or maybe a program to help english learner from K-3. If we don't innovate with a more flexible program, we might just need to redraw the boundaries every 5-7 years. Nobody can foresee the future, but you can build flexibility.
Mitch Caldwell April 11, 2013 at 11:36 pm
Maybe offering a magnet school could help with stability? It can balance out enrollment at otherRead More schools so that attendance boundaries do not have to be redrawn. Isn't the charter school doing that for the LASD district right now?
mtnview_parent April 11, 2013 at 10:36 pm
I saw you had a good discussion on the definition of a neighborhood school. But beyond theRead More definitions, I would like to ask why does palo Alto school District and Cupertino School district have a mix of neighborhood school and some choice school. Those are two high performing district right next to us. Can a choice school be an excellent way to stop the highly disruptive attendance boundary change ? People say I am for statu quo, that I am against change. I feel that family and children need stability, that is why we don't change spouse at the pace the BoT change the attendance boundary. People who want some stability at home (and their school) do make a reasonable request.