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LIVE BLOG: Los Altos School Board Meeting March 11, 2013

Follow along with Patch as the district formulates its final offer to Bullis Charter School for next year's facilities. The district is scheduled to discuss this topic, among other business, during the two regularly scheduled meetings before April

 

Things appeared to be at an impasse Monday night, as the Los Altos School Board members expressed disappointment with how far apart it and Bullis Charter School are in coming to a facilities solution for the 2013-14 school year.

School board President Doug Smith called for a special meeting Monday, March 18 as the board grapples with how to construct a final offer to Bullis. 

Board member Mark Goines and others said they were willing to consider more space for the school if it could receive enrollment data it had requested in November, but had not yet received.

Smith said he had made a California Public Records Act request to get enrollment data from Bullis Charter School.

Patch will have an updated report later Tuesday. Read the unedited reportage in the CoverItLive account above for more information.

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The Los Altos School District Board will discuss its facilities offer to Bullis Charter for the 2013-14 school year Monday night, along with several other pieces of business.

These include an update on the City-Schools subcommittee meeting, at which members of the City Council and members of the school board discussed matters of mutual importance, receiving a regular briefing on the district's finances.

The board will also recognize Ellen Kraska, the district's technology integration coach, who was selected as one of Apple's Distinguished Educators last month.

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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.
Karen Janowski April 22, 2013 at 12:19 pm
And you can join the Drive Less Challenge that starts today and runs for the next two weeks. JoinRead More any time during the 2-week period. Check it out at www.DriveLessChallengeLA.com. Try out some alternative transportation, like bicycling or walking (or even carpooling with other families) with your kids to school, bike to the grocery store for those one or two items or walk to the local coffee shop instead of driving. Take the train on a weekend adventure to San Francisco or light rail to San Jose. It's a good opportunity to try something you might not have done before. Have fun with it!