It's sad that a district which is less than 60% students from Los Altos belongs to a a special interest vested in Los Altos ONLY. No concern for the 600 kids in the San Antonio Center area who don't have their own nearby school site. Instead, despite all the tax revenues from the area, these kids are parceled out amongst 4 different LASD schools, each miles away from their home.
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The True Motivation of Measure N for LASD
Original post made by DavidR, another community, on Oct 21, 2014
It's sad that a district which is less than 60% students from Los Altos belongs to a a special interest vested in Los Altos ONLY. No concern for the 600 kids in the San Antonio Center area who don't have their own nearby school site. Instead, despite all the tax revenues from the area, these kids are parceled out amongst 4 different LASD schools, each miles away from their home.
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Posted by DavidR
a resident of another community
on Oct 21, 2014 at 10:18 pm
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a resident of another community
on Oct 21, 2014 at 10:18 pm
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Posted by Outside Inside
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2014 at 7:20 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2014 at 7:20 pm
I'd really like to vote for Measure N, but it is too hard to have faith that the Trustees will use it to address the real shortcomings of LASD. They have a wish list of non-growth related upgrades that could easily cost $180 million. How about giving us a guaranteed priority list? That way no one is too disappointed when the money runs out.
All the mailers that I received talk about the extensive process and myriad committees that helped form the measure, but they don't list the actual project priorities. It is just too vague. And that is terribly unfortunate.
Posted by BCS Parent
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2014 at 9:48 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2014 at 9:48 pm
DavidR is absolutely correct!
We need to get those MV students out of those elite LASD schools. They bring our scores down. We try to keep them out of BCS, but a few managed to slip in. :(
I'm not going to vote for this bond until they go with DavidR's plan to build a school on the other side of El Camino for THEIR kids.
Posted by Outside Inside
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2014 at 10:19 pm
a resident of another community
on Oct 22, 2014 at 10:19 pm
Throughout the LASD/BCS feud, we always heard about the LASD small neighborhood schools. But that really doesn't exist geographically throughout the district. NEC especially does not have a small neighborhood school.
NEC has been shuffled between at least 4 different elementary schools over the years. They consistently get moved when boundary lines get redrawn. There is just not enough capacity in the north end of the district. The bond should really prioritize a solution for that area.
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