One of the Jardin Drive homeowners who stands to profit from the vote states online that he is an employee of the City of Mountain View and was previously a Parks and Recreation Commissioner. His name is not mentioned in the city staff report.

Hmmm- I think these folks will also have to apply to the County Office on School District Organization for approval to change the school district boundaries. It's just not up to both cities involved.

I'm pretty sure these residences are already (and have been) within in the Los Altos school district boundaries for as long as anyone can remember, and children residing in any of those six homes and attending public school should presently be assigned to Almond Elementary School, Egan Middle School and Los Altos High School.

These houses are in the Los Altos Elementary District as are Mountain View homes elsewhere including across El Camino from Ortega to the Palo Alto border. School districts boundaries often do not track city boundaries. Some of Los Altos is in the Fremont Union High School District and Cupertino Elementary, for example. School district boundaries are not a reason for changing city boundaries. The six houses have been in Mountain View since they were build in 1952. The question is why staff and city councilmembers supported their loss to Los Altos and how many other homeowners looking for increased values will next seek a switch to Los Altos or, even better, to Palo Alto. A Palo Alto address may now be worth a million dollars more than a Mountain View address. Then again, if Palo Alto did annex all of Mountain View, Mountain View City Hall and City Council would no longer exist. That could be worth considering!