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Battle begins to combat bullyingThe Mountain View Whisman School District has taken up an unprecedented campaign against bullying in hopes of creating a...
Original post made on May. 8, 2010Last comment by Observer, on May 14, 2010 at 4:26 pm | 27 comments | 5799 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman board OKs school renovation planThe Mountain View Whisman school board approved a $422 million Student Facilities Improvement Plan that calls for new construction,...
Original post made on May. 7, 2010Last comment by localmom, on May 14, 2010 at 7:46 am | 16 comments | 9024 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Ghysels takes job with County Office of EducationMaurice Ghysels, the superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District, is leaving to become the chief schools...
Original post made on May. 12, 2010Last comment by Sid, on May 13, 2010 at 6:56 am | 11 comments | 4953 Views
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Jeffery Baier named new LASD superintendentLongtime Los Altos educator Jeffery Baier was named the new superintendent of the Los Altos School District at a Monday,...
Original post made on May. 11, 2010Last comment by Paul, on May 11, 2010 at 2:56 pm | 1 comment | 6130 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
TONIGHT: MVWSD considers all-day kindergartenShould every school in the Mountain View Whisman School District offer extended-day kindergarten? The school board will take...
Original post made on May. 7, 2010Last comment by Barfolemew, on May 7, 2010 at 5:19 pm | 1 comment | 4420 Views
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Poll shows support for MV Whisman bondIt would seem like a bad time to ask anyone for money, but a new survey of likely voters shows a strong level of support...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2010Last comment by Garrett, on May 5, 2010 at 12:20 am | 17 comments | 8236 Views
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Graham gets new assistant principalThe Mountain View Whisman School District has announced that Steve Chesley will take on the job of assistant principal at...
Original post made on Apr. 28, 2010Last comment by areathea, on May 4, 2010 at 7:26 pm | 14 comments | 5549 Views
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Toys banned for 'unhealthy' fast-food mealsTuesday was a sad day for the Happy Meal. The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted to ban toys and other prizes...
Original post made on Apr. 27, 2010Last comment by mvresident, on May 3, 2010 at 4:05 pm | 25 comments | 10781 Views
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Saint Francis teen helps school in IndiaBangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India, but in the shadow of its huge IT companies are schools without electricity,...
Original post made on Apr. 30, 2010Last comment by Karina, on Apr 30, 2010 at 4:30 pm | 1 comment | 3909 Views
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Madrigal choir is finally back home -- with $50,000 to raiseAfter the shut-down of European airspace stranded them in Paris for an extra week, the Mountain View High School Madrigal...
Original post made on Apr. 29, 2010Last comment by David Weatherford, on Apr 29, 2010 at 12:50 pm | 1 comment | 4367 Views
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Landels on state list of distinguished schoolsEdith Landels Elementary School in Mountain View has earned a spot among the top public schools in California and is set...
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2010Last comment by James, on Apr 26, 2010 at 2:40 pm | 22 comments | 6310 Views
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Someone help those poor Madrigals!Thanks to an erupting volcano in Iceland, the Mountain View High School Madrigals have spent the past week trapped in Paris....
Original post made on Apr. 21, 2010Last comment by Anonymous, on Apr 26, 2010 at 11:54 am | 13 comments | 7694 Views
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Menlo Park mom wonders: Who wins with Prop 13?Menlo Park resident Jennifer Bestor had long heard many arguments for and against Proposition 13, passed in 1978 to control...
Original post made on Mar. 24, 2010Last comment by Bob Holmgren, on Apr 21, 2010 at 4:35 pm | 5 comments | 4505 Views
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Irate parent opposes MVLA bondA Mountain View parent upset with the lack of school tax revenue from the city's Shoreline area is going to unusual lengths...
Original post made on Apr. 9, 2010Last comment by eric, on Apr 21, 2010 at 4:14 pm | 13 comments | 4066 Views
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Voice recognized for 'Public Service'The ==I Mountain View Voice== and its sister papers won top honors in this year's "Better Newspapers Contest" awards, handed...
Original post made on Apr. 19, 2010Last comment by Miss USA, on Apr 20, 2010 at 3:32 am | 5 comments | 4757 Views
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Simitian pushes bill to change kinder cutoff dateState Sen. Joe Simitian has joined a chorus of child-development experts in calling for California children to be 5 years...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2010Last comment by Lourdes Calande, on Apr 15, 2010 at 8:50 pm | 4 comments | 5095 Views
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Boys hockey team rolls to championshipA group of Mountain View High School boys captured a division title in club roller hockey recently, clinching a win against...
Original post made on Apr. 13, 2010Last comment by eric, on Apr 13, 2010 at 1:25 pm | 3 comments | 5018 Views
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Is College Opportunity Getting Out of ReachThe National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education recently revealed the results of a study: How Parents and...
Original post made by carlrbabb on Apr. 11, 2010There are no comments yet. 4214 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
COMING UP: Kickoff for Measure A campaignThe group running the effort to pass Measure A, a bond measure on the June ballot that would fund new classrooms for the...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2010Last comment by John Doe, on Apr 9, 2010 at 1:23 am | 7 comments | 5409 Views
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TONIGHT: MVLA to consider budget cutsTrustees of the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District will convene at a special meeting this evening to discuss possible...
Original post made on Apr. 6, 2010Last comment by Jon Wiener, on Apr 6, 2010 at 7:25 pm | 3 comments | 4321 Views
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