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Residents vow to fight teacher housing ideaSeveral nearby residents are pushing back against the idea of converting a large portion of Cooper Park into lower-cost housing...
Original post made on Feb. 23, 2018Last comment by Christopher Chiang, on Mar 3, 2018 at 11:49 am | 31 comments | 11027 Views
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Supes approve plans for gun violence, mental health summitThe Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday morning unanimously approved the beginning of plans for a summit on...
Original post made on Feb. 28, 2018Last comment by LiberalGuns, on Mar 1, 2018 at 5:20 pm | 8 comments | 3690 Views
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Students Need Host FamiliesPublic Service Announcement Japanese Students Need Homes in the mid-peninsula area March 24 to April 4 Hosting a foreign...
Original post made by Suzanne Autry on Feb. 24, 2018There are no comments yet. 1639 Views
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School district to drop home schooling programMountain View Whisman School District administrators are pulling the plug on a long-standing program that provided instructional...
Original post made on Feb. 16, 2018Last comment by reader, on Feb 20, 2018 at 5:33 pm | 5 comments | 3531 Views
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High school district denies allegation of sexual assaultMountain View-Los Altos High School District officials are denying claims that a student was sexually assaulted in a Los...
Original post made on Feb. 15, 2018Last comment by David, on Feb 15, 2018 at 7:25 pm | 5 comments | 8496 Views
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Better classrooms on the way for special ed studentsMountain View Whisman School District officials are doubling down on a commitment to build better facilities for the high-need...
Original post made on Feb. 10, 2018Last comment by reader, on Feb 10, 2018 at 4:46 pm | 1 comment | 13171 Views
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Children reportedly molested at Mountain View after-school programPolice arrested a 26-year-old Cupertino man Saturday following multiple reports that he allegedly molested children at an...
Original post made on Feb. 6, 2018Last comment by F Noor, on Feb 8, 2018 at 11:46 am | 14 comments | 13643 Views
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MVLA board set to approve $295M bond measureCalling it necessary to accommodate a swelling enrollment on already-packed campuses, Mountain View-Los Altos High School...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2018Last comment by More Taxes, on Feb 7, 2018 at 1:49 pm | 9 comments | 5712 Views
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Teachers' annual raises likely to shrinkIt's been more than three years since Mountain View Whisman School District teachers, frustrated with low pay, declared an...
Original post made on Feb. 5, 2018Last comment by No Violin, on Feb 6, 2018 at 4:50 pm | 11 comments | 6521 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The right step forward for local studentsAs we ring in the new year, the Los Altos School District and city of Mountain View are on the cusp of achieving a huge victory...
Original post made on Feb. 3, 2018Last comment by Dread Pirate Roberts, on Feb 6, 2018 at 11:13 am | 15 comments | 3431 Views
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LASD limits input on new campusThe Los Altos School District is drafting a team of district residents and community members to weigh in on whether a new...
Original post made on Jan. 26, 2018Last comment by ResidentSince1982, on Feb 2, 2018 at 2:11 pm | 19 comments | 6051 Views
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School district boosting funds for music and artFor decades, arts and music programs in Mountain View public school has been kept alive through support from nonprofits,...
Original post made on Jan. 25, 2018Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jan 25, 2018 at 12:50 pm | 2 comments | 6284 Views
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Worries swirl over future San Antonio school siteThe Los Altos School District is planning to move forward on a complicated plan to buy land next to the San Antonio Shopping...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2018Last comment by School Sanity, on Jan 22, 2018 at 7:24 pm | 26 comments | 7822 Views
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LASD school deal kicks off major office developmentAs part of a hard-fought effort to bring a new school to the San Antonio area, Mountain View City Council members reluctantly...
Original post made on Jan. 19, 2018Last comment by More Fed Up than You, on Jan 22, 2018 at 4:59 pm | 18 comments | 7629 Views
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Patients go nuts over new allergy therapyLast week marked a major milestone for 8-year-old Amelia, who flew across the country to eat a handful of nuts that, just...
Original post made on Jan. 13, 2018Last comment by AJL, on Jan 18, 2018 at 1:11 am | 6 comments | 34304 Views
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Board agrees on middle school schedule shake-upDespite misgivings about students losing instructional time for math and other core subjects, Mountain View Whisman school...
Original post made on Jan. 12, 2018Last comment by Graham Parent, on Jan 15, 2018 at 4:22 pm | 8 comments | 5294 Views
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No wood-burning on MondayA Spare the Air alert has been issued for Monday in the San Francisco Bay Area, officials with the Bay Area Air Quality Management...
Original post made on Jan. 14, 2018Last comment by resident, on Jan 14, 2018 at 6:55 pm | 1 comment | 3453 Views
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James Franco accused of inappropriate sexual behaviorActor and Palo Alto native James Franco has become the latest high-profile man to face sexual-misconduct allegations. Read...
Original post made on Jan. 11, 2018Last comment by Ubob, on Jan 11, 2018 at 7:19 pm | 1 comment | 3058 Views
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MV Whisman launches online enrollmentThe Mountain View Whisman School District is aiming to make it easier for parents to enroll their children for the upcoming...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2018Last comment by No, on Jan 10, 2018 at 10:42 am | 4 comments | 4698 Views
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Memorial set for former LAHS football coachFriends and family members are invited to celebrate the life of former Los Altos High School football coach Thomas Burt Saturday,...
Original post made on Jan. 5, 2018Last comment by John, on Jan 5, 2018 at 4:07 pm | 2 comments | 2885 Views
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