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Who wants to be a school board member?The Mountain View Whisman School District has been a hotbed of internal strife that led former board president Chris Chiang...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Dave, on Jul 5, 2015 at 8:23 pm | 12 comments | 8514 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Teachers get raises, with no raised voicesLast year's bitter standoff between administrators and the teachers union over salaries didn't materialize during negotiations...
Original post made on Jul. 4, 2015Last comment by interested Observer , on Jul 4, 2015 at 10:44 pm | 1 comment | 4137 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Cash from rent hike earmarked for Whisman schoolThe Mountain View Whisman school board took its first concrete step toward opening a new school in the Whisman and Slater...
Original post made on Jul. 2, 2015Last comment by Interested Observer , on Jul 3, 2015 at 4:37 pm | 4 comments | 6046 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Pricey Castro School project gets $10M in cutsThe Mountain View Whisman school board decided on June 24 to move forward with a $42 million construction project at Castro...
Original post made on Jul. 3, 2015Last comment by just saying, on Jul 3, 2015 at 3:39 pm | 3 comments | 4427 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View Whisman ratchets up spendingResidents who demanded that the Mountain View Whisman School District spend down its $20 million reserves may have gotten...
Original post made on Jun. 29, 2015Last comment by crossney, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:35 pm | 12 comments | 6908 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Stevenson PACT principal resignsIn a decision that appears to have caught some by surprise, Stevenson PACT's principal, Tyler Graff, announced last week...
Original post made on Jun. 17, 2015Last comment by More Than Enough, on Jul 2, 2015 at 4:31 pm | 56 comments | 14152 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MV Whisman taps former PAUSD head as interim superintendentThe Mountain View Whisman school board is tapping Kevin Skelly as the district's interim superintendent. Skelly, the former...
Original post made on Dec. 12, 2014Last comment by Saratoga Parent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 1:09 pm | 14 comments | 8326 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Kevin Skelly named San Mateo Union's superintendentInterim Mountain View Whisman School District Superintendent Kevin Skelly is taking the top post in the San Mateo Union High...
Original post made on Apr. 24, 2015Last comment by Saratoga Parent, on Jul 2, 2015 at 12:37 pm | 10 comments | 10626 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Sparks fly at MV Whisman school board meetingTensions flared at the Mountain View Whisman School board meeting Thursday night over a normally uncontroversial contract...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by MVwTaxpayer, on Jul 2, 2015 at 11:37 am | 46 comments | 12281 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Board OKs $42 M Castro school projectThe Mountain View Whisman school board decided Thursday night to move forward with a $42 million transformation of the Castro...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jul 2, 2015 at 10:10 am | 9 comments | 6740 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Upgrades on the way for some MV Whisman schoolsOld, leaky building riddled with dry rot soon will be a thing of the past for elementary schools like Monta Loma. The Mountain...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:42 am | 11 comments | 7500 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New school could close down Stevenson PACTDrawing new lines for school attendance boundaries can be a tricky task that always leaves someone dissatisfied, and that...
Original post made on Feb. 27, 2015Last comment by PACT parent, on Jul 1, 2015 at 5:28 am | 179 comments | 25432 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
In-house pick to head community college districtAfter a months-long national search for a new chancellor to head the Foothill-De Anza Community College District, the board...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2015Last comment by William Hitchens, on Jun 26, 2015 at 3:50 pm | 1 comment | 6551 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Mountain View Whisman ratchets up spendingResidents who demanded that the Mountain View Whisman School District spend down its $20 million reserves may have gotten...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2015Last comment by Ooops, on Jun 25, 2015 at 8:24 pm | 2 comments | 4176 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
GoogleServe focuses efforts on local schoolsThe new, district-approved construction at Monta Loma Elementary School may not be underway yet, but the school still got...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2015Last comment by CommunityService, on Jun 25, 2015 at 6:10 pm | 5 comments | 7362 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVLA Superintendent-elect Jeff Harding has some explaining to doIn googling Jeff Harding, I see that he fired some well-liked coaches, much to the dismay of students and parents. And they...
Original post made by incognito on Apr. 15, 2015Last comment by Yah, it's kinda the law, on Jun 22, 2015 at 10:41 am | 2 comments | 3677 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Last-ditch effort to re-open Whisman schoolWith only a week to go before the Mountain View Whisman school board decides on whether to open a new school in the district,...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2015Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 18, 2015 at 10:38 pm | 121 comments | 12959 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board postpones Whisman school decisionResidents urging the Mountain View Whisman School District to open a new school in the Slater and Whisman neighborhood area...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by Aamir Farooqui, on Jun 15, 2015 at 10:57 pm | 25 comments | 8010 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School board member resigns over hostilityBoard member Chris Chiang announced Friday night that he will be stepping down from the Mountain View Whisman school board...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2015Last comment by the_punnisher, on Jun 15, 2015 at 7:36 pm | 117 comments | 22031 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Facility immediately, PACT petition to school board 6/4/11The Stevenson PACT Foundation chair publicly presented this petition to the MVWSD Board. “Petition for permanent Stevenson...
Original post made by FYI on Jun. 14, 2015There are no comments yet. 2488 Views
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