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SCHOOLS & KIDS
LASD, Bullis pass five-year agreementAfter a marathon mediation meeting that ended at 4 a.m., the Los Altos School District and Bullis Charter School last night...
Original post made on Jul. 29, 2014Last comment by Looks Suspicious, on Jul 30, 2014 at 11:28 am | 7 comments | 5119 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Op-ed: Who's thinking about increased housing's impact on schools?I read the Voice's issue of July 4 regarding the Village at San Antonio Center development with interest. Agreed, Mountain...
Original post made on Jul. 15, 2014Last comment by Dinner at 9:30pm, on Jul 29, 2014 at 5:43 am | 15 comments | 6300 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Guest opinion: Who's thinking about increased housing's impact on schools?I read the <I>Voice's</I></B> issue of July 4 regarding the Village at San Antonio Center development with interest. Agreed,...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2014Last comment by ONGOING LASD SUPPORTER, on Jul 25, 2014 at 2:37 pm | 54 comments | 8634 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Don't leave your computer at home, kidsAlong with pencils, pens and notebooks, students at Los Altos High School need to add something else to their list of school...
Original post made on Jul. 11, 2014Last comment by Think, on Jul 19, 2014 at 5:34 pm | 24 comments | 12476 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Los Altos High survey reveals culture of stressStudents at Los Altos High School are some of the highest-achieving in the nation. And while most will go on to college,...
Original post made on Apr. 7, 2010Last comment by BackToSleep, on Jul 18, 2014 at 12:00 am | 46 comments | 19723 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Charter school, district draft five-year agreementLitigation and disputes over facilities may be a thing of the past for Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District. Read...
Original post made on Jul. 5, 2014Last comment by Jim L., on Jul 14, 2014 at 11:24 am | 43 comments | 8636 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Educators: Ending 'tenure' no magic bulletA court decision last week to throw out state teacher tenure rules may lead people to think that this is the solution for...
Original post made on Jun. 18, 2014Last comment by Linda Curtis, on Jul 7, 2014 at 4:45 pm | 25 comments | 11590 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Foothill grad earns degree entirely onlineA Berkeley-bound student who earned his associate's degree entirely online is among nearly 1,000 students who will graduate...
Original post made on Jun. 27, 2014Last comment by 15 years in Mountain View, on Jul 4, 2014 at 2:49 pm | 5 comments | 9154 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Re-imagining hot lunchMost people don't have fond memories of school lunches, but the Mountain View Whisman School District is taking steps to...
Original post made on Jul. 1, 2014Last comment by Ellen Wheeler, on Jul 2, 2014 at 12:30 am | 7 comments | 7163 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Waldorf School of the Peninsula Launches Full-day Kindergarten ProgramWaldorf School of the Peninsula is pleased to announce expanded hours for its kindergarten program to include a full-day...
Original post made by Waldorf School of the Peninsula on Jul. 1, 2014There are no comments yet. 2327 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School auditorium costs go over budgetDevelopment costs are through the roof across the Peninsula, and it's taking a toll on school district plans for new auditoriums...
Original post made on Jun. 26, 2014Last comment by Steven Nelson, on Jun 29, 2014 at 8:33 am | 7 comments | 9757 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Full STEAM ahead for art classesSchool may be out for the summer, but some kids are back in class and taking a curious course at the Community School of...
Original post made on Jun. 25, 2014Last comment by happy camper, on Jun 25, 2014 at 3:26 pm | 2 comments | 6625 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Fight and flight: the new approach to school shootersAfter the school shooting at Sandy Hook, as many as 74 school shooting incidents have occurred in the United States, most...
Original post made on Jun. 24, 2014Last comment by Rod Rammersmith, on Jun 24, 2014 at 8:21 pm | 12 comments | 9815 Views
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MV power outage affects thousandsThousands of PG&E customers in Mountain View are without power this morning, a PG&E spokesman said. Read the full story...
Original post made on Jun. 12, 2014Last comment by SanJay, on Jun 17, 2014 at 3:27 pm | 8 comments | 10861 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New group slams LASD board performanceA new nonprofit group, critical of Los Altos School District leadership and spending, ran ads in the <I>Voice</I></B> and...
Original post made on Jun. 6, 2014Last comment by Mayer-Ct, on Jun 16, 2014 at 7:38 pm | 59 comments | 10189 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Alta Vista grads ready for life's challengesThere wasn't a dry eye in the Spartan Theatre last week when Alta Vista High School graduate Yoselin Mora-Gutierrez told...
Original post made on Jun. 15, 2014Last comment by UC Davis Grad, on Jun 15, 2014 at 12:05 pm | 1 comment | 8921 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New group slams LASD board performanceA new nonprofit group, critical of Los Altos School District leadership and spending, ran ads last week highlighting the...
Original post made on Jun. 9, 2014Last comment by EACH Misleads Again!, on Jun 15, 2014 at 10:45 am | 15 comments | 8248 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Summer Camp Financial Aid and ScholarshipsEvery child should be able to go to summer camp. Families can apply for financial assistance by going to this site. http://campscholarship.blogspot.com/ Camps...
Original post made by Camper Scholarship on May. 31, 2014There are no comments yet. 2998 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bridging the age gapKids these days get their kicks from digital media and video games, which has some people worried about the tabletop games...
Original post made on May. 31, 2014Last comment by Debbie Rosenberg, on May 31, 2014 at 12:26 am | 2 comments | 11039 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Alta Vista teens net $25K in scholarshipsStudents may enter Alta Vista High School as at-risk youth in danger of dropping out, but that doesn't mean they'll leave...
Original post made on May. 28, 2014Last comment by Teri Jara, on May 28, 2014 at 3:56 pm | 2 comments | 9032 Views
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