SCHOOLS & KIDS LASD loses Bullis suit on appeal A California appellate court has ruled that the Los Altos School District has not provided "reasonably equivalent" public school facilities to Bullis Charter School, overturni... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Nov 3, 2011 at 12:23 pm There have been 33 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 16, 2011 at 9:02 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Superintendent suspicious of NCLB waiver Although he has repeatedly criticized the No Child Left Behind act for being too restrictive, Craig Goldman, superintendent of the Mountain View Whisman School District said h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Nov 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Nov 2, 2011 at 5:16 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS MV Whisman debates roll-out of 'transitional kindergarten' Education officials with the Mountain View Whisman School District are debating how to best introduce a "transitional kindergarten" program beginning next year. State law requ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 31, 2011 at 4:11 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 2, 2011 at 8:45 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS MVLA is Bay Area's first district to go all-green The Mountain View-Los Altos High School District is the first district in the Bay Area to have all of its campuses and facilities designated "green" by a county green business... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 25, 2011 at 2:12 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 27, 2011 at 4:26 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Local Waldorf School on Front Page of NY Times Check out the article in Sunday's NY Times about Waldorf education -- with a particular focus on Waldorf School of the Peninsula (WSP), with campuses in Los Altos and Mountain... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Gail Evenari, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Oct 24, 2011 at 2:13 pm
SCHOOLS & KIDS Creative charter school wins renewal Even after it won a 5-2 vote last week from the county Board of Education to renew its charter for five years, Bullis Charter School is still trying to overcome the elitist im... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 21, 2011 at 10:06 pm There have been 36 comments on this topic, the most recent on Nov 15, 2011 at 9:44 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS County renews Bullis charter amid criticism Bullis Charter School boasts higher test scores than any other charter school in California, its waiting list is lengthy and its K-8 programming is expanding at a rapid clip. ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 17, 2011 at 12:04 pm There have been 2 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 18, 2011 at 5:55 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS MV Whisman trustees vote to raise their pay In a split vote, the Mountain View Whisman School District's board of trustees voted last week to give themselves a raise.
Read the full story here Web Link... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 13, 2011 at 2:34 pm There have been 18 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 19, 2011 at 10:30 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Synthetic beats real in turf debate The sentiment was all but unanimous in Tuesday's City Council study session that three city ball fields should use artificial turf instead of the real thing.
Read the full s... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 13, 2011 at 2:31 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 14, 2011 at 11:06 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Students step out to take in books Students gathered in clusters throughout the Theuerkauf Elementary School courtyard on Sept. 29 for Literature Day Al Fresco, where they listened to teachers and parent volunt... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 12, 2011 at 2:04 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Small number of students skip vaccine A small percentage of local students opted out of an all-but-mandatory whooping cough vaccination this year, school officials from both Mountain View districts said. According... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 7, 2011 at 1:17 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Oct 7, 2011 at 1:17 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Bullis' charter renewed amid criticism The Santa Clara County Board of Education renewed Bullis Charter School's charter for an additional five years last night after a lengthy public meeting. But the decision to r... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 6, 2011 at 12:57 pm There have been 23 comments on this topic, the most recent on Jan 31, 2012 at 6:44 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Santa Clara County awarded $750K grant The U.S. Justice Department has awarded Santa Clara County a $750,000 "Second Chance" grant to help reintegrate youth from the Enhanced Rehabilitation Ranch program back into ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 5, 2011 at 12:59 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 5, 2011 at 3:12 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Science camp on lock-down with gunman at large A shooting in Cupertino caused a science camp in Saratoga to go on lock-down and a number of Mountain View schools to close for the day. Mountain View students at the science ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Oct 5, 2011 at 12:55 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 6, 2011 at 10:25 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS President's jobs bill could help schools As President Barack Obama began touring the country in an attempt to sell his new $447 billion jobs bill, the head of the National School Boards Association applauded those pr... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Sep 20, 2011 at 6:34 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 21, 2011 at 6:13 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Google gives 200 laptops to local high schools Google is donating 200 used laptops to Mountain View high schools, as part of its ongoing efforts to support science, technology, engineering and math education in local schoo... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Sep 19, 2011 at 3:13 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Sep 25, 2011 at 9:27 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Castro kids go bananas over reading Castro School's principal, Judy Crates, donned a full gorilla suit on Sept. 8 -- following through on a promise she made to her students last year.
Read the full story here h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Sep 15, 2011 at 9:15 pm There have been 8 comments on this topic, the most recent on Oct 2, 2011 at 8:26 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS New CBO for MV Whisman Terese McNamee is set to start this week as Mountain View Whisman School District's new chief business officer.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Local schools top last year's test scores Mountain View schools scored better than the statewide average on the California Standards Test, officials from both local districts reported.
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SCHOOLS & KIDS Local schools top last year's test scores Mountain View schools scored better than the rest of the state on the California Standards Test, officials from both local districts reported.
Read the full story here http:/... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 26, 2011 at 1:11 pm There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 26, 2011 at 1:11 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Back to school: more students, more choices Mountain View elementary and middle schools are taking on more students this year and adding to their course offerings, and the local high school district is remaining about t... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 25, 2011 at 3:20 pm There have been 7 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 26, 2011 at 10:38 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS So hard to say goodbye It's not easy to let go, as Theuerkauf Elementary School kindergartner Justin, 5, and his dad BJ discovered Monday in teacher Leslie McClellan's room. All around the Mountain ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 23, 2011 at 10:55 pm There have been 3 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 25, 2011 at 6:27 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Girls' Middle School leaves Mountain View Twelve years after it first opened its doors on Rengstorff Avenue, the Girls' Middle School is moving from Mountain View to a new location in Palo Alto.
Read the full story h... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 23, 2011 at 2:13 pm There have been 6 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 23, 2011 at 7:48 pm.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Local district produces more college-ready grads than county, state Seniors from Mountain View and Los Altos high schools graduated at higher rates last year than their peers in the county and throughout the state, and a greater percentage of ... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 19, 2011 at 2:51 pm There have been 5 comments on this topic, the most recent on Aug 20, 2011 at 9:53 am.
SCHOOLS & KIDS Homework: quality, not quantity The head of the local elementary and middle school district said that there will not be a major overhaul of the homework policy, despite recent moves from other school distric... READ MORE/COMMENT Posted by Editor, Mountain View Voice Online, on Aug 16, 2011 at 5:44 am There has been 1 comment on this topic, the most recent on Aug 16, 2011 at 5:44 am.
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