SCHOOLS & KIDS
Bonds will help upgrade local schools
Some elementary and middle school classrooms in the Mountain View Whisman school district are more than 50 years old and obviously need to be renovated or replaced.
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on May 15, 2012 at 11:11 pm by Parent of Student at Whisman, a resident of the Gemello neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
MVWSD wants Your remodel to pay for Their remodel
Anyone notice that the school board recently increased Developer Fees on residential construction and reconstruction to $2.13/sq ft?
See the statement below from the distri... |
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on May 15, 2012 at 4:47 pm by district insider, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
School bond measure near approval
The Mountain View Whisman School District board appears poised to move forward on a $198 million bond measure to pay for safety and facilities improvements at local elementary... |
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on May 13, 2012 at 4:22 pm by MV 1980, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New classrooms coming to local high schools
The local high school district is set to break ground this week on three classroom buildings, the largest of the Measure A bond projects passed in 2010. Twenty-four new classr... |
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on May 11, 2012 at 12:05 pm by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Judge halts challenge language to school district bond
A judge with the Santa Clara County Superior Court has stopped a local man's legal action against Mountain View's elementary- and middle-school district, an official with the ... |
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on May 9, 2012 at 1:59 pm by Marlene, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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Kids sing on the big stage
When they take the stage Monday night, the young singers of Mountain View's elementary and middle school choruses will be stepping out onto hallowed ground -- assuming the kid... |
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on May 3, 2012 at 6:38 pm by Enough Already, a resident of the Cuernavaca neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
2,000 miles on a bike
As she approaches her 70th year, Pam Perkins is gearing up for the ride of her life -- a 2,000-mile, 40-day bicycle ride up the Mississippi River from Louisiana to Minnesota.
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on May 2, 2012 at 11:43 am by Linda Gelpke, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Testing for the test
There are still some kinks to be worked out, administrators with the Mountain View Whisman School District said, but the practice tests teachers have been using to prepare stu... |
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on Apr 24, 2012 at 10:05 am by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Testing to the test
There are still some kinks to be worked out, administrators with the Mountain View Whisman School District said, but the practice tests teachers have been using to prepare stu... |
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on Apr 20, 2012 at 9:19 pm by Ned, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood |
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Young art students win scholarships
Nine elementary and middle school students from Mountain View were recently awarded a scholarship for the Community School of Music and Art for their "talent, dedication and f... |
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on Apr 19, 2012 at 4:43 pm by sean, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Twenty- One LAHS Students Go to Haiti
Olivia adds one last shovel of dirt to the wheel barrow. Flo and Amada on opposite ends power the dirt to the top of a steep slope. The payload almost exceeds their collec... |
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on Apr 18, 2012 at 2:10 pm by carlrbabb, a resident of another community |
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CHAC's Monique Kane named "Woman of the year"
It was by a stroke of good fortune that Monique Kane, just named "Woman of the Year" by state Sen. Joe Simitian, is where she is today. The director of Community Health Awaren... |
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on Apr 13, 2012 at 4:19 pm by Marti, a resident of the Martens-Carmelita neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New role for former city manager
There's a new group of government officials making decisions in Mountain View, and it has a very long name: the Downtown Revitalization Authority Successor Agency Oversight Co... |
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on Apr 12, 2012 at 4:49 pm by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
New teaching system a hit
With the first day of spring drawing near, Craig Goldman says there are signs all around that his school district has been re-energized. And though it is possible that the uns... |
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on Apr 12, 2012 at 4:03 pm by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood |
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When background checks miss the mark
How a Peninsula private school unknowingly hired a teacher with a decades-long history of child molestation allegations.
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on Apr 12, 2012 at 8:15 am by Steve, a resident of the Shoreline West neighborhood |
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'Renegade' robot aims for global domination
Renegade-the-robot is on a winning streak. The Mountain View High School robotics team piloted their latest machine, Renegade, to victory last weekend at a massive competition... |
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on Apr 7, 2012 at 4:19 pm by James, a resident of the Whisman Station neighborhood |
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District studies the value of A's and B's
Mountain View and Los Altos high school students may soon see significant shifts in the way teachers assess and grade their academic performance.
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on Apr 6, 2012 at 5:02 pm by Benefits, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
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Parents concerned over district's handling of Bubb incident
A pair of parents of students at Bubb Elementary School said that they thought the Mountain View Whisman School District could have alerted them sooner to the March 29 inciden... |
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on Apr 5, 2012 at 2:32 pm by Kari Lemons, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
No end to schools' battle over space
Another court ruling has been handed down in the years-long battle over classroom space between Bullis Charter School and the Los Altos School District. Yet, neither the chart... |
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on Apr 3, 2012 at 5:49 pm by Ron Haley, a resident of another community |
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Sketch released of 'stranger' who lunged at Bubb student
Police have released a composite sketch of the man they suspect lunged at a 9-year-old female Bubb Elementary School student this morning on the school's campus.
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on Apr 2, 2012 at 10:47 am by bubb rubb, a resident of the Castro City neighborhood |
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Sunnyvale teen set up in robbery
A Sunnyvale teen was mugged and robbed of $115 and a joint March 24, after being set up by a girl he thought was his friend, police said.
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on Mar 30, 2012 at 1:13 pm by mtnviewmom, a resident of the Sylvan Park neighborhood |
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District bond measure challenged
A politically active local man has gone to court to force the Mountain View Whisman School District to remove "misleading" language from literature in support of Measure G -- ... |
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on Mar 30, 2012 at 8:32 am by District Insider, a resident of the Blossom Valley neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Don't text and drive, teens urge
A group of students at Mountain View High School have launched a campaign aimed at getting their peers to put away their cell phones while behind the wheel.
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on Mar 28, 2012 at 11:20 am by Otto Maddox, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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PTAs oppose Bullis' quest to take over LASD campus
The heads of the PTAs and education foundation are asking parents to take a stand against closing any Los Altos District school to give the Bullis Charter School its own campu... |
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on Mar 28, 2012 at 10:54 am by dawn t, a resident of another community |
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Creativity thriving at Crittenden
On Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, Crittenden Middle School will stage "Willy Wonka," a musical adaptation of the famous Roald Dahl book, "Charlie and the Chocolate Fact... |
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on Mar 25, 2012 at 11:33 am by Liz Mabey, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood |
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