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Los Altos School District — Raynor is just a Comp for Hillview?
Consideration of Raynor in Sunnyvale as a 10th site makes Hillview in Los Altos look like a bargain. A helpful reader, David Roode, found a City of Sunnyvale document about…
Los Altos School District still plans to send BCS to Sunnyvale
Raynor School vs. Bowman School. Neither is a real option for permanently locating our BCS high-performing public school asset. At the January 28 Los Altos School District board meeting, a lot of…
LASD to Vote for Prop 39 Preliminary Offer Tonight – Low Ball Opener
[Update Jan. 30 - THE OFFER. The LASD board reduced the Preliminary offer at tonight's special board meeting. Now there will be no new portables at Egan. The board says it will write…
Bullis Charter School Ken Moore Agrees to Egan-Blach split
Bullis Charter School’ s board president Ken Moore has agreed in principle to accept LASD’s Prop 39 split-campus offer plan, and to give up the request for Covington. He made the announcement at…
LASD Egan and Blach Schools – Before and After Bullis Charter School
The BCS board seems to be studying the Blach 2005 temporary camp as a guide for LASD on how to layout portables in the Prop 39 2013-14 offer. And also what territory…
LASD Superintendent Task Force – Deliverable is an Approach, not a Plan
The LASD Superintendent Task Force is looking like nothing more than a sequel to Pablo Luther’s facility committee study from 2011, before he was elected to the Board. Clearly being on one of these…
King Lear – A frugal Los Altos Community Center Master Plan
King Lear, former Mayor of Los Altos, wrote this letter to City Council. He attended the Jan. 12 City Council retreat where the goals for the year are set. One goal is…
Bullis Charter School Board – a former Obama administration appointee
Obama administration veteran joins BCS Board, LASD prepares its Prop 39 offer to put more burden on Blach, BCS parents crowd LASD meeting to denounce out-of-district school sites…
LASD Los Altos Superintendent’s Task Force – Where School Size Policy Comes From
The LASD Superintendent’s Task Force took a deep dive into capacity of our school sites vs. their current loading how attendance areas are determined the rationale for current school size policy At…
King Lear – A frugal Los Altos Community Center Master Plan
King Lear, former Mayor of Los Altos, wrote this letter to City Council. He attended the Jan. 12 City Council retreat where the goals for the year are set. One goal is to make decisions about the Los Altos Community Center Master Plan, aka our…
City Finances and the Los Altos City Council Candidates 2012
“GLOOM AND DOOM” IS REAL UNFORTUNATELY Let’s not stand in the rain – Who will lead us to shelter and a brighter day? The city faces enormous financial challenges. After CalPERS rates change, the city may face as much as $1M a year in ongoing…
Reader says – Where is Trusting Environment for the Public?
From the Daily Post, Oct. 29: [Los Altos] “Mayor Casas reveals a private email from candidate’s brother.” Brothers Ted and Jerry Sorensen, a city council candidate, want to develop a project on Main Street. Ted’s email to investors predicts all council candidates will favor two-…
Kultur View all
Please Unfriend Me – Los Altos Theatre Revie…
Too bad you missed the Saturday night world premiere of “The Friend Request – Please Unfriend Me.” Tim Burks, local amateur playwright by…
Bus Barn Theater roasts LASD Board and City …
Bus Barn Theatre presented its annual highly anticipated Follies production the nights of October 11, 12 and 13. The musical thespians roasted national, state…
Inside the Packard Foundation Building at La…
Did you miss the limited free tours of the chic, green, eye-catching Packard Foundation Building? Our photo-journal takes you inside. We took these fotos…
Faces - A Panel Discussion of Life in the Fi…
Update July 15: Live Video Feed Coming from Satura Cakes The video feed from downtown to the History Museum will GO LIVE. The…
Los Altos First Friday - May Flowers
Los Altos Forward organized a fun-filled Los Altos First Friday May Flowers Treasure Hunt on May 4th. Here are some pics. Here’s a partial…
Bikes with Step through Frames Trending Up -…
On the occasion of the annual Drive Less Challenge, April 22 – May 5, Los Altos Politico observes that bikes with step through frames…
Los Altos Newspaper Biz - Competition Works
Competition for readers arrived in the local Los Altos newspaper business a couple of years ago in the form of the online only…
Planning View all
Downtown Los Altos – City Sponsored Wayfarer Sign Excess
The agenda of the Thursday Dec. 6 Planning Commission includes an informational report on the downtown Los Altos Wayfarer Signs design and plan.…
Los Altos Planning Commission Approves 400 Main Street Project
On Thursday night, the Los Altos Planning Commission * approved the Morris Project at 400 Main (First and Main) with some conditions. There…
Schools View all
Consideration of Raynor in Sunnyvale as a 10th site makes Hillview in Los Altos look like a bargain. A helpful reader, David Roode, found a City…
Raynor School vs. Bowman School. Neither is a real option for permanently locating our BCS high-performing public school asset. At the January 28 Los Altos School District board…
[Update Jan. 30 - THE OFFER. The LASD board reduced the Preliminary offer at tonight's special board meeting. Now there will be no new portables at Egan. The board…
Bullis Charter School’ s board president Ken Moore has agreed in principle to accept LASD’s Prop 39 split-campus offer plan, and to give up the request for Covington.…
The BCS board seems to be studying the Blach 2005 temporary camp as a guide for LASD on how to layout portables in the Prop 39 2013-14 offer.…
LASD Superintendent Task Force – Deliverable is an Approach, not a Plan
Bullis Charter School Board – a former Obama administration appointee
LASD Los Altos Superintendent’s Task Force – Where School Size Policy Comes From
Parks & Rec View all
A New Committee is Born – Los Altos Public Arts
The Public Sculpture Committee members were originally appointed by the Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission. Public Sculpture…
Traffic View all
Homestead Trader Joe to Get Traffic Light
The Trader Joe’s shopping plaza at Homestead will be getting some much needed traffic improvements. If…
Council Wary of VTA El Camino Express Bus Plan
Letters View all
Reader says – Where is Trusting Environment for the Public?
From the Daily Post, Oct. 29: [Los Altos] “Mayor Casas reveals a private email from candidate’s…
Reader says – Anabel Pelham Los Altos Soft on VTA Bus Plan
Library View all
Los Altos Library – Funding Formula Tweaked – $68K more
UPDATE: Nov. 28, 2012 Jean Mordo, the City of Los Altos Hills member of the SCCL…
