Tamara Fagin recently returned to Los Altos and suggests reconfiguring to a K-5/middle school format—for academic reasons as well—siting BCS at Covington School and maintaining Los Altos School District offices there to foster more cross-pollination.
Bullis Charter School's anti-SLAPP motion apparently went nowhere, in a preliminary ruling was handed down by Judge Patricia Lucas Monday afternoon. BCS indicated it would not appear at a scheduled hearing to argue its points further.
Volunteer organization seeks to implement community-based solution to school facilities dispute.
It's Great Schools Grocery Day on Dec. 18 at Marina Food.
The nomination for the teacher who is a leader in tech among her peers provides a window to what excellence in education looks like—and gets you a visit from the San Francisco 49ers, too.
Mah, who was re-elected Nov. 6, represents Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills under the redrawn districts of the Santa Clara County Board of Education. Michael Chang is now vice president.
The Sixth District Court of Appeal denied both a stay of discovery and a petition to overturn Judge Patricia Lucas' discovery order and imposition of a penalty.
Los Altos School Board President Doug Smith responds to BCS' proposal for dialogue, saying meetings need to be public and the board can't go down the path of closed talks again.
The County Board of Education hopes to recover more than $950,000 in loan and interest, plus foreclose on a luxury condominium former Superintendent Charles Weis bought ...And the ceiling fan.The board wants the light fixtures and the ceiling fan back.
Los Altos School District staff has asked trustees to consider Tuesday sending a letter of interest in the Raynor Activity Center, next to Raynor Park, and across from Full Circle Farm.
Montclaire, West Valley, Stevens Creek, and Cupertino Middle School lost Internet service due to a car-versus-utility-pole accident.
BCS contends Los Altos School District's action is a harassing maneuver.
Public input is being sought on five scenarios for the Bullis Charter School's 2013-14 offer.
Bullis Charter School scored above 53 percent, and Loyola School 68.7 percent, numbers that are better than the state and county averages. Still, they leave plenty of room for improvement.
The newly refocused committee sounds a note for looking out for all public school kids in Los Altos Hills, describing building plans for the Palo Alto Unified School District and the committee's plans to issue a School Performance Report each year.
The School of Education Tuesday course offers a free-flowing, ambitious debate about education's digital future.
Xavier de la Torre, the new county superintendent of schools whose interest is in closing the achievement gap, appears as the district is wrestling the question of what space to offer the Bullis Charter School.
Facing a bigger Bullis, the Los Altos School District board opens the door to public comment Monday night, as the annual facilities request process begins with some startling news.
Incumbent Grace Mah beat off a challenge by Los Altos resident Dave Cortright for the seat on the county education board that has had its share of controversy this year.
Steve Taglio, Pablo Luther were elected. Amanda Burke-Aaronson trailed by nearly 10 points. Check back here for final election results.
BCS voted 7-0 to add a Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grades as an initial step.
A Political Action Committee, whose funders include Steve Jobs' wife, Laureen Powell Jobs and Netflix founder Reed Hastings, is waging an unprecedented campaign against incumbent Anna E. Song.
Appointments to the Task Force on Enrollment Growth, a vote on the Educational Blueprint, an overview of the API and AYP scores, a discussion on the library's new role, are among the night's business.
LASD candidate Vladimir Ivanovic said his continued candidacy would only help Amanda Burke-Aaronson's prospects.
Looking for scores? Los Altos Patch compiled a list of the school districts and schools that Los Altos and Los Altos students may attend. Look for our analysis story later, when we talk to education experts about what the scores mean.
Wednesday was International Walk to School Day! Show us your pictures of a great morning! Just upload them by clicking on the button just below.
There's still three more days — until Oct. 5— that participating local businesses will be giving a portion of sales to Cupertino Union School District schools.
The group of about 1,000 residents endorsed the Los Altos challenger over Palo Alto incumbent Grace Mah, in a district was reconfigured to include Los Altos and Los Altos Hills for the first time.
Parents are buzzing with excitement over the district's choice of the teacher who played a key role in the development of the school's Khan Academy use, and has a deep and varied background built over 18 years of teaching.
Bullis Charter School was seeking the court to compel the Los Altos School District to provide a campus next year, and to make it enter into negotiations for more space on the Egan Jr. High campus.
A public schools-focused group endorses two candidates in the four-way race for Los Altos School District Board of Trustees.
Thirty-three students from Gunn High School, 14 students from Homestead High School and one student who was home schooled, make up our public school lists of semi-finalists in the prestigious national program.
Editor of the school publication, the Talon, a member of the diving team, Libby is taking three AP courses and a has a national award from the National Council of Teachers of English.