The Santa Clara County Board of Education taps a former Sacramento-area area educator—by way of El Paso—to succeed Charles J. Weis.
Leslie Crane, the longtime district principal who has been at Blach since 2006, told LASD of her decision before the winter break.
Cohen is a three-sport athlete, active in service clubs, and is now working on ServeSurfer, an application to make it easier to find service opportunities at Los Altos High School.
The Pinewood school physical education teacher, who was head coach at Palo Alto High School 2008-09 also has owned the Linsanity domain name since 2010.
Boys team get first league title in 16 years and faces Harker Tuesday night.
Students will compete for the prestigious $2,500 scholarships awarded across the country.
St. Francis, Homestead, Harker, Paly, they're all there, and more. The public is invited to witness some pretty fierce competition among 20 local schools.
Monday's agenda includes discussion of long-term capital needs, including a facility for Bullis Charter School and the timing of a possible bond election.
Foothill women's basketball score a Friday night road victory, 86-76.
The Los Altos High School Cheer Team, which utterly dominated the regional competition last month in Antioch, raising money to go to nationals in Southern California by collecting your old computer stuff.
A memorial service at Foothill is planned Feb. 11 for popular head coach, Doug Boyett, who died Friday of undisclosed causes.
Amid charges of conflicts of interest, a decision on Wednesday could place two Bullis Charter School critics in same district, or cut up their districts.
The Covington multi-purpose room was packed with concerned parents from both the district and BCS at a special board meeting where the district voted to approve its preliminary offer to the charter school for its facilities.
Emotions ran high, and the room was packed. In the end, Monday night, the Los Altos School Board voted to approve a preliminary facilities offer to Bullis Charter School that BCS leadership—and its principal, strongly dislike.
The Los Altos school district's proposal to split the charter school's campuses between the Egan and Blach campuses meets anger.
The 32-page draft offer letter to the Bullis Charter School includes facilities for K-6 grades at Egan Jr. High School and 7-8 grades at Blach Intermediate School.
Jin Pan is among the top 40 of the almost 2,000 students who entered Intel's national science competition.
From the seats of Chester F. Awalt Gymnasium last Friday, an alumnus and sports writer reminisces about the recently departed basketball coach, in the days before the shot clock.
The school board forms ad-hoc committees to build relationships, and reviews the forecast for the proposed state budget's impact.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Office opened its doors to Chinese schools around the Bay Area for an afternoon of calligraphy and crafts.
On Monday night, the Los Altos School Board will discuss who might represent them in ad hoc committee meetings with Bullis Charter School and with the county board of education.
Boys soccer winless after Friday night battle with Gunn and loss to Mountain View earlier.
The decision by the state's highest court means the Los Altos School District must change how it assesses what is "reasonably equivalent" space when it offers Bullis Charter School facilities for the coming school year.
Montclaire Elementary and Cupertino Middle schools benefit, along with the rest of CUSD, through Great Schools Grocery Day.
Here's the letter of response from the Santa Clara County Board of Education to 136 parents who asked for open meetings discussing expectations of Bullis Charter School's charter.
A plea for help, and an invitation to hear first hand, how decisions affect the school community, moves board.
Los Altos parents are a microcommunity at odds and there are more pressing matters at hand, Trustee Craig Mann tells parent.
Seeking better understanding and to build relations, Los Altos School Board wants to reach out to the county Board of Education and Bullis Charter School for regular meetings.
Artist mom transforms a drab expanse of wall, finding inspiration in Los Altos' apricot heritage, and in Santa Rita Elementary School's current-day diversity.
The Los Altos School Board holds its first meeting of 2012 with updates about the mid-year budget picture, and several programs.
Show off your holiday lights and enter our nationwide contest. Your decorating could garner $100,000 for Los Altos public schools.
'Tis the season to be colorful and light up your house for a chance to win $100,00 for public schools in Los Altos. Today's the last day to enter the contest.
While some schools are completely doing away with textbooks in favor of computers, Waldorf School of the Peninsula bans them from the classroom and discourages their use at home, as well.
Los Altos Boys Basketball faces Silver Creek High School in San Jose.
'Reverse instruction,' from PhET to Khan Academy to Connexions, some argue that these innovations 'give teachers room to go deeper.'
Eagles come up with a 4-3 decision at the Palo Alto Winter Classic Saturday.
Online stationery company offers a way to support schools with purchases made between now and New Year's Day.
Laura Casas Frier is vice president of the board of trustees.
Get those LEDs or whatever you have in the attic! It's time to string and place the reindeer props—all in the name of being able to benefit your schools!
Steven Taglio was sworn in Monday, Dec. 5 as the interim trustee to fill the spot of outgoing trustee Margot Harrigan.