By Town Crier Staff
The Los Altos School District has scheduled a public hearing 7 p.m., today, in the Bullis-Purissima School Multiuse Room, 25890 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills.
The purpose of the public hearing is for the LASD’s Site Disposal Committee, also known as the “7-11 Committee,” to hear input from the public about acceptable community uses for the surplus Bullis School property.
The committee was formed by the board of trustees of the LASD, after the board decided not to operate Bullis as an elementary school next year. Their charge is to make a recommendation to the board regarding the disposal of the Bullis site.
Committee members include Los Altos Hills City Councilmember Breene Kerr; Bullis neighbor Scott Vanderlip; Los Altos Hills residents Kaye Loughmiller (also a school district teacher) and Jim Steiner; chamber of commerce executive Julie Rose; PTA representative Tammy White; Los Altos Educational Foundation representative Mark Goines; and district employees Becky Grayson, Marge Gratiot and Randy Kenyon. Mary Prochnow, a local real estate agent and president of the Los Altos Rotary Club, serves as the chairwoman.
The site is currently surplus, since the district can house its projected elementary school enrollment in its remaining six elementary schools for the next several years.
The open space areas of the site should be kept available for recreational use by the community.
The school buildings should be leased for uses acceptable under both the Education Code and Los Altos Hills zoning restrictions, with the objective of obtaining as much rental income as possible.
Because of Education Code requirements, the district should first offer the Bullis facilities to child-care or child development agencies and, at the same time, to the County Office of Education for special education uses.
The committee will consider public input on these tentative findings, before presenting their recommendation to the board of trustees at the June 16 meeting.
For more information, logon to the Los Altos School District’s Web site at www.losaltos.k12.ca.us.
