Restoration of fields to follow

By Kathleen Acuff, Town Crier Staff Writer

Although the trustees of the Los Altos School District announced in February that they would consider both camp schools when choosing a site for Bullis Charter School’s second year of operation and, further, that they would consider renting unused space at both camps, they are not likely either to offer the Blach Intermediate School camp to the charter or to rent it as it now stands, Randy Kenyon, assistant superintendent for business services, said last week.

Trustees are expected to make a preliminary offer of the Egan Junior High School camp to the charter at their midmonth meeting, and district staff plan to proceed as scheduled to remove all unnecessary portables from the Blach campus and restore the soccer and playfields.

Work is expected to begin June 11, the day after school is out for the year. Because demand for the camp space is low, as few as five portables could remain on-site, Kenyon said. The district may rent those portables to child-care providers, he added.

The district has contracted with Beals Sport, which designed and handled the Egan field restoration, to design Blach’s new fields and irrigation system.

The temporary fencing around the Egan track is scheduled to come down March 7, making the infield available for use again.