The Los Altos-Mountain View branch of the American Association of University Women is scheduled to kick off its membership year with a meeting focused on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math 3 p.m. Sunday at Neutra House, 181 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
Local middle school girls who attended the Grace Hopper Science Camp at Stanford University this summer – on scholarships provided by AAUW and the Los Altos Rotary and Kiwanis clubs – will discuss what they learned at camp.
The Los Altos School District Board of Trustees has scheduled open office hours 4-6 p.m. Thursday at the Los Altos Farmers’ Market on State Street and noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 27 at Hillview Community Center, 97 Hillview Ave., Los Altos.
One trustee will be available at each session to answer questions, receive input and discuss topics of interest to district residents.
The Living Classroom program seeks volunteers docents who enjoy working with students and appreciate nature.
Volunteer docents lead interactive, hands-on lessons to teach students the interconnectedness of the world. The program reaches all grade levels in the Los Altos School District and includes hands-on education in science, math and social studies. The program also serves schools in the Mountain View Whisman and Palo Alto Unified school districts.
Local schools could see a boost in their bandwidth next school year after the Santa Clara County Office of Education reported plans to connect districts via high-speed fiber-optic cable.
The project aims to connect most school districts in Silicon Valley to the Office of Education data center using dark fiber – the unused fiber-optic cable installed by companies to avoid costs of having to do it again when there is an additional need for fiber-optic cable.
The Mountain View-Los Altos High School Foundation raised nearly $1.6 million for local schools this year, the largest grant in the foundation’s 35-year history.
Funds raised go to the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District, where past MVLA grants have been used to reduce class sizes and fund Tutorial Centers, Innovative Learning grants, the AVID college readiness program for underserved students, wellness initiatives and enhancements to the College and Career Centers.
Los Altos School District salaries will see a boost after the board of trustees voted to approve a slate of increases for teachers and other staff.
Trustees authorized collective bargaining agreements with the California School Employees Association and the Los Altos Teachers Association in late April and early May. At a May 22 meeting, the board approved a comparable raise for staff not represented by the prior two agreements.
