The Mountain View Los Altos Union High District oversaw significant construction and demolition on the Mountain View and Los Altos high school campuses over the summer, adding new classrooms for the 2021-2022 school year.
Organizers of the recall campaign against Cupertino Union School District board member Lori Cunningham have gathered 2,000 signatures to date, short of the 11,000 signatures required by Oct. 4 to call a special election.
The Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District Board of Trustees is scheduled at its Sept. 27 meeting to hear an update on efforts to introduce ethnic studies courses.
Students faced several challenges during the pandemic, particularly those who speak English as a second language.
The MVLA Parent Education Speaker Series kicks off later this month with a focus on paying for higher education. Ron Lieber is scheduled to speak 7 p.m. Sept. 28 on “The Price You Pay for College: An Entirely New Road Map.”
The pandemic has forced many of us to find creative ways to gather while practicing safe, social distancing. For me and my husband, being locked down with our three teenage boys, two dogs and a backyard pool and cabana construction project was both wonderful and trying.
Started nine years ago by a group of Bullis Charter School community members, Bullis Boosters Summer Bridge Camp underwent a leadership transfer this year.
Local school districts have continued to see a steady trickle of community-acquired COVID cases, and at a Los Altos School Board of Trustees meeting last month the board voted to go further than state requirements and require masks on campus outdoors as well as indoors when not eating.
Threatened with legal action, the Foothill-De Anza Community College District is moving from an at-large election system to one divided into five trustee areas. Now the FHDA Board of Trustees is soliciting the public’s help in determining how the boundaries are drawn.
Mentor Tutor Connection hosts info session
Living in the competitive environment that is Silicon Valley, Los Altos residents and parents Priya Dharan and Anusuya Rao noticed how many students in the area were singularly focused on college admissions – obsessing over test scores and GPAs rather than the skills necessary to succeed in …
If you strolled through Los Altos Hills’ Byrne Preserve this summer, you may have stumbled across Los Altos High School sophomore Farida Abdelhak at work alongside a trail. The Los Altos resident spent part of her break identifying invasive species for a research project studying the impact …
As I prepare to get my daughter ready for her first day of preschool, I wonder: “Is she ready? Am I ready? Will she be OK?” I think every parent’s mind ponders such questions when it comes to transitions in our lives, especially when it relates to our children and new beginnings.
Living in the competitive environment that is Silicon Valley, Los Altos residents and parents Priya Dharan and Anusuya Rao noticed how many students in the area were singularly focused on college admissions – obsessing over test scores and GPAs rather than the skills necessary to succeed in …
Mentor Tutor Connection hosts info session
Santa Clara County’s collection of youth mental health services will soon get a new addition, the result of a burgeoning partnership between the county and the nonprofits Project Safety Net and Momentum for Health.
The Mountain View Whisman School District had an opportunity to stress-test its COVID protocols during the first three days of school last week as infections acquired in the community appeared on campuses.
The masks may be staying on, but for the first time in nearly 18 months, the vast majority of local students are returning to school campuses for full days of face-to-face classes.
Sixty pairs of red shoes charge toward you like a herd of rampant, thundering elephants. Red boa feathers fly off the necks of eager students with outstretched hands, a swarm of red heading toward a sea of white.
With the continuation of the COVID pandemic and concerns of the delta variant on the rise in California, the State Assembly last month passed a bill requiring school districts to offer a remote independent study option for the 2021-2022 school year.
The pandemic has posed challenges to volunteering for the Mountain View-Los Altos Service League of Boys, but the members have persevered and expanded their organization despite it.
When Reiko Wald and her team started building their go-kart, things didn’t go smoothly at first. Pieces kept coming apart and the steering wheel would only turn in one direction. However, when they raced their finished vehicle Thursday, they were the fastest go-kart in the competition.
The Los Altos Police Department is teaming up with the Los Altos School District for the second Pack the Patrol Car fundraiser, which provides school supplies to children in need.
During an unconventional year, schools, companies, sports programs and many other organizations have struggled to tackle the challenge of shifting their usual schedules to an online version that fulfills the same purpose.
Back-to-school shopping season is underway, but the annual ritual can be a challenge for low-income families, especially after the financial hardship brought on by the pandemic. Community Services Agency tried to help fill the gap with a back-to-school giveaway event last weekend.
New classroom buildings at Mountain View and Los Altos high schools are set to be ready for students and teachers to use when the school year starts this fall, as the Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District wraps up the first phase of its bond-funded construction projects.