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LASD Trustees Agree to Wait 1-year+ on Move Egan...

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2019/04/26

Hear the Los Altos School District trustees explain why they agree that on April 29 they will effectively vote NO on the tentative 10-year agreement with the Bullis Charter School. This podcast is last 30 minutes of the April 25, 2019, Los Altos School District special board meeting. You can hear them pullback that Prop 39 offer crafted this past January. That offer would place BCS not only on Egan and Blach as they are now, but add space at Loyola. It would include true reasonably equivalent

30:39

What the LASD Trustees think about the 10-year...

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2019/04/12

After hearing 42 persons give public comment on the proposal - with only 3 speakers supporting the proposal as written - the trustees explain their current thinking of the pros and cons of the 10-year proposal. Only Trustee Vladamir Ivanovic is totally nay!. The crowd cheered and applauded his pugnacious fighting words again and again.Here are some time markers for you 0:15 Trustee Steve Taglio 4:00 Trustee Vladamir Ivanovich - with much rabble rousing crowd participation 12:45 Trustee Shali

01:28:33

Opposition to Moving Egan to 10th site - Hear the...

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2019/04/12

Location: LASD Covington MPR, the evening of Ap 8, 2019, a board meeting. Here are 42+ Los Altos School District residing individuals - mainly LASD parents - telling LASD Trustees what they think of the proposed 10-year agreement to place Bullis Charter School exclusively on the Egan campus starting 2023 - 2025. The proposal stipulates that almost 3 acres along San Antonio would be carved out for teacher housing. The students in the existing Egan attendance area would MOVE to a brand new campus

03:10

LASD Trustee Vladamir Ivanovich's remarks Sept. 10,...

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2018/09/15

Audio Summary: Trustee Ivanovich's remarks at the board meeting...'I have many BCS parents as friends...every charter child costs the district $4000...there will be from half a school to 1 1/2 school of NEW students in NEC within 20 years...Margaret Abe-Koga violated norms when she introduced the idea to move Egan...All this noise in the community about being fiscally conservative is just BCS trying to prevent us from buying the 10th site so it will not be possible to put BCS on it. They are being

01:47

LASD Bryan Johnson's remarks Sept. 10, 2018

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2018/09/15

Audio Summary: Trustee Johnson's remarks at the board meeting...'Why does BCS [ aka the confidential 5-year agreement negotiation team] say a brand new facility 1/2 mile from the charter unthinkable? Why do BCS negotiators on that team say [in confidence] that would like to grow to 1800? Why is this BCS unwilling to move to Kohls, yet some BCS individuals are willing to start a new charter school there? They are so untransparent.' About 3 minutes. Lalahpolitico: And why is Bryan Johnson leaking

07:03

LASD Trustee Sangeeth Peruri's remarks Sept. 10, 2018

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2018/09/15

Audio Summary: Trustee Peruri's divisive remarks at the board meeting...'It is regrettable that the years of great cooperation between Lasd and BCS seem to be over. They told the demographer their growth plans, and now we asked them to present them to us. But they won't. So secretive and untransparent. There are dire effects on District families and on BCS families of this 'unplanned' growth. special needs...costs of reconfiguring schools...2-3 schools will close... ' About 6 minutes. Notice: I

02:25

LASD Trustee Jessica Speiser's remarks Sept. 10, 2018

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2018/09/15

Audio Summary: Trustee Speiser's remarks at the board meeting...'Along with Shali Sirkay I marketed Measure N with the number #1 emphasis on a solution to the 10 schools on 9 sites issue...to get a permanent home for BCS...any bond leftovers would go to the other schools. It is so disappointing BCS won't discuss their growth plan. Did we try to talk to BCS about this? There was a letter?' About 3 minutes. Notice: I present the LASD Trustees remarks -- probably scripted and rehearsed -- in toto so

02:36

LASD Trustee Steve Taglio on BCS Growth Sept.10, 2018

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2018/09/15

Audio Summary: Trustee Taglio's remarks at the board meeting... 'Measure N was supposed to solve the issue of 10 schools on 9 sites...I can't afford to run 10 District Schools...given that I can't change the structure of the 9 schools, the only thing I can move is the Charter.' About 2 minutes. Notice: I present the LASD Trustees remarks -- probably scripted and rehearsed -- in toto so you can hear them unfiltered for yourself. Lalahpolitico is so disappointed that in reaction to the tough

56:50

Hear the Community Discussion about a New Los Altos...

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2018/09/12

Highlights of the Sept. 7, 2018 meeting hosted by the Community Coalition of Los Altos, CA, about the local effort to build a brand new Los Altos Library building on the footprint where the current one stands today. Nancy Iwamoto, our Head Librarian at the Los Altos branch of SCCL, spoke for about 30 minutes about the history of library facilities in Los Altos, about the current library programs at the main library and about gaps in programs and facilities at the main library. Cindy Hill, a

59:18

Lasd 10th Site Task Force, 08/272018 Part1

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2018/08/31

In the first hour of the 2 part meeting, there was a public comment from a spokesperson representing about 100 Almond parents. They are opposing the idea of moving Egan Jr. High to the Kohls site. Then Task Force members reintroduced themselves to each other. There had been a 2-month gap from the prior meeting. There was a tense discussion of whether a District neighborhood school on the 10th site would be "equitable." There was a difference of opinion about whether there was better data on equity

01:09:02

Lasd 10th Site Task Force, 08/272018 Part2

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2018/08/31

In the second half of the public meeting Manny Barbera asked member to ask any remaining questions , to advocate for specific option - neighborhood school, charter school, Egan Jr. high move, then to vote, then to comment on the vote. Five of eight in attendance voted to site the charter. Hardly the consensus the District trustees had hoped for. As a second choice, 7 of 8 voted for a neighborhood school

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