When the kids texted them. All students were safe and they gave the all clear just after 12 30 pm. San jose Elementary Schools could be on the chopping block. Skyhigh real estate prices could be to ble. Live at doug hill el thelocatio close. Reporter last week Evergreen School Board Members voted to move forward with the plan that could potentially shutdown or consolidate three of their schools. The district has been losing students at a steady pace for years. And now they are faced with tough choices. Alicia marquez transferred her child to dove hill elementary. The school was spacious and did not seem crowded. I like how the classes are not so compact. There are smaller classrooms. Pay attention to the kids more. That is probably the problem. Reporter School Districts that dove hill has fewer than 300 kids. When it has capacity for five or 600. Same thing at laurelwood elementary. 291 students for a campus that can hold twice as many. Enrollment in the Evergreen School district has b
Good evening. Devon joins us now live at minetta san jose where the parking lots were completely fooled this holiday weekend. Passengers had to do some scrambling. Reporter that is exactly right. The airport has nearly 10,000 parking spots. It wasnt enough this weekend. The problem appears to be getting worse. For nearly 9 hours on saturday every single spot in every single san jose airport was completely full. Leaving departing passengers scrambling to find offsite parking or risk missing their flights. Every time i come here i only have an hour range before my flight starts. If i came here and there is no part spot. I could not imagine that. It is going to be disruptive. Reporter the airport acknowledges his growth has outpaced parking. The situation that passengers find troubling. Ive been coming out here long enough now that i remember when it was much smaller than this. I think it has grown far greater than anyone imagined. Reporter they at roughly 14. 3 million passengers in 2018
Columbus day holiday in this district. I did graduate from the school back in 1993, so i really enjoyed being here and hopefully my son could graduate here as well. Reporter but there is a big problem. The School District has lost 2,500 students over the last few years. Our School Districts have faced an enrollment crisis. I will call it a crisis. The cost of living has pushed many of our families out. Reporter dr. Amy flores took over in july and was immediately tasked with overseeing the closure of two schools by next year because they dont have enough students to sustain them. Why the exodus . Dr. Florez says a few families are choosing charter schools. District data says most are leaving the district all together. She knows the reason for the move. I can tell you i have sticker shock every day whether its food, services, san jose is extremely expensive. And its difficult for families to raise their children here. Reporter this has been a longterm discussion in the evergreen School
It was confusing and convenient. Everyone seems to agree a bit of a mess. What about the next time . There is a limit to how precise you can be with that. The longterm fixes needed to solve this problem and the other weaknesses that might have been exposed last week. The major change coming to public schools. The idea let students get more sleep. Julia is in pleasanton tonight. Reporter the goal is to help students get more sleep and help improve their grades. Some kids are arriving to school before 7 30 am for an a period. They have more classes and afterschool activities. They are getting less sleep. Reporter the sound that starts the school day. And for some too early. Are you guys tired when you come to school . Yes reporter students weighing in on a later start time. Im probably for the later start time. I like to sleep in. Keep it the way it is. There is a lot of research that supports the later start. Reporter the law mandates the School Start Time no later than 8 30 am for high
Going to be a great day. Nice Cool Temperatures there to start with some upper 50s, leading into some mid70s for the middle of the day, but it will be heating up in some of our east bay valleys reaching the low ninds. Mike youre looking at a great commute. More schools coming online. You called out san lorenzo and nearby union city, new haven as well. That will be a factor on the surface streets. Pd over there warned about hillsborough also starting, smaller kids walking across, a little tougher to see but so far, green sensors all around the bay. Good flow, holding steadth the slowing pittsburg and bay point for highway 4 and a little build, a little more traffic and a tiny bit of slowing through the walnut creek interchange and highway 24 toward the caldecott. The bay bridge toll plaza has your backup, because the metering lights are on. Look at this, only at 23 minutes, not even a half hour from highway 4, the upper east shore freeway to the backup at the bay bridge. Back to you. Th