For the first project of the new Girl Scout troop at Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos, co-troop leader Caroline Ouyang wanted her second-graders to start off on a good
Students at Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos first participated in the annual International Walk to School Day in 1998; more than two decades later, the tradition continues.
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School closures ‘back on the table’ after CUSD parcel tax fails
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Montclaire Elementary School in Los Altos reopened last month, above. Its district faces substantial financial challenges.
The Cupertino Union School District will once again consider permanently closing schools, along with a host of other impactful cuts, after voters rejected a parcel-tax proposal from the district last week.
Measure A would have levied a $398 annual tax on each parcel of land within CUSD’s boundaries, raising an estimated $14 million annually for the cash-strapped district. It needed two-thirds approval to pass but received only 59.34% support, as of the ballots counted by Monday afternoon (May 10) – more than 7 percentage points shy of the required margin.