Wednesday, May 16, 2012
LGUSD trustees unanimously vote to suspend a previous motion to relocate school's 170 students to R. J. Fisher Middle School.
All but a few of the 200 people gathered at Daves Avenue Elementary School for the Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday night erupted in applause after its members ostensibly voted to keep the Lexington Elementary School project alive. The 5-0 vote authorized the district to allow engineering consultants to respond to guidance and findings presented by the California Geological Survey during a meeting between the agency, consultants and LGUSD representatives on May 11. The board also unanimously approved the suspension of a motion made on April 24 to proceed with interim housing for Lexington students at Fisher Middle School pending the response from CGS regarding new model testing. Before trustees voted, …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Los Gatos Union School District trustees meet at 5 p.m., Tuesday, May 15 at Daves Avenue Elementary School cafeteria, 17770 Daves Ave.
The Los Gatos Union School District Board of Education meets at 5 p.m., tonight, Tuesday, May 15 in the Daves Avenue Elementary School cafeteria, 17770 Daves Ave., to discuss the following issues:
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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I have some observations and a question I would like the Los Gatos Union School District Board of Education to answer. Lexington has survived a Civil War, Two World wars, depressions, recessions, wildfires, landslides, floods, and earthquakes – and is one of the best public schools in California. Removing this school from its current location would be unconscionable and irresponsible. Don’t allow this humble, hand-crafted, historic train to go over a cliff. Unless you put the brakes on, it is going to fall into The Court of Public Opinion and a Court of Law. Bonds B and E are contracts between Los Gatos citizens and the board. For a contract to be valid there must be a “meeting of the minds.” The meeting of the minds between Los Gatos …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Los Gatos Union School District trustees heard from District staff and parents about the costs and effects of moving Lexington students to Fisher.
After lengthy public comment and discussion about geological hazards, Los Gatos Union School District trustees voted Tuesday evening to relocate Lexington Elementary School students to R.J. Fisher Middle in the fall. Trustees, however, said they would revisit the matter at their May 15 meeting. LGUSD Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Leslie Paulides called the move an interim housing solution for the approximate 170 students that currently attend Lexington and who will move to Fisher Middle School at the start of the 2012-13 school year. Paulides, LGUSD consultants Melinda Lum from HMC Architects and Rick Kramer from Kramer Project Development provided cost options for the interim housing. Paulides asked trustees to provide …
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Los Gatos Union School District trustees meet at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 1.
The Los Gatos Union School District Board of Education meets at 6 p.m., tonight, Tuesday, May 1 in the R. J. Fisher Middle School cafeteria, 19195 Fisher Ave. to discuss the following issues:
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Board of Education to revisit decision to move students to Fisher Middle School on May 15 after a meeting with the California Geological Survey.
The Division of the State Architect’s Office will not approve the controversial construction of a new Lexington Elementary School at its present site until the California Geological Survey issues a final acceptance letter, an attorney representing the Los Gatos Union School District said Tuesday evening. Glenn Gould, with the Dannis Woliver Kelley statewide education law firm, made the explanation to a packed audience in the Raymond J. Fisher Middle School multipurpose room after LGUSD trustees voted April 10 to close the Old Santa Cruz Highway campus in June and relocate its 170 K-5 students to Fisher next August due to geological concerns related to the site. And because the district has received information about hazardous conditions at…
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
An en-masse 'test drive' from Lexington School to Fisher Middle School is planned early Tuesday morning.
This morning, at 7:50 a.m., a group of Lexington Elementary School parents will participate in a "test drive" of the new route that their children will be asked to navigate to get to their new location at Fisher Middle School next August. The drive, however, won't be done happily, as the parents will be protesting an April 10 vote by Los Gatos Union School District trustees to discontinue investing in Lexington's reconstruction project. According to parent Jeff Herr, the group will leave Lexington to come down Highway 17 and enter Los Gatos at the Highway 9 exit. From there, they will turn right to Los Gatos Boulevard, then left and head to Roberts Road where they will turn left and drive to the district office parking lot, which is next …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
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The decision to close Lexington Elementary School seems to be based on fear rather than fact. The geo-technical consultant tells the Los Gatos Union School District Board of Education that he has never worked on a project this difficult before and that he cannot guarantee geotechnical approval from the California Geological Survey (CGS) to rebuild. The board hears this and votes to close Lexington permanently. If one reads the latest letter, dated March 27, 2012, from CGS to the geo consultant, it is easy to see that the consultant is in over his head. CGS asks for a large number of corrections to be made because the consultant has misinterpreted the data and CGS asks for clarifications of other data presented. The school board should get …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
April 10 decision by the Los Gatos Union School District Board of Trustees to close Lexington violates the rights the Mountain community, students.
I live in the Los Gatos Mountains and I am really concerned about the decision made April 10, 2012 by the Board of Education of the Los Gatos Union School District. I'm reaching out to you to help us save Lexington Elementary School, which has served our community for 150 years. The board does not have any clear plan for the future of these students other than a one-year perspective. The housing the board is providing us has so many issues that violate the right of our kids: Lack of space, play area, restroom, library, lunchroom, parking area and much more. I deeply believe there is someone out there who can help our kids, the kids that have a love for their community, and the first-graders who cried together when they heard they are …
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Los Gatos Union School District trustees unanimously vote to stop funding campus reconstruction project after learning that the California Geological Survey wanted additional information for the site.
Before an emotionally charged room of 300 people at Fisher Middle School Tuesday night, the Los Gatos Union School District board of trustees voted unanimously to discontinue investments in the Lexington Elementary School reconstruction project. The decision was based off a letter sent by the California Geological Survey on March 27 that the agency would require more information regarding the proposed rebuild site before it could approve the project. “The unfortunate aspect of that is that we are not sure we can come back with a positive outcome,” said Mike Kleams, a geotechnical engineer with Pacific Crest Engineering. “We are being required by CGS to use such conservative assumptions that we believe it’s unlikely that we are going to be …
Bonnie Westman
3:24 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Thanks Michelle and Peggy for answering my questions. I know that a lot of LG parents wanted to know the answers to these questions! more ›