Moms Talk Q&A
What Should We Do About Lexington Elementary School?
Los Gatos Union School District officials are looking at ways of addressing student growth since campuses are near capacity.
In the past several weeks, parents all over the Los Gatos Union School District have been talking about the Lexington Elementary School construction project and the ramifications of decisions about this project on all schools in the district. Everyone I’ve talked to agrees that the Lexington community deserves a new, safe school—I heard one parent describe “Lex” as “the stepchild of the district, always being pushed to the back burner.” From what I can gather, she’s right: the other three elementary schools, Blossom Hill, Daves and Van Meter, and Raymond J. Fisher Middle School were all upgraded using funds from the 2001 Measure B bond. By the time the Measure B plan was wrapping up, $5.5 million had been set aside to remodel Lexington …
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Dyan Chan
2:10 pm on Friday, October 21, 2011
Did you think Tuesday night's meeting was fun? I was so tired Wednesday I could hardly stand it. I don't think anyone should be mad at you. I actually don't think there is as much division as it seems. Most people believe Lexington needs to be rebuilt AND that we need to address capacity issues in the district. We just need to figure out how to solve both problems, not solve one at the expense of… more ›