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r LASD/MVLA. He noted that the unanimous vote was after the Committee had spent numerous hours reviewing different options for two and a half years and arriving at the conclusion that the only viable solution was for the Town to form their own district. Radford reviewed the two options favored by the PEC for redistricting: Option A- Los Altos Hills K-8 that would feed into one high school: PAUSD for 9-12; and, Option B- Los Altos Hills K-12 with students attending high school of choice based on Inter-District Transfers. Option A: Los Altos Hills K-8 plus Palo Alto Unified School District high school. Radford offered that this option would provide autonomy for K-8 and eliminate the boundary line for high school, allowing all children to go to one high school. This had been contemplated by the Education Code and was referred to as a Thompson style opt- out unification. The majority of the Public Education Committee favored this option and the draft resolution before Council reflected this proposal. Option B: Los Altos Hills K-12. This option called for a Los Altos Hills high school to be formed within five years. During the interim, students would have the option to choose their high school and the LAH district would rely on agreements with the PAUSD and MVLA. Inter-District Transfer terms would be negotiated before reaching the State Board of Education as part of the Reorganization Plan. Radford acknowledged that the PEC had also supported this option but it was their second choice. • Radford reviewed the steps in the redistricting process that included: 1) City Council resolution delivered to the Santa Clara County Office of Education where the staff would thoroughly investigate the Town's "nine criteria" for redistricting; 2) the County Committee on School District Organization convenes multiple hearings in the affected districts and then votes to approve or reject the request for redistricting; 3) if the County Committee approved the request, the approved resolution would be sent to the State Board of Education where additional hearings would be convened. If the County Committee rejected the resolution, a petition signed by 25% of the registered Town's voters would move the resolution forward to the State Board for their consideration. If the State Board of Education approved the request, they would issue a ballot number and the identify the designated area to be reorganized (Los Altos Hills)that would vote on the reorganization in the next election. A majority vote would be required to pass the measure and the new district would become effective in July of the following year. In conclusion, Radford stated that Bullis-Purissima school had been closed for three years and during that time the Council and Committee had pursued every feasible option to return public education to the Town. He suggested that the only remaining viable solution was for Council to approve a resolution to be delivered to the County Committee requesting their direction and guidance. Radford noted that time was of the essence in moving the resolution through the process to ultimately be voted on by the residents at the November 2007 election. If the ballot measure was successful, Bullis would reopen as a Los Altos Hills school in 2008. • 6 City Council Meeting Minutes March 23,2006