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4.6 Approval of 2006-2007 Agreement for Information Technology Services— Resolution 8-07 4.7 Acceptance of the Moody Road Pathway Project Segment#lA Resolution 9-07 4.8 Approval of Request for One-Year Extension of Tentative Map, Lands of JFLP Partnership,27361 Altamont Road. File#200-04-IS-ND-TM-GD 5. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 5.1 Town Goals 5.1.1 Public Education: Bring the Future of Public Education to a Vote Mayor Warshawsky provided a brief overview of the Town's negotiating team's recent meeting with Los Altos School District Superintendent Tim Justus and LASD School Board President Bill Cooper. Mayor Warshawsky, John Radford and Bart Carey had met with the LASD representatives on March 6, 2007 as a follow up to their earlier discussions held in February. Warshawsky believed the meeting had been productive and informative. Warshawsky highlighted the key elements of their two hour discussion. They included: 1) Superintendent Justus reported that the District was committed to opening Bullis- Purissima School with a K-3 and adding an additional grade each year. If the enrollment warranted additional classes they would be added sooner. He was remaining flexible. 2) The concept of Trusteeships by geography was broached by the negotiating team. Warshawsky believed that additional information on the topic was needed by the Town's negotiating team to have a thorough understanding of the issue and the process for pursuing this approach for representation on the District's Board. Board President Bill Cooper opposed the idea of geographical representation. 3) The final issue of discussion at the meeting was location of the Bullis Charter School at Bullis-Purissima. Superintendent Justus was in opposition to the proposal for several reasons. They included: The Bullis Charter School charter was under the jurisdiction of the County, not the District; he did not believe that locating BCS at Bullis-Purissima was a viable solution to the neighborhood school issue that was being resolved by the District with the reopening of Bullis-Purissima school; the Bullis Charter School was not a true public school; and, it was not a solution amenable to everyone. President Cooper did not believe that the bond previously passed had stipulated the use of bond funds for a charter school. The District representatives suggested that BCS would have to relinquish some of their independence to be located at the Bullis-Purissima campus. • Warshawsky summarized several of the key elements that he brought away from the meeting. The Town could potentially sponsor discussions between the District and the 3 City Council Meeting Minutes March 8,2007