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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJune 5Education Committee Meeting Minutes Town Hall Council Chambers 26379 Fremont Road Los Altos Hills, CA 94022 Friday, June 5, 2009 4:00 p.m. TELECONFERENCE LOCATION: 2200 Geng Road Palo Alto, California Meeting was called to order at 4:04pm Roll Call: Bart Carey Absent Irena Halsey Present Lee Hartley Arrived 4:09pm Anne Marie Gallagher Present Duncan MacMillan Present John Radford Present (left 4:39pm) Eric Ramberg Present via teleconference Susan Stark Absent Dean Warshawsky Present Committee Member Reports: Gardner Bullis attendance projections that were provided by Tim Justus and Erica Gilbert to Jean Mordo were shared with the committee. John Radford expressed concern over projected declining Kindergarten enrollment at GB. John Radford moved to approve the minutes. The motion was seconded by Duncan MacMillan and approved 7-0. Peter Evans from the Town’s Environmental Initiatives Committee discussed the idea of bussing for area public schools. Palo Alto students pay $440/child/semester for transportation. Perhaps the town could obtain seed funding from a federal grant to begin a program in Los Altos Hills. Unclear whether this would be a specific-school bus program or a community bus. Lee Hartley, Anne Marie Gallagher and Susan Stark were designated to ascertain interest levels in such a program in the GB, BCS and Nixon communities. Duncan MacMillan again brought up the idea of recapturing the “Fremont Hills” school site for public use (perhaps a public school). He brought up three issues: 1) the property’s zoning; 2) the contract btwn PAUSD and Pinewood; and 3) whether the Town has any power over changing the current use agreement. Duncan brought copies of the lease agreement to show the timeline and where there are opportunities for change. Communication with Debbie Pedro regarding the Town’s Master Plan was shared with the Committee. Next steps are for Dean to gather information from Carl Cahill and the city attorney for the Ed Committee to review. Future agenda items are BCS-LASD negotiations and the Fremont Hills site. The July meeting was cancelled. The meeting was adjourned at 5:19pm.