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Minutes of the Los Altos Hills Education Committee
Special Meeting
March 27, 2013
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM by the Chair, Ms. Rose. Present were
committee members Jennifer Carlstrom, Duncan MacMillan, Bart Carey, Karen
Schuster and Heather Rose.
2. Los Altos Hills City Council member John Harpootlian was present as the
council liaison with the committee.
3. Guests in attendance included Francis LaPoll, John Swan, Eleanor Ling-Wong
and Henry Wong.
4. Karen Schuster was nominated as Secretary by Heather Rose. Jennifer
Carlstrom seconded; the motion carried.
5. Eleanor Ling-Wong and Henry Wong introduced themselves. They expressed
strong support for the Bullis Charter School educational program.
6. Francis LaPoll provided background on CACF and his roll in representing the
City of Los Altos Hills on CACF.
7. John Swan provided background on the LASD Growth Enrollment Task Force
and his roll in representing the City of Los Altos Hills on the Task Force.
8. All present did some brainstorming on possible locations for a public school
to be located in or near Los Altos Hills. The group identified several
possibilities, all of which need further study. Francis LaPoll brought up a key
point in how the City of Los Altos and LASD share the City Gym on Egan and
all the school fields for soccer. John Swan contributed expertise on
"partnership".
9. Duncan MacMillan distributed a draft article for "Our Town". Heather Rose
and Duncan agreed to work on an article based on the Enrollment Data for
2012-13 school year. New data includes for the first time 1) bond money
(used for capital improvements) and 2) parcel tax (used for day to day
operational funds).
10. The February 13, 2013 minutes were presented for approval. Duncan
MacMillan moved to approve as presented; Jennifer Carlstrom seconded; the
motion carried.
11. Meeting adjourned at 9:35 pm by the Chair, Ms. Rose.