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RESOLUTION NO. 1196
RESOLUTION OF. THE_CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF THE TOWN OF LOS ALTOS
HILLS REGARDING THE CLOSING OF A PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITHIN THE
TOWN LIMITS
WHEREAS, the Los Altos Elementary School District is holding hearings to
determine whether to close one or more elementary schools in its district, and
WHEREAS, one of these schools is the Gardiner Bullis Elementary School
in Los Altos Hills, the last public school in Los Altos Hills, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Los Altos Hills does strongly believe in the need
for public school education within its Town, particularly at the elementary school
level , and
WHEREAS, the statistics used in the District's population study prelim-
inary to the closing action are outdated, inaccurate by substantial margins and do
not reflect the actual statistics, and
WHEREAS, both Los Altos Hills and Santa Clara County have experienced very
strong growth since the 1974 recession, and
WHEREAS, birth rates have changed upwardly during recent years, and
WHEREAS, the Los Altos Elementary School District made certain public
assurances and promises to the citizens of Los Altos Hills at the closing of the
! Purissima School to the effect that they would not close Bullis, and
WHEREAS, the General Plan of the Town of Los Altos Hills currently has
the Bullis site for Open Space and elementary school use and, therefore, not available
, for alternative development, and
WHEREAS, the individual for whom the School 's name honors is still a
resident of this Town, and
WHEREAS, the demand for elementary school education is so strong that the
private schools within the Town maintain waiting lists, and
WHEREAS, the uncertainty and continued public vascillation of the Los Altos
Elementary School District Board is demoralizing, discouraging and mentally abusive
to the children enrolled in their schools.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the Town of Los
Altos Hills does strongly recommend and encourage that the Los Altos Elementary
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School District maintain the Gardiner Bullis Elementary School open and does also
recommend that the Board reconsider any closing action within the District at
this time.
REGULARLY passed and adopted this 2nd day of May, 1979.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: CITY COUNCIL
By E.
City Clerk Mayer
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