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Published on 03/23/1998 All articles from this issue

Board Notes

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The following items occurred at the regular meetings of the Board of Trustees of the Los Altos School District March 2 and March 16.

Facilities plan criteria rated

Members of the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee ranked the four top criteria that the Los Altos School District should consider when implementing its facility plan at district school sites.

Each of the 40 committee members distributed 10 points among the four criteria identified at the last meeting to determine which items were most important. The committee ranked the items in the following order of importance: Keep elementary schools under 500 students each, 178 points; keep middle schools under 600 students each, 110 points; keep the sixth grade at the elementary school level, 30 points; and keep the current school boundaries, 12 points.

Preliminary budget previewed for 1998-99

Randy Kenyon, assistant superintendent of business services, presented a preliminary general fund budget for the 1998-99 school year.

According to present projections, next year's beginning balance is expected to be around $550,468. The district's total income is projected to be $22.3 million, including a projection of Revenue Limit income based on the governor's proposed budget, $396,000 from the lottery and $3 million from Measure A.

Expenditures are projected to be at $22 million. The amounts reflect increased student enrollment and cost-of-living adjustments. The preview is based on a number of assumptions; therefore, all projections should be expected to change.

Curriculum grants for 1997-98 year

Dick Liewer, assistant superintendent of curriculum, said the district has received $266,571 in curriculum grants during the past school year from various sources including, BASEE, the Geschke Foundation, the Los Altos Art Club, Hewlett-Packard, Healthy Ventures, McWhorter's and the Masons as well as several state and federal grants.

He said the largest grant came from the Los Altos Educational Foundation, which donated $456,650.