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Published on 10/20/1999 All articles from this issue

Longtime LASD trustee resigns

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By Linda Taaffe / Town Crier Staff Writer

School Roundup

LASD to decide

boundary issue

Gerri Carlton, a longtime member of the Los Altos School District Board of Trustees, announced her resignation this month. She will remain on the board through Dec. 3.

Carlton cited personal reasons for her early departure from the board, on which she has served for the past 10 years.

"It has been my privilege and pleasure to represent the children, families and the community for the past 10 years," Carlton said in her resignation.

During her two and a half terms on the board, Carlton helped to expand partnering with community groups and was effective in securing money for additional personnel to work with the district nurse to meet district health needs. She saw the passage of Measure A and the $94.7 million bond for campus renovations.

"She is caring, compassionate, knowledgeable about education, and able to look at what is good for all students in the district," said superintendent Marge Gratiot. "I will miss her terribly."

The board will fill the remaining two years of Carlton's term by appointment. The new trustee will be sworn in at the Dec. 6 board meeting and will serve until December 2001, at which time the seat will be filled by a person chosen in the November 2001 election.

Any registered voter eligible to hold public office who lives within the boundaries of the Los Altos School District may apply for the vacancy by noon, Nov. 5. For more information, call 941-4010.

The Los Altos School District Board of Trustees was scheduled to make a final decision on how to redistribute its student population last Monday night.

Talk of boundary changes has drawn a mixed reaction from parents over the past year as the district has grappled with how to redistribute student populations to keep enrollment below 500 at each of its schools and still keep neighborhoods intact.

In a Sept. 21 meeting, the district presented a proposal, that if approved Monday night, would draw boundaries along major streets and place children in their first or second closest schools. Under the scenario about 485 students would move to new elementary schools in fall 2001 when Covington is reopened as the district's seventh elementary school.

The attendance areas at Bullis-Purissima and Oak schools would remain unchanged. Portions of the Springer, Loyola, Almond and Santa Rita school attendance areas would form the new Covington boundary.