Guest post by Molly Black, parent, Los Altos, Calif.
Los Altos, Calif., is a sleepy little town in a quiet part of Silicon Valley where shops close by 6 p.m. and the few restaurants in town are dark by 9 p.m. Families move to Los Altos to take advantage of the excellent public school system and tight-knit community. The Los Altos School District (LASD) has a neighborhood school model. Each school is relatively small (400-600 students), every school is a California Distinguished School, and everyone seems to know each other. The community is safe and many children walk to school. Despite continued state budget cuts, district test scores are at the top of California’s Academic Performance Index scale, and the district’s innovative programs are recognized at a national level. The public school system is alive and well in Los Altos.
Now our small community is faced with the unthinkable – we may be forced to close a
