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Photos from Arbor Day at Daves Avenue School

Apr. 26, 2008

Categorized in: Photos of Los Gatos

Tagged with: 2008, arbor day, los gatos, monte sereno, schools, tree city usa, trees

Los Gatos is "Tree City USA" for 29 years in a row! A celebration at Daves Avenue School yesterday included talks by local officials and by students and, of course, the planting of some new trees. (Photos courtesy of Jim Handy.)

Shovels are ready for work on Arbor Day

Shovels ready for work.

Ready to plant

The site was prepared ahead of time

Tractor brings in the trees

A tractor does the heavy lifting with two young trees to be planted at Daves Avenue School.
Three trees were planted in all.

School crowd at Daves Avenue on Arbor Day

An assembly of students gathered to hear talks by officials and classmates.

Los Gatos Mayor Barbara Spector talks to the students on Arbor Day 2008

Los Gatos Mayor Barbara Spector addressed the crowd.

Planting trees at Daves Avenue School

Adults do the initial lifting

Adults did the first round of planting

Students assist with planting trees on Arbor Day 2008 at Daves Avenue School

And most importantly, the students helped to plant too.

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Some Los Gatos Mountain Kids Being Bussed to Campbell Middle School

Apr. 14, 2008

Categorized in: Schools

Tagged with: bussing, homes, los gatos, los gatos mountains, schools, values

Curvy Road Sign from Quito Road in Los Gatos and Saratoga, CA

There are so many "boundary issues" around Los Gatos that it's mind boggling. For newcomers to the area, it's already diffucult to understand how the school district lines do not follow the town boundaries.

Then there's the whole issue of "mailing address" vs being "in the town". The 95033 zip code means "Los Gatos Mountains" and also means "not part of the actual Town of Los Gatos". No voting rights. No police (sheriff instead). And so on.

The Los Gatos mountain schools are highly regarded. Normally, the elementary schools feed, eventually, to Los Gatos High School. The schools are a leading guage of property values, so the question of which schools is a BIG deal physically, emotionally, and economically. The schools are a leading factor in Silicon Valley real estate values.

Just now I got a Google alert that some kids in the Lakeside Elemenary area of the Los Gatos Mountains are actually being bussed to Rolling HIlls Middle School in Campbell. Rolling HIlls is a good school but it's nowhere near downtown Los Gatos (or the mountains). Instead, it's in the area where Campbell, Los Gatos, and Saratoga meet - over near Pollard and Quito Roads.

So have a look at the Merc's article, "Mother sues Los Gatos Union to get son into Fisher Middle School" and see what you think!

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