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Today's Date:     9/3/2010                                News and Events

Information Regarding Bullis Charter School's

Proposition 39 Facilities Request



March 18, 2010

Dear Bullis Charter School Parents:

I am pleased to report that the open enrollment process for the upcoming school year resulted in over 560 applications from students wishing to attend Bullis Charter School, including enough kindergarten applications to fill over thirteen (13) entering classes. This record setting demand is a tremendous compliment to the work of our Principal and Staff, and strong evidence of the need for a high quality public school of choice option in the Los Altos area.

Today, however, even as BCS expands to include a middle school, it remains housed on a campus roughly half the size of the smallest District elementary school.

We are committed to working constructively with the Los Altos School District to obtain the physical space required to better accommodate growing demand and to improve the experience for our current students and families. We are currently negotiating our annual Proposition 39 Facilities Request with the District. The recently received District preliminary offer of facilities keeps BCS on its current site.

A new issue we must contend with is the District's consideration of increased class-sizes next year on its campuses. Although the District has yet to make a decision on its own classroom loading, their preliminary facilities offer to BCS is based upon a projection that the District will place up to 30 students in each of their classrooms next year. This resulted in a preliminary facilities offer to BCS of one fewer classroom than we currently have, despite our projected enrollment growth of 54 new students! If the District's final facilities offer is anything close to the preliminary offer, it means that we will be faced with tough choices to preserve our lower class sizes, including the possibility of converting other spaces on our campus into classrooms for our students.

Despite these challenges, the BCS School Board remains hopeful that this year's Facilities Request process will usher in a more productive relationship with the District than in previous years. In a recent letter to LASD parents, Superintendent Tim Justus acknowledged that there is a growing demand to attend our school so that families can benefit from our innovative curriculum. We appreciate his acknowledgement and view it as a positive step forward.

We plan to keep you updated regarding our public school facilities and the Proposition 39 process. To view the District's preliminary facilities offer and our initial response, please visit our website.

Sincerely,
Ken Moore
Board President
Los Altos School District's Preliminary Facilities Offer to Bullis Charter School, dated January 29, 2010

Bullis Charter School's Response to the Preliminary Facilities Offer, dated March 1, 2010

Los Altos School District's Final Facilities Offer to Bullis Charter School, dated April 1, 2010


Background

Details
Court Decision and Order posted November 24, 2009
Hearing Schedule
Court Reporter Transcript from October 26, 2009 Hearing
Amended Verified Petition
LASD Opposition Filing
BCS Reply to LASD Opposition Filing
LASD Sur-Reply Filed October 9, 2009
BCS Sur-Reply Filed October 19, 2009
LASD Supplementary Filing of October 20, 2009
Final Proposed Order/Findings of Fact by the Parties
Motion To Strike
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

News Articles


All files are in PDF format.
Background
  • Letter from BCS to Tim Justus dated June 2, 2009

  • Response from Los Altos School District attorney to BCS attorney dated June 9, 2009

  • Letter from BCS to Tim Justus dated May 6, 2009

  • Letter from Ken Moore to BCS Community dated June 10, 2009

  • Letter from Ken Moore to BCS Community dated September 23, 2009

  • Letter from Ken Moore to BCS Community dated November 30, 2009

  • Letter from Ken Moore to BCS Community dated January 22, 2010

  • Details
    Court Decision and Order posted November 24, 2009


    Hearing Schedule

    The case is set for 9 AM on Monday, October 26, 2009.

    Santa Clara County Superior Court
    191 North First Street
    San Jose, CA 95113

    Dept. 1, the courtroom of the Honorable James Kleinberg

    Parents are welcome to attend.


    Court Reporter Transcript from October 26, 2009 Hearing


    Amended Verified Petition

    Bullis Charter School Amended Verified Petition
    Related Filings

  • Declaration by Principal/Superintendent Hersey

  • Exhibit 1: September 30, 2008

  • Exhibit 2: December 01, 2008

  • Exhibit 3: December 19, 2008

  • Exhibit 4: January 30, 2009

  • Exhibit 5: February 27, 2009

  • Exhibit 6: March 30, 2009

  • Exhibit 7: April 01, 2009

  • Exhibit 8: April 24, 2009

  • Exhibit 9: May 06, 2009

  • Exhibit 10: May 22, 2009

  • Exhibit 11: June 02, 2009

  • Exhibit 12: June 09, 2009

  • LASD Opposition Filing

    LASD Opposition Brief
    Related Filings

  • LASD Answer to Bullis Charter School Amended Verified Petition

  • LASD Request for Judicial Notice

  • Pefley Declaration

  • Cooper Declaration

  • Stark Declaration

  • Kenyon Declaration

  • Yeh Declaration

  • BCS Reply to LASD Opposition Filing

    BCS Reply Brief in Support of Amended Petition

    BCS Proposed Order
    Related Filings

  • Haux Declaration with Campus Photos

  • Smith Declaration with Campus Measurements

  • Eyring Declaration with Photos

  • Beauchman Declaration

  • Gonzalez Declaration

  • Spector Declaration

  • Phelps Declaration

  • Hersey Declaration

  • La Poll Declaration

  • Carter Declaration

  • Chan Declaration

  • Evans Declaration

  • BCS Objections to Respondents' Evidence

  • Order Regarding Brief Length

  • LASD Sur-Reply Filed October 9, 2009

    LASD Surreply
    Related Filings

  • LASD Objections to Evidence

  • Kenyon Supplemental Declaration

  • Justus Declaration

  • Schadt Declaration

  • Velez Declaration

  • Yeh Declaration

  • BCS Sur-Reply Filed October 19, 2009

    BCS Surreply in Support of Amended Petition

    Amended Proposed Order
    Related Filings

  • Supplemental Declaration of Arturo Gonzalez
  • Exhibit 1

  • Exhibit 2

  • Exhibit 3

  • Exhibit 4

  • Exhibit 5

  • Exhibit 6

  • Exhibit 7

  • Exhibit 8

  • Exhibit 9

  • Exhibit 10

  • Exhibit 11

  • Exhibit 12

  • Exhibit 13

  • Exhibit 14

  • Exhibit 15

  • Exhibit 16

  • Exhibit 17

  • Exhibit 18

  • Exhibit 19

  • Exhibit 20
  • Supplemental Declaration of Andrea Eyring

  • LASD Supplementary Filing of October 20, 2009

    Schadt Supplemental Declaration in Support of LASD Surreply


    Final Proposed Order/Findings of Fact by the Parties

  • LASD Proposed Findings of Fact

  • BCS Amended Proposed Order


  • Motion To Strike

  • LASD Memorandum of Points & Authorities in support of Motion to Strike

  • LASD Amended Notice of Motion to Strike

  • BCS Opposition Filing to LASD Motion to Strike

  • LASD Reply Brief in Support of Motion to Strike

  • Final Ruling on Motion to Strike

  • News Articles
  • June 04, 2009 in San Jose Mercury News. Also available as PDF

  • June 10, 2009 in Los Altos Town Crier. Also available as PDF

  • June 12, 2009 in Palo Alto Daily News

  • June 17, 2009 in Los Altos Town Crier. Also available as a PDF

  • June 17, 2009 in Mountain View Voice.