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Longtime Mountain View Whisman School District trustee Ellen Wheeler walked around Monta Loma Park last week, envisioning how its relatively small space, 5.67 acres, could be optimized to serve both the students and local residents who consider the school district-owned site their nearby park. The park, located along Thompson Avenue, is easily accessible, with its open, well-kept field at the front of the property adjacent to school buildings inviting those who want to play soccer, walk dogs or simply sit out in the sun. Equally inviting are the tree-lined walking trails at the site’s ed...

Attending school at a fast-food spot: 12m US students lack internet a year into pandemic From a lack of broadband in Appalachia to obsolete devices distributed to poor urban families, the absence of reliable internet has meant a year of lost learning This series was reported by The74Million.org, a nonprofit education news site, in partnership with the Guardian Eva Garcia, center, with her children Kimberly and Cristofer. The students, who attend Orthopaedic Hospital Medical Magnet high school in Los Angeles, have struggled to stay connected to the internet for distance learning since schools...

MV Whisman, city work to solve Monta Loma fencing conflict Marie Godderis/Town Crier The fields at Monta Loma School in Mountain View, above, are frequently used by the public. The city of Mountain View and the Mountain View Whisman School District are working through an apparent impasse over perimeter fencing the district proposed for its Monta Loma School campus on Thompson Avenue – fencing residents claim limits access to open space. At their Feb. 23 meeting, city council members forwarded a letter from Mayor Ellen Kamei to district board president Devon Conley stating council prior...

The Mountain View Whisman School District, hamstrung by state guidelines that restrict schools from reopening until the countywide coronavirus case rate drops, is in no rush to plan for in-person learning.