Mountain View city and school district clash over millions in taxes
Tensions are once again publicly flaring between the Mountain View Whisman School District and the city over how to split millions in taxes.
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Tensions are once again publicly flaring between the Mountain View Whisman School District and the city over how to split millions in taxes.
It took the school board less than five minutes and no discussion at a Dec. 7 meeting to pick its leaders for the coming year, a quick conclusion to a process that has prompted persistent disagreements among trustees.
A majority of Mountain View Whisman's school board expressed support at a recent meeting for electing Devon Conley as its president and Chris Chiang as vice president for the coming year, with a formal vote scheduled for next week.
As more housing gets built locally, the Mountain View Whisman School District is considering redrawing school attendance boundaries to spread out the new students who are expected to move into the area.
It wasn't picking who will lead the school board that caused controversy, but rather deciding who will be second in command, revealing internal tensions on the board and disagreements over how leadership should be selected.