Almond School
550 Almond Ave., Los Altos.
Grades K-6.
Principal Terri Stromfeld.
Class Size: K-3: 20; 4-6: 30.
Enrollment: 560.
Call 650-917-5400, fax 650-948-7338.

Covington School
205 Covington Road, Los Altos.
Grades K-6.
Principal Nancy Milo.
Enrollment: 510.
Call 650-947-1100; fax 650-941-8175.

Gardner Bullis School
25890 Fremont Road, Los Altos Hills.
K-6th grade.
Principal Erica Gilbert.
Class Size: K-3: 20; 4-6: 30 or fewer.
Enrollment: 205.
Call 650-559-3200; fax 650-559-5883.

Los Altos School District
201 Covington Road , Los Altos.
Board of Trustees meetings: 7 p.m. first and third Mondays at the District Board Room. Los Altos School District is an elementary school district in northwest Santa Clara County serving students in grades K-8th grade. The district boundaries include most of the City of Los Altos, half of Los Altos Hills, parts of Mountain View, Palo Alto and some unincorporated county lands.
Built: Founded 1909.
Principal Superintendent: Tim Justus.
Class Size: K-3: 24 or fewer; grades 4-6: 30 or fewer.
Call 650-947-1150; fax 650-947-0118.
E-mail: info@losaltos.k12.ca.us.

Los Altos School District Board of Education

**David Pefley, president; phone: 650-868-5518; e-mail: dpefley@losaltos.k12.ca.us; term expires: November 2009. **David Luskin, vice president; phone: 650-964-1261; e-mail: dluskin@losaltos.k12.ca.us; term expires: November 2009. **Margot Harrigan, clerk; phone: 650-938-1070; e-mail: mharrigan@losaltos.k12.ca.us; term expires: November 2011. **Mark Goines; phone: 650-947-1152; e-mail: mgoines@losaltos.k12.ca.us; term expires: November 2009. *Bill Cooper; phone: 650-961-1760; e-mail: bcooper@losaltos.k12.ca.us; term expires: November 2011.

Loyola School
770 Berry Ave., Los Altos.
Grades K-6.
Principal Kimberly Attell.
Enrollment: 534.
Call 650-254-2400; fax 650-967-7531.
E-mail: lbence@loyolaschool.org. To e-mail a Loyola teacher or staff member use the first initial of the first name, followed by the complete last name, and add on @loyolaschool.org.

Oak School
1501 Oak Ave. , Los Altos.
Grades K-6.
Built: 1958; remodeled in 2005.
Principal David McNulty.
Class Size: K-3: 20; grades 4-6: 30.
Enrollment: 459.
Call 650-237-3900; fax 650-964-9634.
E-mail: dmcnulty@oakschool.org.

Santa Rita School
700 Los Altos Ave., Los Altos.
Grades K-6. The neighborhoods served by Santa Rita are located between Foothill and Central Expressways in the cities of Los Altos, Mountain View and Palo Alto. Santa Rita students feed into Egan Intermediate School for 7th and 8th grades.
Built: 1957-1961.
Principal Alyssa Gallagher.
Enrollment: 534 .
Call 650-559-1600; fax 650-941-5316.

Springer School
1120 Rose Ave., Mtn. View.
Grades K-6.
Principal Bob Celeste.
Enrollment: 500.
Call 650-943-4200; fax 650-965-9683.

La Entrada School
2200 Sharon Road, Menlo Park.
Grades 4-8. Enrollment: 618.
Built: 1960; library-media-tech center and classroom addition, 1997; remodeled and renovated classrooms, multi-use room, art room, 2003; completion of gym, fall 2006..
Principal Larry Thomas.
Call 650-854-3962.
E-mail: mstosz@llesd.org.

Las Lomitas School
299 Alameda de las Pulgas, Atherton.
Grades K-3. Las Lomitas was recognized as a California Distinguished School in May 2006.
Built: 1946-48, first two wings; 1952-54, additional wings; 1997-98, additional classrooms; 2003, new library and classroom building..
Principal Gerald C. Traynor.
Class Size: 20.
Enrollment: 573.
Call 650-854-5900.

Las Lomitas School District
1011 Altschul Ave., Menlo Park.
The district operates two schools for children who live in parts of Menlo Park, Atherton, Woodside and unincorporated areas, including Ladera. Ethnic/racial percentages (2008-09): Caucasian, 66; multiple ethnicities or no response, 12; Asian, 11; LAtino, 7; African American, 2; Pacific Islander, 2. Commuity support: Voters approved two bond measures of $12 million each in 1999 and 2001 to upgrade aging facilities at both schools and build additional classrooms at Las Lomitas School. In 2001, voters renewed the district's first parcel tax of $98 per parcel per year and increased it to $196. In March 2001 voters approved a $311 parcel tax, which continues with voter approval. The nonprofit La Lomitas Education Foundation anual giving campaign has raised $1.4 million for school programs for the 2009-10 school year. Board members: Leslie Airola-Murveit, president, 650-854-7395, term ends December 2010; David Bailard, 650-854-8186, term ends December 2010; Maria Doktorczyk , 650-234-8092, term ends December 2012; John Macdonald, 650-368-5689, term ends December 2012; Jamie Schein, 650-233-9334, term ends December 2010. Meetings are held monthly at 7 p.m. at the District Office.
Principal Superintendent: Eric Hartwig.
Class Size: 20 or fewer students in grades K-3; the district goal is 24 or fewer students in other grades..
Enrollment: 1,191.
Call 650-854-2880.

Encinal School
195 Encinal Ave., Atherton.
Grades K, 3-5. Encinal was recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in fall 2007.
Built: 1948.
Principal Allison Liner.
Class Size: K-3: 24 maximum; grades 4-5: 26.
Enrollment: 405.
Call 650-326-5164.

Hillview Middle School
1100 Elder Ave., Menlo Park.
Grades 6-8.
Built: 1949.
Principal Mike Melton.
Class Size: Maximum 26.
Enrollment: 670.
Call 650-326-4341.

Laurel School
95 Edge Road, Atherton.
Grades K-2. California Distinguished School in 2008.
Built: 1959. Classroom additions and modernization completed in 1999.
Principal Linda Creighton.
Class Size: Fewer than 24.
Enrollment: 498.
Call 650-324-0186.

Menlo Park City School District
181 Encinal Ave., Atherton.
The district operates four schools: Laurel, grades K-2; Encinal, grades K-5; Oak Knoll, grades K-5; Hillview Middle School, grades 6-8. See website for boundaries. Ethnic/racial percentages (2008-09): Caucasian, 65.8; multiple ethnicities (or no response), 17.2; Hispanic, 7.0; Asian, 6.1; African American, 1.8; Pacific Islander, 1.8; Filipino, .3. Community support: Voters passed a record $91 million bond measure in June 2006 to expand facilities at all four schools. In 1995, voters approved a $22 million bond issue to finance renovation and construction projects that are completed at all four sites. In April 2000, voters supported a parcel tax of $298 per year (currently set at $370.30) to strengthen programs for all students, reduce class sizes in grades 4-8 and provide additional training for teachers. Voters in 2003 renewed a parcel tax, currently set at $108.62, and approved an additional parcel tax now $81.76 per year. Property owners will pay a total of $560.68 in parcel taxes in 2009. The nonprofit Menlo Park-Atherton Education Foundation contributed $1.8 million to the district to fund library, science, technology, music and teacher development programs in 2009-10 school year. Menlo Park board members: Deborah Fitz, president, term ends December 2010. Mark Box, term ends December 2012. Jeff Child, term ends December 2010. Maria Hilton, term ends December 2012. Laura Rich, term ends December 2010.
Principal Superintendent: Kenneth Ranella.
Class Size: K-3: 23 or fewer; grades 4-8: average of 24.
Enrollment: 2,409.
Call 650-321-7140.
E-mail: board@mpcsd.org.

Oak Knoll School
1895 Oak Knoll Lane, Menlo Park.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1952.
Principal David Ackerman.
Class Size: 20-26.
Enrollment: 736.
Call 650-854-4433.

Board of Education: Mtn. View Whisman School District
750-A San Pierre Way, Mountain View.
Regular meetings are held on the first and third Thursdays of most months. Meetings generally begin at 7 p.m. at the District Office. * Philip Palmer, president; phone: 650-969-2170; term expires December 2010. * Ed Bailey, vice president; phone: 650-966-1706; term expires December 2012. * Fiona Walter, clerk; phone: 650-691-9866; term expires December 2012. * Steve Olson, member, phone: 650-961-6863; term expires December 2012. * Ellen Wheeler, member; phone: 650-967-8743; term expires December 2010.
Principal Superintendent: Dr. Maurice Ghysels .
Call 650-526-3500 .
E-mail: trustees@mvwsd.org.

Bubb School
525 Hans Ave., Mtn. View.
Bubb School serves the central area of Mountain View and is located near the southeast boundary of the city. K-5. Students speak 20 languages, and 38 percent are English-language learners.
Principal Mary Dietrich.
Class Size: To be determined.
Enrollment: 543.
Call 650-526-3481, fax 650-428-1556.

Castro School
505 Escuela Ave., Mtn. View.
Castro School draws its students from an area that includes mostly apartments and condominiums. It is the home of the Two-Way Language Immersion Program, with more than half the students involved in the program. Students are taught in both English and Spanish beginning in kindergarten. Castro School has State Preschool classes for low -income families, as well as a fee-based class. Students speak 19 languages, and 56 percent are English-language learners.
Principal Judy Crates.
Class Size: To be determined.
Enrollment: 692.
Call 650-526-3590; fax 650-964-9013.

Huff School
253 Martens Ave., Mtn. View.
Located near the southeast boundary of the city, Huff draws the majority of its students from the residential area surrounding the school, which is made up primarily of single-family dwellings and some apartment complexes. Students speak 23 languages, and 31 percent are English-language learners.
Principal Sharon Burns.
Class Size: To be determined.
Enrollment: 501.
Call 650-526-3490, fax 650-564-9046.

Landels School
115 W. Dana St., Mtn. View.
Landels students are from a diverse socioeconomic and ethnic population in the downtown area and from the military housing at the nearby Onizuka Air Force Base. Students speak 19 languages, and 48 percent are English-language learners.
Principal Carmen Mizell.
Class Size: To be determined.
Enrollment: 516.
Call 650-526-3520, fax 650-969-7036.

Monta Loma School
460 Thompson Ave., Mtn. View.
Monta Loma Elementary School draws the majority of its students from the Monta Loma neighborhood, which is made up primarily of single-family dwellings and some apartment complexes. Monta Loma is the home of the Community Enhanced Learning Program (CEL), a parent-participation program, and starting in fall 2009 all parents are expected to volunteer. Students speak 20 languages, and 55 percent are English-language learners.
Principal Cathy Baur.
Class Size: To be determined.
Enrollment: 532.
Call 650-903-6915, fax 650-903-6921.

Mountain View Whisman School District Administration Office
750-A San Pierre Way, Mtn. View.

Principal Superintendent: Dr. Maurice Ghysels.
Call 650-526-3500; fax 650-964-8907.
E-mail: trustees@mvwsd.org.

Stevenson School
Mtn. View.
Stevenson School is the home of the PACT (PArent-Child-Teacher) Program, a parent-participation program.
Class Size: To be determined.

Theuerkauf School
1625 San Luis Ave., Mtn. View.
Theuerkauf Elementary School serves the northeastern area of Mountain View and the military housing at Moffett Field. The area surrounding Theuerkauf is made up of single-family dwellings and some apartment complexes. Students speak 17 languages, and 60 percent are English-language learners.
Principal Connie Vasquez-Sawdey.
Class Size: To be determined.
Enrollment: 467.
Call 650-903-6925, fax 650-903-6931.

Elementary schools

Addison
650 Addison Ave., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1925; multipurpose room, library and additional classrooms added in the 1950s and '60s; classrooms added and school renovated in 2002.
Principal John Lents.
Enrollment: 450.
Call 650-322-5935, fax 650-322-3306.

Barron Park
800 Barron Ave., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1947, with additions made in the 1950s, '60s and '70s; renovated in 2001.
Principal Cathy Howard.
Enrollment: 346.
Call 650-858-0508, fax 650-813-1031.

Duveneck
705 Alester Ave., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1950; new classroom wing added and buildings renovated in 2002.
Principal Kathleen Meagher.
Enrollment: 491.
Call 650-322-5946, fax 650-322-4387.

El Carmelo
3024 Bryant St., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1955, construction of school buildings and classrooms finished in 1960s; library rebuilt, new classroom wing added and buildings renovated in 2001.
Principal Chuck Merritt.
Enrollment: 372.
Call 650-856-0960, fax 650-856-4817.

Escondido
890 Escondido Road, Stanford.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1960s; classrooms added and buildings renovated in 2001.
Principal Gary Prehn.
Enrollment: 535.
Call 650-856-1337, fax 650-424-1079.

Fairmeadow
500 E. Meadow Drive, Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1954; library added, buildings renovated in 2003.
Principal Eric Goddard.
Enrollment: 408.
Call 650-856-0845, fax 650-852-9436.

Hoover
445 E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto.
Grades K-5. Traditional direct instruction teaching style. Admission by lottery.
Built: early 1950s; renovated in 2004.
Principal Susanne Scott.
Enrollment: 393.
Call 650-320-8106, fax 650-493-8130.

Juana Briones
4100 Orme St., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5. School also houses Juana Briones Therapy, a county-run orthopedic unit serving children in northern Santa Clara County.
Built: 1952; library built and buildings renovated in 2003.
Enrollment: 339.
Call 650-856-0877, fax 650-856-3750. Orthopedic Unit : 650-845-3000.

Lucille M. Nixon
1711 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1970; renovated in 2004.
Principal Mary Pat O'Connell.
Enrollment: 430.
Call 650-856-1622, fax 650-813-1417.

Ohlone
950 Amarillo Ave., Palo Alto.
Grades K-5. Progressive whole-child teaching approach. Admission by lottery.
Built: 1949, additional classrooms added in 1960s; classrooms added and buildings renovated in 2003.
Principal William Overton .
Enrollment: 500.
Call 650-856-1726, fax 650-852-9447.

Palo Verde
3450 Louis Road, Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1953, multipurpose room finished in 1954; new library built, buildings renovated in 2004.
Principal Lupe Garcia.
Enrollment: 387.
Call 650-856-1672, fax 650-856-6316.

Walter Hays
1525 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.
Grades K-5.
Built: 1923, with additional construction in the 1960s and 1970s; classrooms added and buildings renovated in 2001.
Principal Mary Bussmann.
Enrollment: 520.
Call 650-322-5956, fax 650-329-8713.

Corte Madera School
4575 Alpine Road, Portola Valley.
Grades 4-8. Named a 2007 Distinguished School; National Blue Ribbon School 2008.
Built: 1957-58.
Principal Carol Piraino.
Enrollment: 376.
Call 650-851-1777, ext. 2250.

Ormondale School
200 Shawnee Pass Road, Portola Valley.
Grades K-3. Ormondale was recognized as a California Distinguished School in May 2006.
Built: 1961; Education center completed, 1997.
Principal Jennifer Warren.
Enrollment: 331.
Call 650-851-1777, ext. 1151.

Portola Valley School District
4575 Alpine Road, Portola Valley.
Portola Valley School District operates two schools for elementary-school students who live in Portola Valley, the unincorporated areas of Los Trancos Woods and Vista Verde, a portion of Woodside, and along Skyline Boulevard. Ethnic/racial percentages (2008-09): Caucasian, 78.2; Latino, 8; Asian, 6.0; African American, 1.9; Pacific Islander, .5; multiple ethnicities or no response: 4.7 Community support : Passage of two bond measures -- $17 million bond measure in June 1998 and a $6 million measure in 2001 -- to renovate classrooms and build new facilities at the two schools. Construction was completed at both sites in 2003. Voters also renewed and increased a parcel tax from $195 a year per parcel to $290 a year for 10 years in March 2004. Continuing support comes from the nonprofit Portola Valley Schools Foundation. Its annual campaign raised $825,000 for district programs during the 2009-10 school year. Portola Valley board members: Donald Collat, president, term ends December 2009. Steve Humphreys, term ends December 2011. Judith Mendelsohn, term ends December 2011. Ray Villareal, term ends December 2009. Bill Youstra, term ends December 2009.
Principal Superintendent: Anne Campbell.
Class Size: 20 or fewer in grades K-3; 25 or fewer in other grades.
Enrollment: 742.
Call 650-851-1777; fax 650-851-3700.
E-mail: pvsboard@pvsd.net.

Woodside Elementary School District
Woodside Elementary School, 3195 Woodside Road, Woodside.
The district has one K-8 elementary school. Ethnic/racial percentages (2008-09): Caucasian, 74; Latino, 11; Asian, 6.7; African American, 1.5; other, 2.8; declined to state, 4. Community support: The Woodside community celebrated completion of the school's major construction and campus renovation project in its village-like setting in January 2008. All classrooms have computer mini-labs for student use and are connected to the Internet. During the 2009-10 school year interactive whiteboards and student-response systems will be installed in all classrooms. Other campus facilities include science and computers labs, are classrooms, a modern gymnasium, Sellman Auditorium, community meeting rooms, three sports fields and multiple play structures. The community recently renewed a parcel tax, which generates almost $250,000 for the school program. Construction bond measures approved by voters of Woodside in the past decade total $17.2 million. The nonprofit Woodside School Foundation supports enrichment programs, such as music, art, foreign language, the library and technology. For the 2009-10 school year, it is expected to raise approximately $1.7 million. Woodside is one of the oldest schools in San Mateo County. The first school building and land were donated in 1851 by John Greer, one of Woodside's earliest settlers. A new, wooden, two-room schoolhouse was built in 1877 and used continuously until it was moved and renovated to become the Rosekrans Library. Woodside school board members: Bettina Pike, 650-851-7121; term ends December 2009. Karen Werner, president, 650-851-9649; term ends December 2009. Ellen Ablow, clerk, 650-851-4866; term ends December 2011. Ginger Bamford, 650-851-5666; term ends December 2011. Elianne Frenkel-Popell, 650-851-8901; term ends December 2009. The entire board may be contacted at wsboard@woodsideK12.ca.us.
Built: 1851.
Principal Superintendent: Diana G. Abbati.
Class Size: 20 or fewer in grades K-5; 25 or fewer in grades 6-8.
Enrollment: 461.
Call 650-851-1571.