Whisman Needs a Neighborhood School

Gary Rosen

/ #2 Reopening Whisman School

2014-02-02 05:27

It is not just the Whisman neighborhood that is without a school. I served on the transition committee that was formed after Slater was closed. When I got a chance to look at the map and numbers, I found that the entire quadrant of Mt. View east of Shoreline and north of Central had no elementary school. This area at the time had over 600 students, about a quarter of the district's elementary enrollment. Meanwhile the area south of El Camino with only about 500 students still had two elementary schools. This area has been underserved by the MVWSD for a long time and it is time some action was taken to address this.