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CAR CRASH CLOSES ROAD The northbound lane of Shoreline Boulevard, between Latham and Mercy streets, was closed for about an hour Wednesday, Sept. 8, as crews worked to clear debris left after a Cobra kit car ran into a tree on the median, Mountain View police said. The driver of the car was bloodied by the wreck, but was reported to be in stable condition at a local hospital. A passerby, Mountain View resident Mike Gowan, wrote in
an e-mail that the Cobra appeared to be “pretty mangled” when he rode by on his bicycle at about 8:35 a.m. According to police spokeswoman Liz Wylie, officers were called to the scene at 7:49 a.m. Wylie said police do not know what caused the accident but said alcohol was not a factor. The victim, a male, was driving alone in the car and no other vehicles were involved in the crash. —Nick Veronin
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unless they understand another language well,” Smith said. In keeping with his vision of a global school that prepares students for the future, Smith said he hopes to cut back on textbook costs by going digital with lessons and course reading. The school would also deemphasize physical education and sports in favor of more academics. Smith said in the seven years he spent teaching in South Korea and in his observations
of foreign classrooms, there was not nearly as much time spent with athletics as there is in the U.S. “PE will not be a major focus of this school,” Smith said. He doesn’t think physical education does much to prepare kids for college or careers. “It’s not that we don’t want them to be physically active. I just think you have to look at ways that are effective in promoting that.” Students would be encouraged to engage in physical activity in their free time, Smith said. Superintendent Groves said
that currently both Mountain View and Los Altos high schools offer four years of foreign language instruction in Spanish, French, Latin and Japanese. The district promotes sustainability through “Green Teams” at all of its schools,” he said. About half of the students at Mountain View and Los Altos high schools engage in sports, according to Groves. In a previous interview on athletic achievements in his district, Groves said more physically activity is often tied to better academic performance. V
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