E S I M O R COMP IS THE FIRST STEP
SOLUTION M ER -T RT O SH A S A S ES TO SPLIT-CAMPU RE G A L O O H SC ER RT A BULLIS CH
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District about our school ts in the Los Altos School en par d an nts ide res e tors wishes to updat ol (BCS) Board of Direc The Bullis Charter Scho more than 140 and our students. l. We started with a little oo sch c bli pu a as ago rs s founded about nine yea Bullis Charter School wa In case you’re not aware, ll over 500. ls, kids and today we have we d by other District schoo nts have later been adopte me ele ses, m nu gra bo pro ed S bas BC ritny teachers with me y innovating. Ma ng ntl mi sta for con per is h S hig BC ing p, rtu ain e e ret As a Silicon Valley sta Silicon Valley values, lik quadrupled and we receiv S enrollment has nearly nity. BCS embraces core BC mu rt, com sta r tire ou en ce the Sin g ce. tin benefi oom experien chers to improve the classr while replacing weaker tea s each year. more than 700 application top 10 public schools be ranked as one of the to ud pro are We . do who we are and what we beyond State standards. mation out there about r a unique experience far ive del rs tee lun There’s a lot of misinfor vo t en par orking staff and dedicated in California. Our hardw ol District. ents in the Los Altos Scho par to ns tio op e vid pro t seeks to we are a public school tha At our simplest though, District schools and make y, we share facilities with ntl rre Cu . 04 20 ce sin s ha ngs we expect at each hool and ess to all the standard thi r of Egan Junior High Sc acc ne cor site on the al on equ sts ve exi ha l s oo Our sch puters). We ask for no e that our kid for art, music, science, com constantly strive to ensur ms We . oo ssr ms oo cla d ssr cla lize cia ble spe rta use of po rse, school office, assembly room, school nu s to be treated equally. public school site (library, y gets, but expect our kid nit mu com r ou of t res more than the We are very aware of the
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BCS resolve this conflict, the School District. To help tos Al s Lo the h wit se a compromi e January we announced puses. With that in mind, in lat our school across two cam it spl term solution, to rtsho a as , eed agr s ha board outlined in our comprovide the core facilities we pro to er off ies ilit fac t attend BCS. y its curren ildren the opportunity to will work with us to modif ch al ict loc str re Di mo the t ow tha all ul to pef We are ho me for BCS sufficient d to find a permanent ho mise offer for next year, an . w.bullischarterschool.com encourage you to visit ww we S, BC ut abo s ion est If you have any qu Thank you, of Directors Bullis Charter School Board
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