All City Management Services Inc. is a family-owned company providing School Crossing Guard services for over 30 years. They currently have several positions open, right here in Los Altos. These are paid, part-time and seasonal positions. To qualify you must be 18 years old or older. No experience is necessary. Paid training is provided. Please call them at (800) 540-9290 for more information.

Click here to read the district's responses to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury Report, Show Me the Money: School Parcel Tax Exemptions for Seniors and Homeowners with Disabilities. A copy of the complete report is also attached.

Board Passes Resolution to Support ALL Students in LASD

Visiting various schools in LASD each week, I am consistently impressed by the work of our students.  We have a broad range of students in our schools: a broad range of interests, a broad range of talents, and a broad range of abilities in many areas…but there is more.  I also take great pride in the fact we have a broad range of races, cultures and religions represented in our students and in our families.  This diversity is our strength as a school district and as a community.  It is a powerful attribute that enriches our students’ learning each and every day.

Recent events in national politics have caused a greater level of anxiety, with increased consternation about how policy changes – both rumored and real – may impact our district families.  I write this to assure you that the values and practices in LASD are unchanged.  The schools in our district are safe places for our students and families.  Every student is welcome on our campuses.  The Los Altos School District enrolls all eligible students regardless of citizenship or immigration status and works to provide each the highest quality education.  It is our passion.  Additionally, we respect the personal privacy of each family we serve.  We do not release confidential or personally identifiable information about our students or their families to any third party, a policy supported by state and federal law.

California State Superintendent Tom Torlakson has stated the California Department of Education will continue to abide by laws that protect student rights and records.  He recently said, “Our schools are not and will not become an arm of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).  Instead, they will remain safe places for learning and teaching for all students, regardless of immigration status.

Los Altos School District shares this commitment.  On February 13, our board of trustees voted unanimously to support this core belief with a resolution reaffirming Los Altos School District’s commitment to ALL students’ rights to a public education. This action is meant not only to reassure all district families that we will continue to protect their privacy, but to allow us to maintain the kind of emotionally safe environment we need in order to fulfill our mission as educators. We pledge not only to protect personal information but to do our absolute best to ensure that all children and families in our district are treated with respect, dignity and given every opportunity to succeed.

Please feel free to visit with your child’s teacher, your principal, a board member, or me if we can answer any questions or help in any way.

- Superintendent Jeffrey Baier

For third straight year, Young Cultural Ambassadors program builds multicultural understanding and appreciation 

SAN JOSE, CA – Two elementary schools in Santa Clara County will host a delegation of students, parents, and educators from China as part of an exchange program created by the Multilingual Education Services Team of the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE) and the Chinese Society of Education.

Now in its third year, the Young Cultural Ambassador Program will consist of 130 students, plus about 50 parents and teachers who will visit two different county elementary schools in the next two weeks. Students will have classes together, eat together in the cafeteria, and play together during recess to gain a better mutual understanding of their various cultures.

On Jan. 24, a delegation will visit Santa Rita Elementary School in the Los Altos School District. The visit will begin at 8 a.m. and last until 2:45 p.m. The visit will culminate with a Chinese cultural performance beginning at 12:50 p.m. 

On Feb. 3, another group will visit Katherine R. Smith Elementary School in the Evergreen School District, where they will tour the 21^stCentury Classroom at Katherine Smith between 8 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

“It has been a great joy to witness the excitement, pride, and amusement of the young cultural ambassadors from China and the students in San Jose,” said Dr. Yee Wan, Director of Multilingual Educational Services for the SCCOE. “Hearing the students from San Jose wanting to visit another country and to learn another language reinforces our purpose of promoting global education and 21^stcentury skills.”

New Program Launched to Help Teachers Find Local Housing

Our community values our high quality, dedicated teachers.  However given the high cost of local housing, many of our teachers are struggling to find nearby affordable accommodations and are unable to live as part of our neighborhood community. 

Los Altos School District and Los Altos Community Foundation have partnered to create a bulletin board that will connect Los Altos School District teachers with local residents who have available housing to rent. If you have an available room, suite, in-law unit, apartment, etc. that you would like rent out to a teacher, please let us know. 

To indicate your interest, please fill out the online form at http://tinyurl.com/lasdhousing or contact Erin Green, LASD Director of Student and Staff Services at egreen@lasdschools.org or (650) 947-1150.

The Court in the Morgan Hill Concerned Parents Association v. California Department of Education (CDE) has updated its ruling on the release of student data.  All student data will remain with the CDE and the CDE will assist the plantiffs' attorneys seeking evidence from the student database.

Additional information on this case and the Objection to Disclosure of Student Information and Records is available on the CDE's website: www.cde.ca.gov/morganhillcase.  The Court must receive the objection form no later than April 1, 2016.

Medications will be available for pick up from June 10^th 2015 (last day of school) to June 16^th 2015.

We cannot store medications over the summer. If you are leaving before school ends, please pick up medications early. An Adult must pick up medication. 

Students currently in 6th grade must have proof of a Tdap or Dtap (Pertussis or Whooping Cough) booster given after their 7th birthday (after 10th birthday is recommended) in order to begin 7th grade in August of 2015.  Please provide a copy of your child's immunization record to your current school office as soon as possible.

For more information, please visit our Health Services page on immunizations.