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Memorial
Area Middle
Memorial
Area Middle School (a.k.a. Undesignated School B)
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School opens: To be determined.
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Status: *
Update * At this time, district staff has changed its
focus to explore other options that include building the new school on
existing district property/sites. While this does not rule out the
original four proposed sites, the current direction is to minimize the
impact to housing to the extent possible. District staff will present a
new proposal to the Board of Education in fall 2006. An update will be
posted on this web page as more information is available. (Posted July
2006)
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Location: Southcrest,
Mountain View
and Shelltown.
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Purpose: Proposition MM
left two elementary schools as "undesignated" with
locations
to be determined at a later date depending on demographic need.
Undesignated
School B is planned to be a middle school to ease classroom
overcrowding
in the area and at Memorial Academy. The new Memorial
Area Middle School will serve approximately
1,300-1,500
students. It is anticipated that the Memorial Area Middle School will
assume
the 6th grade classes of the feeder elementary schools (Baker, Balboa,
Chavez, Emerson-Bandini); some of the 7th and 8th grade students of
Gompers
Secondary; students who are currently attending schools outside of the
area through Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program and Choice; and some
students
from Memorial Academy, which currently enrolls approximately 1,500
students
grades 6-9.
When
the new
Memorial Middle School opens, it will eliminate overcrowding at
Memorial
Academy, reduce its enrollment to 900-1,000 students and allow it to
return
to the preferred 6-8 grade configuration. The new middle school will
also
allow elementary schools in the area to return to the preferred K-5
grade
configuration, and will allow students in the area to attend a
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Timeline:
• August
5, 2003: Board of Education voted to direct staff to begin planning for
a
new middle school to relieve overcrowding at Memorial Academy.
• August
2003-December 2003: District staff held meetings with community
planning groups, elected officials, economic development councils and
other
key groups in the
impacted area.
• February
26, 2004: First community meeting to identify potential sites
• June
9, 2004: Second community meeting to identify potential sites
• August
11, 2004: Third community meeting to identify potential sites
• August
2004-May 2005: Environmental review of potential sites, preparation
of
Environmental Impact Report and continued community outreach
• April 13, 2005:
Fourth community meeting on site selection
• April 26, 2005:
Board of Education meeting
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Map of potential
sites: English | Español |
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Property parcel map with addresses
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Environmental
review documents:
Final
Environmental Impact Report, April 2005
Draft
Environmental Impact Report, January 2005
Notice
of Preparation
Letter, September 17, 2004 English
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Notice
of Preparation
Letter and Initial Study, September 17, 2004 English |
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Letters/mailings
for community meetings:
April
28, 2005: English
April
13, 2005 English
| Español
January
27, 2005 English
February
26,
2004 English
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June
9, 2004 English
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August
11,
2004 English
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Map
of Memorial Academy attendance area |
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Board
of Education Report, August 5, 2003
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