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Teachers demand higher pay SUPERINTENDENT DEFENDS SALARIES AS TEACHERS WALK OUT OF BOARD MEETING By Kevin Forestieri

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Kay Boynton protests outside the City Council Chambers Tuesday over plans to allow office development without housing in the North Bayshore area.

Council stays the course with officeheavy North Bayshore plan By Daniel DeBolt

n Tuesday, City Council members forged ahead with a North Bayshore precise plan that would allow Google and LinkedIn to grow,

but includes no new residential zoning within the 500-acre area north of Highway 101. After a two-month summer break, council members reconvened at a study session on North Bayshore. They were

met by a organized demonstration outside City Hall of about 30 people holding signs with slogans like “No Housing? No Plan!” organized by the See NORTH BAYSHORE, page 12

eachers packed the room to air their grievances at the Mountain View Whisman district board meeting last week, as part of a new effort by the teachers’ union to lock in higher salaries and compensation. Emotions ran high as teachers from the Mountain View Whisman School District walked up to the podium, one by one, at the Sept. 4 meeting and explained how hard it can be to live on teacher salaries in the Bay Area — sometimes breaking out into tears. Kristen Kovac, a kindergarten teacher at Bubb Elementary School, said she questions whether she can continue to live here. “I have four kids at home, my rent is $4,600. I think I make not even $5,000. I have nothing left,” she said. She could get a job in Saratoga, where she lives, Kovac said; there, teachers make anywhere from $13,000 to $15,000 more than she does in Mountain View. She said she stays in the district, despite

the pay, because of the students, the families and the teachers she works with, but told the board that teachers deserve “way more” than they’re getting. “I’m just hoping we can work together to bring it up a little bit. I can’t even afford to send my own children to college, but I’m trying to get all my (students) ready for college,” Kovac said. Superintendent Craig Goldman was unapologetic over the district’s decisions regarding teacher salaries, and said he fought for better teacher compensation even during the district’s most fiscally tight years. “When the district received 10 percent COLA (cost of living adjustment) from the state, and the district offered zero, I was appalled. I was ready to leave the district myself I was so appalled, but I stuck it out,” Goldman said. Allie Chiavetta, a young teacher at Crittenden, said she lives paycheck to paycheck and struggles to pay off her massive See TEACHER SALARY, page 15

Public input favors boosting city’s minimum wage By Daniel DeBolt

esidents and local businesses are largely in favor of an increase to Mountain View’s minimum wage, according to input gathered so far by city officials and a survey by the Chamber of Commerce. In a meeting Monday night that was an opportunity for public comment on the issue, not one person spoke against a raise to

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the minimum wage among the 18 people who spoke. About 50 people attended. Most supported a raise of between $12 and $15 an hour. Of 72 comments made online that the city received as of Tuesday, 53 expressed support for some kind of increase to the city’s minimum wage and 16 opposed it. Results from a Chamber of Commerce survey of 62 businesses showed that 72 percent

of respondents supported some kind of raise to Mountain View’s minimum wage. Campaign leaders were elated by by Monday night’s public support for a wage increase in one of the costliest cities in the country when it comes to rents. “My whole experience of what government can be has changed in this process,” said Meghan See MINIMUM WAGE, page 14

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Teachers endorse school board candidates ACHIEVEMENT GAP AND ALTERNATIVE LEARNING TOP ISSUES AT CANDIDATE FORUM By Kevin Forestieri

ful in closing the achievement gap because they’ve made it a prin only the second contested ority as a district, and because of election since the 1990s, sev- the time and effort put in by disen candidates for the Moun- trict teachers. He said the district tain View-Los Altos School Dis- hired liaisons to connect families trict board made their pitches to with the schools, including families who don’t speak English, and district teachers Tuesday. Teachers made their way over touted the success of the AVID to the Los Altos High School program, which focuses on getlibrary, just hours after the ting underrepresented minorities school let out for the day, for a college-ready. Incumbent Torok said the candidate forum hosted by the partnership with Equal OpporDistrict Teachers Association. Incumbents Joe Mitchner and tunity Schools helped the district Debbie Torok lauded the district’s seek out underrepresented stuefforts to reach out to minor- dents with high potential to do ity and at-risk students and the well in advanced placement (AP) upcoming formula designed to and honors classes, and encourage those students help disadvantaged to take on the more students. But some challenging courses. candidates chalFiona She said the district lenged the board for Walter said needs to support being too passive and what’s in the Local came out in favor of a graduates Control Accountmore active, handsPlan, a new on approach to disneed to be ability funding formula trict governance. that will address the By the end of ready for needs of low-income forum, after some and minority studiscussion among whatever dents. attendees, repreAs a director of sentatives from the comes their the nonprofit Kids in District Teachers way. Common, candidate Association voted to Bunnett told teachendorse Joe Mitchers at the forum that ener, Dana Bunnett and Sanjay Dave for the school the achievement gap and the board over candidates Torok, “opportunity gap” is a passionate Kevin Kramer, Doug Moore and topic for her. She said the effort from the district has been good, Fiona Walter. but she feels a sense of urgency for the students going through Boosting students Candidate Dave said the dis- high school right now. She said she believes strongly trict needs to look at new ways to give low-income students in the AVID program, and that equal opportunities for success. the district needs to encourage He said schools need to provide students who have the opportuprograms for students who might nity to be the first in their family not decide to go to a four-year to continue their education after university after graduation, and graduation. “Every first-generation student advocated for an expansion in programming classes as well as that’s going to be the first in their vocations classes, like automotive family to go to college needs to be and woodworking. He said these reached out to and told they can programs also bring together go to college,” Bunnett said. Candidate Kramer said the high- and low-performing students — an important part of the district and the school board are responsible to bring up test high school experience. “We need to get high and low scores for under-performing stuachievers together, because that’s dents, and said they need to look at other schools that are doing the real world,” Dave said. Mitchner, the current board better, in terms of closing the president, said school board members have been very successSee TEACHERS FORUM, page 9

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MASQUERADE IN THE STREETS The Mountain View Art & Wine festival’s mask-seller drew a lot of would-be shoppers to sample the wares. The 43rd annual event took over downtown Mountain View last weekend, drawing crowds with offerings ranging from children’s activities to wine tastings and artisans’ booths. For more scenes from the festivities, which benefit the Mountain View Chamber of Commerce, go to page 16.

Google grilled about North Bayshore housing By Daniel DeBolt

n Tuesday night there was a tense exchange between council members and Google real estate director John Igoe about planning for 5,000 homes in North Bayshore. Google threw its weight behind the idea at last week’s planning commission meeting. Igoe initially made the comments at the Sept. 3 Environmental Planning Commission meeting in response to questions from commission chair Robert Cox, who noted Google’s support for allowing 1,100 homes in North

Bayshore when the city’s general plan was approved in 2012. Cox asked if Google would still support planning for those homes now, even if it required an amendment to the city’s new general plan and the obvious delays that would come with a new vision for the area. Igoe’s answer: “Yes.” Cox then asked if Google supports a community of 5,000 homes in North Bayshore, as council candidate Lenny Siegel has proposed. “When Randy (the city’s planning director) originally put together the General Plan, the

discussion we had with him at that time was that a really comprehensive community, a really self-supporting community, if you will, would be about 5,000 units,” Igoe said of the number often quoted as what’s needed to support a neighborhood-serving grocery store. “We still think that having a community in North Bayshore is a good thing. So we would support the eventual growth of the number of housing units to approximately 5,000. It’s really whatever is needed to create a community.” See GOOGLE HOUSING, page 14

School districts decry new state reserves law MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL OFFICIALS SAY CAP ON RAINY DAY FUNDS COMES AT THE COST OF STABILITY By Kevin Forestieri

ocal school boards have come out against a lastminute trailer bill, passed with the state budget, that would force school districts to make big cuts to their reserves. Teacher unions on the other hand, like the California Teachers Association (CTA), are in favor of the bill, which they say will free up more district funds for teacher salaries.

The state budget, passed in June, included a bill that would force school districts to spend down their reserve funds. If the state transfers money into its Public School Stabilization Account, part of the state’s rainy day fund, school districts across the state would be required to spend down their reserves, and instead rely on the state’s rainy day fund if the economy tanks. For local school districts, the bill would mean a state-imposed

maximum reserve equal to 6 percent of the district’s annual budget — much lower than the current reserves held by the two public elementary school districts serving Mountain View. Last week, the Mountain View Whisman School District school board voted 4-1 to call upon the state Legislature and Gov. Jerry Brown to repeal or substantially change the bill. The district has See RESERVE CAP, page 17

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Cops reach out to residents with podcast By Cooper Aspegren

ecording microphones and audio-editing software and equipment aren’t a common sight around most police departments. However, Mountain View Police Sgt. Saul Jaeger and Shino Tanaka, the department’s social media and community coordinator have been regularly putting those tools to use. Jaeger and Tanaka set up the “Silicon Valley Beat,” a podcast show available on the Mountain

View Police blog, in late April 2014. As of Wednesday, Sept. 10, 16 “Silicon Valley Beat” episodes have been released. Jaeger and Tanaka said they try to record a new episode every week. Tanaka, who Jaeger said came up with the idea for a podcast, said that she and Jaeger were looking for more creative ways to reach the public and inform residents on how the Mountain View Police Department functions. “People weren’t really interested in hearing a traditional crime bulletin,” Tanaka said. Topics Jaeger and Tanaka have covered in the podcast include parking in Mountain View during events at Levi’s Stadium and K9 officers in the police department. In one episode that Jaeger said “got a lot of play,” Jaeger and Tanaka interviewed thenMountain View Police Chief Scott Vermeer before he retired. Jaeger and Tanaka both said that the podcast is currently in a “pilot” stage. They said that if they determine the project Recording equipment used for the podcasts.

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to be an ineffective means of reaching the public, they would discontinue it. “The way we run our unit is kind of like a start up project,” Jaeger said. Tanaka said there is not a timetable for determining whether a project like the podcast would continue or be discontinued. Jaeger and Tanaka said they were interested in determining ways that the podcast could be enhanced and improved. Jaeger said that they plan to incorporate video in some form into future podcasts, and pointed to the way the “Sarah and Vinnie Show” at radio station Alice 97.3FM operates with cameras as an example of the direction “Silicon Valley Beat” could proceed. Podcast listener Dawn Endico said that she sees the “Silicon Valley Beat” as a professional quality podcast in terms of its production value. Endico also said that the podcast benefits from the positive energy of its hosts. “They seem to do a good job,” Endico said. “They’re really upbeat.” However, Endico also said that written blog posts would inform

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Sgt. Saul Jaeger and Shino Tanaka record a weekly podcast for the Mountain View Police Department.

residents more extensively than podcast audio clips. Tanaka said that a podcast could be considered often a more convenient means of obtaining information than reading, and that listeners could perform other tasks like cooking that they would not be possible with written content. Jaeger said that in a future episode he and Tanaka might consider covering concert safety in light of the deadly shooting at the Wiz Khalifa concert

in late August. He said that he and Tanaka keep a list of possible topics on the whiteboard of their office. For the time being, according to Tanaka, the podcast gives her and Jaeger an excellent opportunity to reveal a different and unique perspective of the police department and how it operates. The podcasts are available at mountainviewpoliceblog.com/ category/podcasts. Email Cooper Aspegren at caspegren@mv-voice.com

$1 million Palo Alto Prize seeks to ‘cure’ aging By Sue Dremann

newly established Silicon Valley-based prize to “hack the code of life and cure aging” was launched yesterday, Sept. 9. Called the Palo Alto Longevity Prize, the $1 million cash award seeks to kick-start an initiative that would restore the adult body’s youthful resilience, perhaps helping to reduce diseases associated with aging and mortality, and improve longevity. Dr. Joon Yun, president of Palo Alto Investors, LLC, is the prize’s benefactor. Palo Alto Investors has $1 billion in assets under management invested in healthcare, according to the announcement of the prize. “Cracking the code on the fundamental aging process may allow us to influence the actual biology of aging, thereby slowing or resolving the process of aging and many diseases and issues related to aging. If we solve this, we all win,” competition organizers said in the announcement. The prize will be divided into two $500,000 awards, given to the first teams to unlock the secrets of a foundational trait known as “homeostatic capacity.” Homeostatic capacity is the ability of the body’s systems to

stabilize in response to stressors. As the body ages, its ability to recover from diseases, injuries and lifestyle stresses such as a late night or loss of sleep becomes more difficult. In youth, blood pressure and elevated blood sugar levels can return easily to normal levels. But as homeostatic capacity erodes with age, the body no longer is able to regu-

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late these changes as effectively, resulting in diseases such as diabetes or hypertension. Increased homeostatic capacity could in theory allow people to live perhaps 120 years, organizers said. One prize would be granted to the team to demonstrate it can restore the homeostatic levels in an aging adult mammal to the levels of a young adult; the second prize would go the first team to restore homeostatic capacity to extend the lifespan of a mammal by 50 percent of acceptable pub-

lished norms. Cracking the code of aging would have vast societal implications, according to prize organizers. “The end of aging would be the end of health care as we know it,” the website states. The end of aging would sever the escalating costs of health care that is overwhelming the current health system. Teams won’t have to give up their intellectual property to compete for the prize or divulge proprietary information. Prize winners must obtain their own funding for research during the competition. Organizers are working with angel investors, venture capital firms, corporate venture organizations, institutions and private foundations to provide access to additional capital to teams during the competition. Transactions between teams and the investors will be done privately. Eleven teams, most from across the United States, are already signed up, including Volts Medical of Mountain View and the Jin Hyung Lee Lab at Stanford University. Organizers say additional teams can also compete. More information on the Palo Alto Longevity Prize is available at www.PaloAltoPrize.com.

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his love of the arts. Outside of work, he devoted his time to Michael Harris, a Mountain helping his wife with her phoView resident, died in his sleep tographic art and design work. His family remembers him Aug. 27 at the age of 66. He had been battling lung cancer, and for his love of food, especialhad suffered a stroke two and a ly calamari from Mountain Viewâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Tied House, and his half weeks before he died. enjoyment of travelBorn in Van Nuys, ing. His travels took Calif., on Sept. 12, him to France, Maine 1947, he moved to and Victoria, among Walnut Creek in the other places. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was late 1970s and met like a puppy in a new Rachel Perry, who was room. The world just to become his wife, in wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t big enough,â&#x20AC;? his 1979. The couple lived wife said of his love of in Mountain View Michael Harris travel. since 1980. He is survived by He worked in printing pre-press for 50 years, and Rachel Perry, his wife of 34 since 2007, worked for Moquin years; daughter Danielle Press in Belmont. His family Archer; brother Randy Harris; said he was a hero for many and four grandsons. No services are planned. print shops as well as graphic designers and artists, and will Arrangements were by Cusibe missed not only for his skills mano Family Colonial Mortuand contributions but also for ary.

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immediately charged nearby patrons. Police grabbed Willisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; arm to prevent him from attacking, and forced him to the ground when he continued to resist the officers. He continued to resist and yell profanities at the officers while on the ground. It was later revealed that Willis was upset at security staff for not allowing his intoxicated wife into the venue, according to Jaeger. Willis was arrested and booked into San Jose Main Jail on charges of public intoxication and resisting arrest.

PHONE ROBBED AT NIGHTCLUB Police arrested two people at the Monte Carlo Night Club on Saturday after a man allegedly stole a cell phone and his girlfriend punched a security guard during detainment. The man, identified as 24-year-old Raymund Chunmorales of Oakland, allegedly stole a cell phone from a 22-year-old Sunnyvale man at 11:33 p.m. while dancing at the nightclub. The victim notified nightclub security, who reviewed video surveillance that showed Chunmorales taking the phone, according to Sgt. Saul Jaeger of the Mountain View Police Department. After reviewing the footage, security detained Chunmorales and his girlfriend, Aletandra Avalos, a 21-year-old Mountain View woman. During detainment, Avalos allegedly punched a security guard. Police arrested Chunmorales on charges of grand theft and Avalos for battery. The grand theft charge stemmed from the fact that the phone was taken from the victimâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pocket, Jaeger said. Both were booked into San Jose Main Jail. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Kevin Forestieri

LOS ALTOS MAN KILLED IN CRASH A 50-year-old man killed Friday morning, Sept. 5, when he crashed on a motor scooter in Sunnyvale has been identified as Los Altos resident Brian David Lazara, according to the Santa Clara County medical examinerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office. Around 8:45 a.m., police officers and firefighters from the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety responded to a report of a crash involving a scooter at Mary Avenue and Central Expressway. Lazara suffered significant injuries in the crash and was transported to a hospital, where he died, public safety officials said. Two other vehicles were involved in the crash, and those drivers stayed at the scene, according to officials. No arrests have been made, and the department is continuing to investigate the crash. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Bay City News Service

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achievement gap, and find out why they’re doing better. Candidate Doug Moore said that Latino students in Mountain View have been getting a “bad deal.” He said the AVID program is great and needs to be expanded, but other school districts are getting Latino students into top colleges at a much higher rate than the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District. Getting graduates ready for the real world When asked to describe the ideal skill set of a graduate from the district and how the district should hone those skills, some candidates said they supported more “middle ground” classes between normal courses and AP courses, while others advocated for more alternative programs, and opening up as many options for graduates as possible. Torok said it’s important to keep students on track for the A-G requirements — course credits needed to be eligible for admission into University of California schools — and offer up as many different classes as possible to broaden their horizons. She said the district also needs to continue to enhance STEM courses, and increase the accessibility of technology both on and off the campus. Bunnett said the greatest gift they could give students is a lifelong love for learning, and that students should leave high school with compassion, commitment to the community and creative problem-solving skills. She said an annual school climate survey for district teachers, students and families that asks personal questions could give interesting feedback on whether the three groups are aligned, and show trends that reveal the district could be headed in the right direction. As an executive at Yahoo, Kramer said part of his job is to hire and fire people for a living, and he has a good idea of what skills to look for in graduate students. He said students need to be able to communicate, cooperate and have the ability to get work done. To get there, Kramer said the district should offer middle ground courses and more flexible schedules, and should look into offering more online classes. Moore said the district needs to educate kids to be leaders, not followers, and needs to encourage students have civic awareness. He said the district would need to find ways to reduce unnecessary stress in the classroom, and work to reduce the disparity between normal classes that are a little too easy, and AP

classes that are very difficult. On a personal level, Dave told district teachers he graduated high school without much direction, and stumbled upon stuff until his early 30s. “To students, it sometimes doesn’t make sense altogether why they’re learning the stuff they are,” Dave said. He said the district needs to provide students with the foundation they need to compete in the global economy, including the fundamentals of language, written and verbal communication, civic duty and math skills. He said the district and the school board have the responsibility to assess whether or not students are leaving high school with those skills, and recognize that not every student is collegebound. Walter said graduates need to be ready for whatever comes their way, and while the district is a college-bound high school district, the school board needs to support students who don’t choose that path. She said would advocate for more parent engagement, and get them involved in what’s going on in the district rather than just communicating good news and press releases. Mitchner said giving students more classes and different ways of learning is an important addition to the core academic skill set students need for graduation. He boasted that the district has added more classes and program in the last five years than any time before, and Middle College, Freestyle Academy and Alta Vista are all programs that offer alternative ways to learn.

“A well-rounded graduate ready for whatever might come their way means being open to new, innovative approaches to learning,” Mitchner said. Mady Miraglia, vice president of the District Teachers Assocation, said she was happy that all the candidates were willing to show up, and felt that each candidate had their merits. She said the candidates also expressed that they would like to work closely with the teachers in the district, beyond just going through the “proper channels.” Opportunity to shake things up In closing comments, Kramer noted that the election gives the community the chance to create a “new direction,” and bring in board members that are active and engaged. Moore said a turnover in board members would re-open communication with board members and teachers, and urged teachers to seize the opportunity. “We haven’t had a real election since 1994. You don’t want to wait another 20 years for another opportunity,” Moore said. At the forum, Moore told teachers that over the last eight years, the school board has voted 478 times. Of those votes, he said all 478 were unanimous — indicating the board took a very passive approach to governance. Kramer said the statistic Moore raised at the meeting leads him to believe that more active management is needed at the board level, and that board members need to have a more engaged relationship with parents and teachers.

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CALTRAIN TO BUY MORE RAIL CARS Caltrain announced plans to purchase 16 surplus Metrolink rail cars that will be used to extend train sets and provide more capacity for peak-hour trains. The Bombardier Bi-Level Generation two-rail cars are being purchased from Southern California Regional Rail Authority. Caltrain officials estimate the cars, which will require substantial rehabilitation, could be in service in a year, according to a Sept. 4 press release. The total cost of buying and renovating the equipment is estimated at $15 million, according to Caltrain officials. Caltrain is purchasing the cars to provide short-term capacity relief on peak-hour trains that frequently experience standingroom-only conditions. Officials said the majority of the funding for the purchase will be covered by a fare box revenue bond. The remaining funds will be covered by reinvesting surplus fare box revenue, which has seen record returns due to increased ridership. —Bay City News Service

FUNDRAISING WALK AT CUESTA A local woman with a neurological disorder affecting muscles and motor skills will walk to raise money for research at an event that’s set for Saturday, Sept. 13, at Cuesta Park, located at 615 Cuesta Drive in Mountain View. Bethany Meloche, 21, will begin walking in the morning, with donors meeting later from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. to eat, talk and cheer her efforts, according to supporter Frank Weiss. Weiss said that the walk’s proceeds will be donated to the CharcotMarie-Toth Association (CMTA). Charcot-Marie-Toth disease is a hereditary condition causing muscle weakness that can make walking painful and difficult. She did a similar event last year, after a number of surgeries helped her regain the ability to walk. She had been in a wheelchair since high school. According to Weiss, Meloche set a goal of raising $13,100 this year for CMTA. As of Wednesday morning, $12,281 had been raised, according to the event’s webpage. Donors who come to the event will receive a free Bethany’s Walk T-shirt, Weiss said. More information about the event is at bit.ly/1skVL0Q. For more information about Charcot-MarieTooth, go to www.cmtausa.org. —Cooper Aspegren

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Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View. The group has been working in recent months to draw attention to the city’s jobshousing imbalance. A majority of the nine candidates vying for three seats in the November election said they agree with the group’s call for housing in North Bayshore, and Google and the Chamber of Commerce renewed their support for allowing for North Bayshore housing, initially proposed in 2012. Mayor Chris Clark told the crowd that packed the Council Chambers that the council wouldn’t be taking up the issue of housing in North Bayshore because it was settled in the 2012 general plan. “Whether we can add housing back to that isn’t a question we can entertain tonight,” Clark said. “That doesn’t mean it can’t be changed down the road. But if you are expecting us to vote yes or no on housing in North Bayshore, that’s not going to happen.” Lenny Siegel, a council candidate and leader of the Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View, disagreed, noting that the city has experienced an unexpected spike in job growth since the general plan was approved in 2012, which explains rising rents from increase demand for housing, and increasing commuter traffic. “This is the first time the full plan been available for public comment,” Siegel said. “You owe us an answer about why we are going to make things worse.” The study session was set to discuss details of the precise plan for North Bayshore, which was scheduled as the last meeting to ready the plan for a vote for approval in November. Members expressed interest in reducing the office growth allowed in the plan, but made no decisions Tuesday. Siegel was allowed to give a 10-minute speech, as he represented a number of people in the audience. “North Bayshore is a good place for multi-story housing,” Siegel said. “It’s near a center of employment and is not in backyards of single-family homes.” He said that blocking housing growth in North Bayshore is going to hurt the diversity of our community through a worsening housing shortage and it’s going to hurt the environment by forcing more people to commute. “You are saying we can’t consider housing because of a decision made two years ago. This council is operating on inertia,” said Siegel to the council. “You made a bad decision and you want to keep going. You are

headed straight toward an iceberg and you are rearranging the deck chairs.” Council opposition Council members John McAlister, Margart Abe-Koga, Jac Siegel and Ronit Bryant reiterated their opposition to North Bayshore housing. Abe-Koga suggested reducing the 3.4 million square feet of allowed office growth in the plan to reduce demand for housing in the area, an idea that appeared to interest council members as midnight approached and they looked for a way to wrap up the discussion. Bryant recalled one reason why she ended up opposed to housing in North Bayshore in 2012, noting that she didn’t want to go through all of her reasons again on Tuesday. “I pulled back from that because 1,100 units is not a community and that’s all there is to it,” she said. She also questioned calls for smaller apartments to be included in the area, though

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there have also been calls for “family-friendly housing” and a “diverse mix” of housing types from those involved with the Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View. “Transitional housing for young techies — is that a community?” Bryant asked. Abe-Koga, who is leaving the council due to term limits, said to future council members, “If you are going to study housing in North Bayshore, then reopen the General Plan completely and look at housing in other areas. There’s no neighborhood here (in North Bayshore). I get that it’s near jobs.” She said has long said that East Whisman would be a good place for housing. Abe-Koga recalled recent remarks by herself and Bryant about putting housing in place of a recent office project that was proposed and then withdrawn for 24 acres at 700 East Whisman Road, just east of Highway 237, a property now owned by Google. “Think about how many units we could put on that property, which is near existing apartments, a park and a school,” Abe-Koga said. Council members discussed details of the North Bayshore plan for hours, such as when to use a “trip cap” to limit develop-

ment in the area based on traffic counts on the three roads that feed North Bayshore, as well as what public benefits would be required of developers that seek”density bonuses” to be allowed larger buildings. Public comments A number of young tech workers spoke about how even tech employees were begin displaced by rising rents in Mountain View, with one saying he didn’t want to hear any excuses for not quickly building a lot of housing for the city’s growing workforce. “We are starting a family and thinking of moving,” said Karen Adams, who said she was married to a tech worker who also expressed alarm about the situation. “It was a very different situation two years ago. Things were expensive but seemed doable. Rents have gone up more than 10 percent a year. It no longer looks like staying here is a viable option. It seems like renters are not being heard. People (who) already have houses are surprised when we tell them our situation.” “Our quality of life in Mountain View is degrading as far as congestion and stress,” said longtime resident Jane Horton, who said the traffic to her job in North Bayshore is terrible. “I don’t know why we’d want to add more congestion and stress to a place everybody really loves.” Google employee Deb Henigson, former member of the city’s environmental sustainability task force, said housing in North Bayshore is “the most important thing we could do to reduce vehicle miles traveled and reduce emissions.” Shani Kleinhaus of the local Audubon Society chapter, which has raised concerns about how housing would impact burrowing owls and the egret colony along Stevens Creek in North Bayshore, encouraged council members to move ahead with the plan. Lenny Siegel addressed the argument that house cats would hunt and kill the rare burrowing owl at nearby Shoreline Park, which originated with the Audubon Society, noting that there are already 300 mobiles homes in North Bayshore in the Santiago Villa mobile home park where people have house cats. No owl deaths by cat have been reported. He said that putting housing near the gateway area near Highway 101 or the core area along North Shoreline Boulevard south of Charleston Road doesn’t pose as serious a threat to the burrowing owls. Email Daniel DeBolt at ddebolt@mv-voice.com

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Fraley, a psychologist who has helped lead the campaign. “We can do this, it works, it boosts the economy.” It was noted that San Francisco and Davis are considering a $15 minimum wage, and in Los Angeles, a increase to a $13 an hour minimum wage is on the table. “If Mountain View goes to $15 it’s not going to be standing alone in that,” Fraley said. Mountain View could match San Jose’s $10.15 an hour, or go as high as $15 — it has not been decided yet, said Melissa Stevenson Dile, the assistant city manager. Sunnyvale appears to be on track to follow San Jose’s lead next year with a raise to $10 an hour with automatic increases for inflation. The Mountain View City Council is expected to vote this fall on an increase which would take effect July 1, 2015. Tied to the Consumer Price Index, it would automatically rise to reflect increased costs of living. While business owners did not speak out Monday night, some have expressed their opposition in writing to the Chamber and on the city’s website, saying that it would mean they’d hire fewer people and raise prices to pay for the raise, and that it would restrict their right to pay employees as they wish. Advocates disagree, saying cities and states with higher minimum wages have better job growth and economic growth because workers have more money to spend. The Chamber’s survey of a broad range of Mountain

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After reading Igoe’s comments in a story on the Voice website, council members were skeptical. “If land is going to be $10 million to $20 million per acre, I’ve yet to see any land owners explain how this land would yield anything affordable for our community,” said council member Jac Siegel, who opposes allowing housing in North Bayshore. In response to questions from Siegel, Igoe said, “Google would support a community in North Bayshore, we think it’s important to support a community there.” When Siegel asked more probing questions about the financial feasibility of zoning land worth billions to build 5,000 homes,

View businesses — including non-profits, tech companies and restaurants, among others — reported that 23 percent of survey respondents said they would support an increase to $15 an hour, 3 percent to $13 an hour, 15 percent to $12 an hour, and 23 percent to $10 an hour. Six percent said they would support some other, unspecified increase in the minimum wage. The businesses were split 50-50 exactly on whether the raise should include a regular cost of living adjustment. Of the 62 businesses surveyed, 36 said the raise would affect their business, while 19 said it would not and seven were not sure. However, Chamber CEO Oscar Garcia said the survey results were inaccurate after they were published online by the Voice, even though they originated from an email from one of his staffers. Government relations manager Diana Bautista forwarded the survey results to council member Margaret Abe-Koga, who passed along the email to minimum wage activists, including Fraley. The Voice obtained the survey results from Fraley. “The percentages are all wrong,” Garcia told the Voice, but he declined to immediately provide corrected numbers or point out any specific errors. Maria Marroquin, director of the Mountain View Day Worker Center, said a city-wide raise is “the right thing to do,” and said she supported going to $15 an hour. Marilu Delgado of the Community Action Team, a group of activists in the Castro School community, said that parents were having to work longer

hours to pay escalating rents, causing problems for local schools that want parents to be more involved. “Now they have to work so many long hours they are not able to be as involved as they were previously,” Delgado said. Angel Santuario said a raise could help restore faith in government’s ability to help people. He said current wages “are really just perpetuating modern day slavery — all these people are not living, they are just surviving. We really need to start thinking about people.” On Monday several people mentioned the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s living wage calculator, which sets the wage for a single adult in Mountain View at $12 an hour in order to pay for basic expenses. It rises to $23.66 if that adult has a child to support. “I strongly support raising the minimum wage to $12, even $15 an hour,” even with increased prices for goods, said Ronald Shaeffer on Monday night. “That is because I believe this is an issue of economic justice. It is essential for achieving even a modicum of economic justice. We sell hours of our lives to our employers. We don’t have an infinite amount of hours to sell. Wall Street tycoons who merely throw us into depression earn more than $30 million a year. A minimum wage worker now earns $9 an hour. That is a ratio of 3,000 to one. That says it all for me.” The city will be taking comments on the minimum wage increase online at mountainview.gov until Sept. 19. Email Daniel DeBolt at ddebolt@mv-voice.com

Igoe replied, “I don’t know how I would be more clear, we do support the concept of a community in North Bayshore.” Council member Mike Kasperzak interjected, saying Google supported such a community “philosophically, as opposed to, ‘We’d build it.’” Igoe replied, “There’s no opportunity to build it.” Members of the Campaign for a Balanced Mountain View took Igoe’s initial comments to mean that Google may be open to a “public-private” partnership to build affordable housing in North Bayshore. A majority of the commissioners at the Sept. 3 meeting expressed opposition to housing in North Bayshore, including Robert Cox and three commissioners who are candidates for the City Council in November:

Ellen Kamei, Lisa Matichak and Margaret Capriles. Commissioners Todd Fernandez and John Scarboro supported allowing housing in North Bayshore, while commissioner Kathy Trontell was absent. A new criticism came from Matichak, who said the land in North Bayshore — most of which is owned by Google — is too expensive for housing development at a cost of $20 million an acre. She told the Voice that she had received that number from a real estate broker who wished to remain anonymous. Reportedly, the priciest local real estate buy to date was Google’s recent purchase of 700 East Middlefield Road in Mountain View, at a cost of $10.4 million an acre. Email Daniel DeBolt at ddebolt@mv-voice.com

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student loan debt after receiving two master’s degrees. She’s had to put off paying the student debt and let interest build up because she makes too much to go into deferment, according to the federal government, but not enough to pay off student loans and survive each month. “I ask myself on a daily basis, ‘Was my massive amount of student debt worth it?’ Even being all the way on the right on the pay scale, I cannot survive,” she said. Negotiations between the district and the teachers’ union have been relatively quiet in the last decade, but Tommy Ochoa, vice president of the Mountain View Educator’s Association, told the board that’s about to change. “Over my 11 years in the district, I’ve seen our teachers remain relatively dormant when it comes to teacher salary,” Ochoa said. “I’d like to announce that the quiet and dormant days of your Mountain View teachers are over.” Ochoa told the board that he questions whether the district can achieve its goal to attract and retain a a diverse, talented workforce when salaries are so low. He said that of the 32 school districts in the county, the Mountain View Whisman district ranks 26th in salary levels. “And when you compare Mountain View Whisman ... with similar districts, they rank dead last in teacher compensation,” Ochoa said. Goldman said when he took over as superintendent, the country was on the verge of the worst fiscal crisis since the Depression, and the district was careful to make sure it didn’t cut teacher positions or teacher salaries through the recession. He acknowledged that he district could be considered “at the bottom” nine years ago, but since then has been committed to better teacher compensation. “We never laid off any permanent or probationary teachers. We didn’t cut, and in fact gave raises, when others didn’t. I keep hearing we’re at the bottom, but what I’ve seen is we’ve been moving up — and moving up steadily.” Goldman challenged the assertion that the district ranks 26th of 32 county districts, and told teachers at the board meeting that average teacher salaries is a poor metric to gauge how the district measures up against nearby districts. “The average is the worst way to judge how our district is compensated because it affects none of you individually. None of you are affected by the average.” He said the average is likely brought down by the high number of new hires the district has

every year, but that teachers are affected by a salary schedule that takes into account number of years served and college education. He said if the new hires do drag down the average, he doesn’t see that as a problem. “If that’s a bad thing — a reflection of low salary — then somebody ought to tell the high school district. Because they have 41 new teachers, and they have the highest salaries in the state,” Goldman said. During the superintendent’s comments, many teachers in the room began filtering out. Deception over teacher salaries? Goldman acknowledged that he lost his composure that night and apologized to anyone who found his response upsetting. But, he said, he firmly believes there is a lot of misinformation and confusion over teacher salaries, perpetuated in part by the California Teachers Association. “I was quite upset by CTA’s efforts to deceive the community about the progress we’ve made with respect to salary and benefits over the past several years,” Goldman said in an email. He said the big turnout of teachers demanding higher salaries was surprising amid “productive and amicable” negotiations over the last several years, and that the 2013-14 salary schedule was widely acknowledged as a great advancement for the district. Goldman said there is also a Craig Goldman perception that the district hasn’t given a raise in over 12 years despite automatic raises teachers receive after successive years of service and “cost of living” increases that exceed what the state gives the district. When compared with other similar elementary school districts in Santa Clara County and San Mateo County, Goldman said, the Mountain View Whisman district is ranked among the top. The district came in seventh place for the highest low-end salary in the 2012-13 fiscal year at $46,871, and eighth place for highest teacher salary at $86,488. Negotiations between the teachers’ union and the district are ongoing, and Jonathan Pharazyn, president of the Mountain View Educators Association, indicated that the negotiations did not go well last week. Teacher union eying the reserves Teachers in the union suggest that the school district can tap into its ever-increasing reserves — money held on to by the dis-

trict for fiscally lean years — as a way to fund higher salaries for teachers. A flier handed out by the union claims that the school district has gone from $6.2 million in reserves in 2009 to almost $21 million in its current budget. At the board meeting, Ochoa argued that district officials put more and more money into reserves, and keep ratcheting up the amount they say is needed to stay stable during fiscally lean years. He said the Mountain View Whisman district is required to keep reserves equal to at least 3 percent of its annual budget, but officials decided in 2009 that they needed 14 percent to maintain a “healthy economic state.” That percentage jumped to 42 percent. Goldman said the majority of the reserves are restricted, by law or agreements, and cannot be used for salary increases. He also indicated it would be irresponsible to use a big one-time source of money to bolster an ongoing expense like salaries. The Mountain View Whisman district isn’t the only place where teachers are looking to shift money out of district reserves and into teacher salaries. A lastminute trailer bill, passed with the state budget last June, would force districts to spend down their reserves. Most school districts will be forced to maintain a maximum reserve of 6 percent — much lower than the Mountain View Whisman district’s 42 percent. The “reserve cap” bill is supported by the California Teachers Association, and Goldman said the local push to get higher teacher salaries using reserve money is part of that effort. Other complaints Some teachers’ frustration with the district went beyond salaries. Margie Wysocki, a fifth-grade teacher at Monta Loma, voiced concerns over a contentious relationship between district staff and teaching staff. She said introducing Common Core curriculum, for example, has been fraught with problems, and that decisions were made with very little teacher input. Math instructors at the school, Wysocki explained, were given textbooks tailored for Common Core only after school started — and only as an e-textbook. What’s more, she said, they had no training whatsoever for the new textbooks or curriculum, and it’s unclear how they’re supposed to adjust to the new standards without the needed training. “At the moment, I’m working 14-hour days, six days a week, which has been my consistent work schedule for the last 10 years during the academic year,” Wysocki said. “When would you like me to carve out time to learn (this) new curriculum?”

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reserves equal to 42 percent of its annual budget, and would have to spend millions to bring it down to the proposed levels. Superintendent Craig Goldman, in a presentation to the board on Sept. 4, said the high reserves helped the district make it through the last recession without having to fire teachers or increase class sizes. He said relying on the state’s school funding without that cushion is a “frightening” prospect, and that having a reserve that couldn’t cover a single month of operating expenses seems “highly fiscally irresponsible.” “The state was in a deficit funding situation with us by over 22 percent, it was only our cash reserves that allowed us to maintain programs and not cut salaries or positions,” Goldman said. The bill would only go into effect if Proposition 2 passes this November, and Goldman clarified that the board resolution does not oppose the ballot measure. Proposition 2 would bolster the state’s rainy day fund, and Goldman said he applauds the governor’s push for more economic stability. But he can’t quite figure out why Jerry Brown would want school districts to spend down reserves at the same time. “We just don’t understand how the state can with one hand say it needs to build its reserve, and then at the same time tell districts we have to limit ours,” Goldman said. The reserve cap discussion came after nearly an hour of public comments by members of the teacher union demanding higher teacher salaries and compensation from the district. The union provided fliers that posed the question “why is Mountain View Whisman School District building its piggy bank on the backs of its students and teachers?” Tommy Ochoa, vice president of the Mountain View Educator’s Association, said the more than $20 million in reserve funds could be used to increase teacher salaries and compensation. The CTA has also come out in favor of the bill, encouraging school districts to spend the taxpayer dollars on classrooms and children. The CTA website says that it is unacceptable for districts to hold as much as 30 percent of their budget in reserves when California ranks so low in perpupil expenditures nationwide. Board member Steve Nelson voted against the resolution, and said that while the 6 percent reserve cap is a little low, the current 42 percent is excessive. He said he would vote for a resolution that would encourage lawmakers to substantially change the bill, but not to outright repeal it.

The Los Altos School District, which has a little more than 11 percent of its budget in reserves, voted 5-0 last month to support a state Assembly bill that would repeal the law, known as SB 858. The vote was more of a symbolic move than anything else — the Assembly bill was dead on arrival as of Friday, Aug. 22 — but board members took the opportunity to voice their concerns over the proposed change. Board member Pablo Luther criticized the reserve cap, and said he couldn’t understand the purpose of having a cap on school district reserves.

“If it’s a minimum limit that they put for reserves that’s one thing. But just to put a cap on something that school districts cannot exceed — it’s just silly,” Luther said. Board member Mark Goines said the district has run into serious financial shortfalls in the past and had to spend down their reserves to a level below what he considered comfortable. “We’ve had to close schools, we’ve had to lay off teachers, we’ve had to take some pretty egregious actions,” Goines said. “Having a healthy reserve these

past few years has really minimized the amount of disruption in the classroom.” The Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District board has not taken an official position on the reserve cap legislation, but has mandated that the school district maintain a minimum of 5 percent in reserves. Superintendent Barry Groves said the cap would not go into effect for the next four or five years, and it’s not clear what kind of funds would be considered “reserves” under the cap. For example, the law does not indicate

whether money designated to buy textbooks for next year or funds set aside for ongoing retirement costs count towards the cap. At a board meeting in June, when the bill’s passage was announced, board member Phil Faillace said he found it odd that the state would force the district to spend down their reserves through a trailer bill attached to Proposition 2, which seeks to increase state-level reserve funds. “”How curious — the same governor that wants to bolster his rainy day fund thinks we should cut ours,” Faillace said. V

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Transitional kindergarten a boon to students, teachers By Paula Pendleton

unch boxes. Sharpened pencils. School buses and carpooling. All conjure up age-old back-to-school rites and rituals. But what is still relatively new — only in its third year — for the hundreds of elementary school districts in California is the implementation of “transitional kindergarten.” Created by the passage of the Kindergarten Readiness Act authored by former state senator and current Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, transitional kindergarten is the first year of a two-year kindergarten program for California’s youngest students. As a transitional kindergarten teacher, I’m on the frontline of implementing this new grade — the first new grade in California in over a century. And I want to tell you that giving children what many refer to as the “gift of time” is working. The Kindergarten Readiness Act changed the kindergarten entry age so that students starting kindergarten must turn 5 by Sept. 1 of the school year. The new age requirement was phased in over three years beginning in 2012. This school year marks the full implementation of the law, which means that about 125,000 young 5-year-old students (those turning 5 after Sept. 1) in California can now attend an additional year of “transitional kindergarten” (prior to kindergarten), where they are placed with children their age and receive a curriculum designed specifically for them. And because these 125,000 students would have attended kindergarten under the old law, there’s no new cost to the state to provide this grade. Here in the Mountain View Whisman School District, where 36 percent of students are English language learners and 42 percent of students receive free or reduced-price lunch, transitional kindergarten represents an opportunity to level the playing field for all students. The Kindergarten Readiness Act isn’t just a win for our youngest students. It’s helping all students. Kindergarten teachers are talking about what a difference last year’s transitional kindergarten program made for the readiness of their fall-born students. Because their students are more engaged, developmentally more ready, and socially and emotionally more prepared, kindergarten teachers are spending less time on getting their youngest students up to speed. That means more time for all students. Changing the entry age is also going to save money. It will likely mean fewer students referred to special education and fewer children being held back because the youngest of our students will be measured against more age-appropriate standards. For far too many years, I have had 4- and young 5-year-olds whom I couldn’t promote to the next grade. I was struck by how many of them — even at that tender young age — knew they hadn’t made it. They felt they had failed and that sense of failure stayed with them. Under this new law, we can help save countless

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The Mountain View City Council is the board of directors of our city. They set policy, and the city manager as the chief administrative officer carries out their polices. Mountain View has a budget of about $250 million and has 626 employees. Thus, it is equivalent to a mid-size company. Council members spend many hours reading staff reports, such as the draft North Bayshore Precise Plan. They analyze the reports and frame questions for staff. They also gather comments from residents via meetings and emails. They spend long hours deciding which course to take, and then there are the council meetings. Busy, busy, busy! We are fortunate that there are so many dedicated qualified people who want to do this job. Yes, nine candidates are competing to work long hours at low pay. We cannot adequately compensate them for their hard work but we can send a message — “Thank you.” A $500-a-month salary increase will send that message. It is the right thing to do! Konrad M. Sosnow Trophy Drive

I’ve been commuting from 4th & King to Palo Alto every day for three years. While I love the newer trains, which are the most convenient, I’ve learned to avoid them at all costs. Even when I know I can get my bike on, I find it incredibly stressful to sit comfortably in my seat watching fellow commuters at 22nd Street get bumped and in turn get very angry at the conductors. Obviously, the riders’ anger is misplaced and it’s a tense situation for all parties, but the interaction always makes me uncomfortable and a bit guilty that I made the train and will arrive at work at the time I intended. I’ve adjusted my commute to times when the older cars (read: more bike space) are operating. My commute time is 90 minutes each way if I make my intended train, but every bump, or train I choose to skip, is more time I’m away from family, friends and home. I hope Caltrain will consider increased bike capacity so that those of us trying to do something good for ourselves and the planet can continue to do so and that Caltrain remains a viable commuting option as our population expands. Hilary Douglas Assistant Director, CommunityEngaged Scholarship Haas Center for Public Service Stanford

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