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Ravenswood school district eyes teacher housing

Original post made on Sep 29, 2018

The Ravenswood school board unanimously directed staff on Thursday night to explore building affordable housing for teachers and staff on a former school site in east Menlo Park.

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Comments

Posted by Dawn1234
a resident of Menlo Park: Belle Haven
on Sep 29, 2018 at 11:51 am

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This is an excellent idea!!!! Its a great perk that Ravenswood can offer than other local districts cannot - which will significantly help their "recruit and retain" goals. As a voter, I'm in favor of this plan. And having teachers in the community benefits everyone.


Posted by Do not Believe Pulido or Gloria
a resident of Belle Haven Elementary
on Sep 30, 2018 at 10:37 pm

I agree is a Pulido's tactic to get teachers to vote for her. She knows they will not vote for her after she ignored their petitions of removing the super last year, and when so pany parents and teachers asked her not to renew Gloria's contract. he renewed the contract's super when she knew she were doing a terrible job. Also, the anymous donation that Pulido got is not anonymous anymore; Gloria is the one who "donated" the money so Pulido will look good and people will vote for Pulido. Pretty corrupted both of them. They shall go and tried to get money somewhere else. Ravenswood School District parents had enough. If Pulido had some dignity, she would not be running again, after what she did.


Posted by Brian
a resident of Menlo Park: The Willows
on Oct 1, 2018 at 9:35 am

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It is a great idea but does anyone trust the current Ravenswood School board to do this in an above board manner? Given the previous history of the Superintendent and the board this could become an opportunity for personal gain and could be handled very poorly. The board needs to be replaced before this project moves forward.


Posted by Christopher Chiang
a resident of another community
on Oct 1, 2018 at 1:01 pm

Why not turn the site into a community of tiny homes for teachers. Teachers could buy and bring their own homes, and the district would retain future flexible use of the site, and limit their expenses to just providing utilities and landscaping. Tiny home communities/tiny home villages, while mobile, are different from RV parks, they are very attractive, yet anyone who follows tiny homes knows it's impossible for any teacher to currently find a place to park a tiny home.


Posted by Machiavelli
a resident of James Flood Magnet School
on Oct 1, 2018 at 5:22 pm

I really hope from the bottom of my heart and seaweed of my soul that this doesn’t become a failure and waste of school funds like GHG’s idea to build washing machines earlier this year. Anything coming from the current board majority should raise eyebrows and be questioned! I also believe that future meetings between the aforementioned board members in this article should be made before the public to allow input of the community and prevent any brown act violations as I doubt Marcelino was left out this matter.
— Machiavelli