San Mateo-Foster City School District

Report to the Community

Spring 2014Including:

§21st Century Learning §Next Steps - Critical to Our Children’s Futures§Safe, Healthy, Respectful School Climate§Awards and Accomplishments - Highlights§Measure L Modernization Update

1170 Chess Drive Foster City, CA 94404 (650) 312-7700

http://www.smfcsd.net

San Mateo-Foster City School District

Board of Trustees District Administration

Colleen Sullivan, President Dr. Cynthia Simms, Superintendent Audrey Ng, Vice President Molly Barton, Assistant Superintendent Student Services Ed Coady, Clerk Mary Kay Going, Assistant Superintendent Education Services Chelsea Bonini, Trustee Dr. Donna Lewis, Assistant Superintendent Human Resources Lory Lorimer Lawson, Trustee Laura Phan, Chief Business Official

Front left to right: Audrey Ng, Colleen Sullivan; back left to right: Front center: Dr. Cynthia Simms; left to right: Molly Barton, Lory Lorimer Lawson, Ed Coady, and Chelsea Bonini. Mary Kay Going, Dr. Donna Lewis, and Laura Phan.

SMFCSD Strategic Plan Adopted by the Board of Trustees on December 6, 2012, the District’s Strategic Plan is a collaborative effort between teachers, support staff, administrators, parents, community leaders and the Trustees.

VISION

The San Mateo-Foster City School District educates and inspires students to live, lead and learn with integrity and joy.

MISSION

With a focus on academic achievement, Twenty-First Century learning, and citizenship and character education, the Mission of the San Mateo-Foster City School District is to prepare our students to positively impact a dynamic and diverse world as they:

§ Develop career and life skills through academic excellence and personal wellness. § Become critical thinkers while taking responsible risks in their learning. § Acquire and exchange knowledge through collaboration and effective communication. § Utilize creativity and technology to maximize their potential. § Demonstrate socially responsible citizenship.

STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS

§ Educate all students to achieve their potential through a rigorous program that builds a solid academic foundation and challenges students to think critically and communicate effectively.

§ Inspire all students to go out into the world as active, well-rounded, socially responsible citizens who positively impact today and the future.

“What we want is to see the child in pursuit of knowledge, and not knowledge in pursuit of the child.” -George Bernard Shaw

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Dear Members of the San Mateo-Foster City Community:

In sending you this report highlighting accomplishments over the past year at our local elementary and middle schools, I am reminded that each of us in San Mateo and Foster City is connected to the lives of the youth who grow up here. Providing them, at an early age, with an education that is second to none must be a commitment we all take to heart.

We are one community that is enhanced by diversity in culture, ethnicity, religion, gender, and age. Whether the youth in our community are born here or move here, their futures are shaped by all of us as good citizens and in our demonstration of a unified commitment that their education is a community priority.

The San Mateo-Foster City School District (SMFCSD) is the largest school district in San Mateo County and one of the earliest school districts established in California. Beginning in 1861 with a one room school house in San Mateo, by the time Foster City was incorporated in 1971, the District was on its way to creating twenty-one sites for educating youth in our two cities.

From its inception, our community has strongly supported the education of its children. Without a strong educational foundation at the beginning of their lives, youth and our community are short changed. Every day, in every way, teachers and support staff in our San Mateo-Foster City schools are providing learning environments that are academically focused, creative, unique, and transformative. Their teaching strategies ensure that our students are learning the Common Core State Standards (see page 4) in English Language Arts/Literacy and Mathematics, as well as science, social studies, physical education, and the arts to promote collaboration, critical thinking, communication, and creativity. As a result, our students are well-prepared for the global future that awaits them.

It is my pleasure to bring you a glimpse of what is happening in our community schools serving an enrollment of over 11,000 preschool through eighth graders - a number fast on the rise as more families choose to live in our San Mateo-Foster City school community.

We invite you to follow along with our Next Steps Advisory Committee as our community embraces change and progress to ensure success for all youth in the San Mateo-Foster City School District. Our students’ success is the future of our community, our nation and, truly, of our world.

Warmly,

Dr. Cynthia SimmsSuperintendent

Two Cities - One School Community

“…All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” -Edwin Markham

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SMFCSD Schools Rank Among the Best in the State

The increased high performance scores by our students on mandated testing ranks San Mateo-Foster City schools among the best in California. Families consider this data when making decisions on where to relocate to give their children the best possible access to quality education and opportunity for success. We see this trend reflected in the annual increase in enrollment throughout San Mateo and Foster City.

The Academic Performance Index (API) is a measurement of academic performance and progress of individual schools in California. API scores range from a numeric low of 200 to a high of 1000. A school’s growth is measured by how well it is moving toward or past the goal of 800. The graph on the right reflects data for 2013 which places our District at 843; in 2012, it was 841.

Developed by educational leaders and experts from across the country, the Common Core State Standards are a set of high-quality academic standards in Mathematics and English Language Arts/Literacy. These learning standards outline what a student should know and, across states, be able to do at the end of each grade. The standards were completed in 2009 and adopted by the California legislature in 2010. Forty-five out of fifty states in the United States have adopted these standards.The standards define the knowledge and skills students should master throughout their K-12 education in order to graduate from high school prepared to succeed in entry-level careers, academic college courses and workforce training programs.

21st Century Learning

Common Core State Standards

“…education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellect.”

-Robert M. Hutchins

The standards are:1. Research- and evidence-based.2. Clear, understandable, and consistent.3. Aligned with college and career expectations.4. Based on rigorous content and application of knowledge

through higher-order thinking skills.5. Built upon the strengths and lessons of current state

standards.6. Informed by other top performing countries in order to

prepare all students for success in our global economy and society.

The adoption of the Common Core State Standards in the San Mateo-Foster City School District presents our community’s children with optimal opportunity to achieve success in a 21st Century global economy.

Strategic Plan, Direction 1: Educate all students to achieve their potential through a rigorous program that builds a solid academic foundation and challenges students to think critically and communicate effectively.

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The dark line indicates the State Standard for Excellence: 800.

Quality Teaching and Learning Environments

Concurrent with addressing 21st Century learning goals and opportunities for our students is the on-going issue in our two-city school community of increasing school enrollment and providing adequate space for instruction in state-of-the-art schools. We are fortunate to live in a community that attracts new growth in families as well as businesses, and anticipate that migration to our cities will continue well into the future. While this is important for our local economy and quality of life, the growth poses challenges to the San Mateo-Foster City School District to provide optimal learning environments for our children.

Enrollment in our District is increasing an average of 250 more students in our schools each year.

Last November, the District asked the community to support Measure P, a general obligation bond that would increase school capacity by an additional 1,050 seats; upgrade classroom technology; and, provide for District-wide solar energy efficiency. The bond measure did not pass. Other options must now be identified to maintain the excellent quality of education that we have come to expect for the students we serve in San Mateo and Foster City.

“The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows.”

– Sydney J. HarrisNext Steps – Critical To Our Children’s Futures

Newly appointed in February 2014, the Next Steps Advisory Committee is comprised of residents and community leaders from San Mateo and Foster City with differing points of view about addressing increasing student enrollment challenges. Their charge is to engage the external and internal communities of the SMFCSD to generate other options for addressing school capacity and equity issues created as student enrollment continues to grow.

Members of the Next Steps Advisory Committee are: Daniela Relaford, Isabelle Bushman, Evelia Chairez, Gloria Brown, Mark Hudak, Larry Lowenthal, Ed Coady, and Audrey Ng. Meetings are being facilitated by Addie Rose Mayer of the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center.

These concerns are also being addressed in collaboration with Mayors Robert Ross (San Mateo) and Charlie Bronitsky (Foster City), City Managers Larry Patterson (San Mateo) and Jim Hardy (Foster City), Board of Trustees President Colleen Sullivan, and Superintendent Dr. Cynthia Simms. This leadership is committed to do their part to promote a fair and inclusive process to achieve a successful outcome for the

benefit of the children in our collective community. It is important to these city and school district leaders that all voices are heard throughout the process so that the recommended solutions will be supported by the communities of both cities.

The Next Steps Advisory Committee meets on the first and fourth Monday of the month (through June; then resuming in August), 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. at the School District Offices, 1170 Chess Drive, Foster City. Additionally, weekend tours of the schools are planned to observe first-hand the differences in the physical capacities of each school to prepare students for the 21st Century. Please check the District website for dates of tours: http://www.smfcsd.net.

The next steps we take as a school district and a community are critical to the future of our young people and our community. Please support the work of the Next Steps Advisory Committee by attending the meetings and/or following the work of the Committee on the District website and by participating in the community engagement opportunities to be scheduled this fall.

Strategic Plan Direction 2: Inspire all students to go out into the world as active, well-rounded, socially responsible citizens who positively impact today and the future.

Great Schools Enriching Our Great Community

“Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,nothing is going to get better. It’s not.” -Dr. Seuss, The Lorax

Highly skilled and motivated educators, combined with engaged parents and strong community partnerships, continue to strengthen the quality of education that distinguishes our community. Our outstanding schools ensure that students in the SMFCSD will live, lead, and learn and go out into the world as active, well-rounded, socially responsible citizens who positively impact today and the future.

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California Distinguished School Honors for 2014 have been conferred on College Park Elementary School (Principal Diana Hallock) by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson. College Park is recognized for its signature practices to ensure that all students are achieving academically while immersed in a Mandarin/English language program. In previous years, other SMFCSD schools have received the honor: Baywood Elementary (twice), Laurel Elementary (twice), Foster City Elementary, Fiesta Gardens, North Shoreview Montessori, Meadow Heights Elementary, Parkside Elementary, Abbott and Borel Middle Schools and Bowditch Middle

School (twice). The award recognizes exemplary and inspiring public schools that demonstrate significant gains in student achievement and display unique signature practices that address the achievement gap. College Park also received State honors for its Exemplary Program in Physical Activity and Nutrition.

The Association of California School Administrators, Region V, honored Laurel Elementary School Principal Susan Glines as Elementary Principal of the Year for Region V. Ms. Glines was selected from a field of nominees representing all of San Mateo County and the City and County of San Francisco. Ms. Glines joined the District in 1986 as a teacher; became principal of Foster City Elementary School in 2005; and, was appointed Principal of Laurel in 2008.

The J. Russell Kent Award is presented annually in formal ceremony by the San Mateo County School Boards Association to outstanding programs in a school district, county office of education, or in the San Mateo County Community College District. Historically, the District has been honored with a significant percentage of the Kent Awards. Two SMFCSD schools are among this year’s winners:

Ø Abbott Middle School (Principal Cathy Ennon; Teacher Jordan Sher) for its Campus Climate Initiative program. Launched in 2011-2012, the five year plan is to change the campus climate at Abbott. Data results at the end of each year inform the direction for the coming year. Activities which involve students, teachers and parents have included training by No Bully organization of San Francisco; school-wide assemblies; evening parent workshops; creating a school Vision Statement; and, weekly school broadcasts focused on No Bully. Providing safe, respectful and nurturing school environments is a District priority and the Abbott Middle School initiative is a primary example of that accomplishment.

Ø The Parent Involvement Project (PIP) (Principal on Special Assignment for Child Development Cheryl Shrewsbury) is benefitting preschool through first grade children and their families at George Hall, Fiesta Gardens, Horrall and College Park/Turnbull Schools. Parents, teachers and community volunteers collaborate on activities to support children’s cognitive, social, emotional and physical development in school and at home. This year, PIP has served 120 preschool children and 680 kindergarten and first grade students at these four schools. Pictured on the right are Cheryl Shrewsbury (center) and Early Learning Center Coaches Norma Ochoa (left) and Claudia Ramirez (right) from the PIP program.

California Business for Education Excellence (CBEE) Honor Roll 2013 includes: Baywood Elementary, Bowditch Middle School, Brewer Island Elementary, College Park Elementary, Foster City Elementary, and North Shoreview K-8 Montessori. Schools receiving this distinction from the CBEE have demonstrated consistent high levels of academic achievement over time and

reduction in achievement gaps among student populations. “These schools are an inspiration,” commented CBEE Chairman Lee Blitch in presenting the awards.

Literacy Week was celebrated at Meadow Heights Elementary School with the guest appearance of Mac Barnett (pictured to the left), awarding winning American author of popular children’s books who met with classes, talked about his books, and explained to students how he became a writer.

National Read Across America and the 110th birthday of Dr. Seuss were celebrated at Horrall Elementary School with art projects, literature studies, and the participation of community leaders as guest readers in each classroom including San Mateo City Mayor Robert Ross, SamTrans Senior Planner Samantha Erickson, and football players from San Mateo High School.

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors honored Bayside STEM Academy Teachers James Brunner and Paul Luperini for their Math and Science Teacher Innovation Grant Work. Middle school students at the school are engaged in collaborative thinking around design of products using a computer and a 3D printer to actually create the product. Pictured to the right is Mr. Brunner with Supervisor Carole Groom.

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Music for Minors - the highly acclaimed in-school music education program aligned with California content standards in music, is now part of the SMFCSD curriculum for all first through fourth grade students. Recognizing the many benefits of music in the development of the whole child, the SMFCSD Education Foundation continues to fund band, strings, and choir for all fifth grade students.

Sunnybrae Elementary School Principal Lorin Wilson’s first musical composition, March of the Meritorious, written to underscore the ebb and flow of the journeys that unfold in life, had its world premiere last October in performance by the College of San Mateo Band. This was Mr. Wilson’s second musical collaboration with the CSM Band.

Teaching social responsibility is one of the cornerstones of the District’s philosophy for educating the whole child. One of the many examples of service learning projects happening in our schools is Brewer Island Elementary School Student Council’s partnership with Project Night Night. This endeavor brings comfort to thousands of children living in Bay Area homeless shelters by providing them with cute canvas tote bags filled with a new comfy blanket, an age-appropriate children’s book, and a new stuffed animal toy. During the annual drive, students and their families collected the contents which the Student Council members then assembled and distributed to Project Night Night. This year the school assembled 250 bags bringing the three-year total to over 1,000 bags for homeless youth. Leslie Thompson is their Teacher-Advisor.

Audubon Elementary School Bracelets for Cambodia project created a service learning experience for students to learn about children their age living in another part of the world. Introduced by Audubon Educators Nancy Charlow and Joanne Murphy, students have worked on looms or by hand, in the library at lunch recess, to create over 300 Rainbow Loom rubber band bracelets to send to Cambodia where Ms. Charlow volunteers during the summer.

Bayside STEM Robotics Club hosted the First Lego League Robotics Tournament. Teams from around the Bay Area of 9-16 year old children and coaches demonstrated problem solving skills, creative thinking, teamwork, competitive play, sportsmanship, and sense of community. The theme of this year’s competition was “Nature’s Fury” and the Bayside Disaster Boz-Robotics Club Team advanced to the championship, winning the project trophy for their original invention to assist fire fighters with wild fires. They placed third in the championship round. Their Teacher-Advisor is Robert Bolt.

The Silicon Valley Community Foundation honored George Hall Elementary School with a $1,000 Award for a creative class report that 4th graders submitted detailing their experiences on a field trip. The Silicon Valley Community Foundation works with local donors to help support out-of-classroom learning experiences for youth in San Mateo County schools.

Two hundred (200) student musicians representing the Borel Middle School bands and orchestras spent four days of their Spring recess at Disneyland on the Big Thunder Mountain Stage or in the Disney recording studio with experienced conductors to combine their music with Disney animation from movies such as The Lion King. Qualifying through auditions for this remarkable experience, the student musicians learned how to improve balancing their sound and instrumental technique to better communicate emotions in music composition. Borel students were accompanied by thirty (30) chaperones and Director of Band and Orchestra Helene Grotans and Director of Band and Jazz Band Liz Morando. Pictured is the Borel Chamber Orchestra.

We Act, a full-year engagement program and support system for youth provides the tools and resources for schools to help prepare students to become global citizens. Participating in We Act, Abbott Middle School students identified a local issue and problem they wanted to change: litter. Their clean-up efforts on campus and in the creek area behind the school qualified them to participate in We Day California with thousands of other middle school students from throughout the Bay Area. Their Teacher-Advisor is Amy Snow.

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Safety and Health – Critical Components for Student Success

For students to live successful lives, they must understand their responsibility as citizens and develop good character in the choices they make and the paths they choose. The San Mateo-Foster City School District is committed to providing safe, nurturing, respectful and healthy learning and teaching environments. To this end, the District is actively engaged in ongoing community partnerships to ensure that the needs of the whole child are being met. Early on in the District’s history, under the leadership of then Superintendent George W. Hall, programs that were vital, and closely touched on the well being of families in our community, were implemented as a priority. The same holds true today, with the District at the forefront of engagement in innovative programs to address health and safety. Maintaining Safe School Environments

The San Mateo Police Department and Police Activities League (PAL) honored the District with an award commending the District’s initiative to implement the nationally acclaimed Gang Resistance Education and Training Program (G.R.E.A.T.). A manifestation of the District’s vigilance to keep schools safe and students equipped with life skills that resist gang influence, delinquency, and violent behavior, the G.R.E.A.T. program in our school community is co-sponsored by the District, Kaiser Permanente and PG&E. The partnership with PAL focuses on sixth graders in the District’s San Mateo schools with a 13-week curriculum that is taught in the

schools by trained San Mateo police officers. Additionally, the Foster City Police Department has assigned an officer to Foster City schools to teach G.R.E.A.T. to 4th and 6th graders. Pictured at the PAL event are Susie Speyer-Boilard,

Coordinator of Prevention Services and Molly Barton, Assistant Superintendent-Student Services.

The proactive direction of the District to secure community schools to ensure the safety of our youth is reflected in the Measure L Bond Program Projects. In the wake of numerous school invasions across the country, the District is committed to facility safety standards including school campus fencing and security cameras and alarms. These measures will help to protect the welfare of our students while allowing neighborhood access to fields and playgrounds after school hours.

The District is a partner in the county-wide Coalition for Safe Schools and Communities to address a multifaceted approach to ensuring school-community safety. Task forces have been created that address a) standardizing emergency responses for schools; b) mental health support for schools; and, c) the sharing of information between agencies to safeguard school climate. Active on these county-wide task forces are District Administrators Molly Barton, Assistant Superintendent-Student Services and Laura Phan, Chief Business Official. The coalition is comprised of educational leaders, elected officials, law enforcement, and mental health professionals from each city in San Mateo County. Partial funding for the work of the Coalition is made possible by county-wide Measure A approved by San Mateo County voters in November 2012.

Healthy Schools - $1,150,000 Grant

Committed to a school environment that empowers students with social and personal responsibility, the District has aggressively pursued health policies and programs to support the positive development of students. Beginning with the 2012-2013 school year, the District received a three-year grant in the amount of $1,150,000 from The Peninsula Health Care District to establish the Healthy Schools (Wellness) Initiative in San Mateo-Foster City District schools.

Under the direction of Wellness Coordinator Karrie Passalacqua,

programs launched in the School District with this grant to enhance physical activity and teach students about healthy living include:

Ø Sixth Grade Health Education Fair is providing every 6th grader in the District with education in hygiene, blood pressure, diabetes, and how food choices affect good health. Parents and teachers are likewise learning about alternative and healthy foods and snacks for birthday and in-class celebrations.

Ø Poor oral health has a negative impact on a child’s ability to learn. Schools benefit from improved student oral health because it improves attendance and concentration in the classroom due to fewer toothaches. In collaboration with Big Smiles, a school-based oral health program, local dental professionals volunteer in our District schools to provide diagnostic exams for our students who are economically disadvantaged.

“School safety is a key priority for the San Mateo-Foster City School District. The District is playing a vital leadership role in our county-wide Coalition for Safe Schools and Communities, helping ensure the children of San Mateo and Foster City attend safe schools and live in safe communities.” -Anne E. Campbell, San Mateo County Superintendent of Schools

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Ø Counseling and mental health intervention services with students are providing support for District staff to better identify and provide assistance to students who are in emotional distress.

Ø The addition of a full time Physical Education coach enables teachers to learn new activities, motivating students to exercise more and understand the benefits of exercise on healthy living.

Ø A Nutrition consultant and the District’s nurses are providing instruction in healthy living supplemented by new school lunch menus rich in nutritional value.

The District’s emphasis on the importance of good nutrition and healthy living as being positive contributors to student success is further evidenced by other activities in our community schools. Some examples are:

A grant from the San Mateo County Fair Board to Fiesta Gardens and George Hall Elementary Schools supports the planting of vegetable gardens at these schools that will be judged during the annual Fair Grounds competition. Incorporated into this program are the teaching strategies of good nutrition and the importance of healthy hand-washing habits.

Compassion Weekend at the Turnbull Child Development Center (Principal on Special Assignment Cheryl Shrewsbury) brought together nearly 200 volunteers to serve 600 children and adults in our community with health screenings, tests, consultations, vaccinations, and health coverage workshops for low-income families. Medical/health professionals, local businesses, churches, and artists offered mini classes in nutrition and exercise while hundreds of youth participated in a rigorous “boot camp.” The activity also gave away hundreds of donated books to Turnbull families along with games and face painting. Tiles and mural cutouts lovingly painted will be installed at the Turnbull Center.

San Mateo County’s School Wellness Summit fea-tured keynote presentations on student wellness by District Administrator for Child Nutrition Services Andrew Soliz and Wellness Coordinator Karrie Passalacqua.

The American Heart Association awarded College Park Elementary School with a Teaching Garden to expand the work the school is doing in teaching healthy eating and living. The recognition was made in conjunction with American Heart Month to promote healthy heart education and awareness. The Teaching

Garden provides a hands-on opportunity for our students to harvest and eat produce while instilling the value of good eating habits to avoid obesity.

Highlands Elementary School (Principal Heather Gomez) received a Healthy Planet Grant which provided each class at the school with supplies to create their own garden plots. Teachers and parent docents accompany groups of students weekly into their respective class gardens to turn soil, plant, weed, water, and harvest their plants. Students grow their own

vegetables which they enjoy at school. New fencing installed by the District has doubled the footprint of the garden, creating a much larger space for the planter boxes and picnic tables. This “being there” experience for Highlands students supports the school’s Highly Effective Teaching (HET) model that integrates science, language arts, and math content.

Horrall Elementary School’s (Principal Pattie Dullea) multigenerational and multi-cultural school community of students, families, and staff partnered with Healthy Growing to build and create garden beds for the school’s first edible garden. Students are enjoying kale, onions, peas, fava beans, garlic, herbs and sunflowers they have grown. In keeping with the District’s emphasis on integrating various disciplines into instruction, the planting of sunflower seeds evolved into an art in action project with students studying artist Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting of sunflowers.

Safe Routes to School - $432,696 Grant

The District is the recipient of a three-year grant in the amount of $432,696 from the San Mateo County Office of Education (made possible by City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County). This funding has enabled the District to implement several unique programs to promote walking and biking to school. Students actively reduce their carbon footprints and improve traffic safety through the 5E’s: education, encouragement, engineering, enforcement, and evaluation. In partnership with our police and public works departments, activities have included:

Ø Observance of International Walk to School Day; Earth Day, and National Bike to School Day. Pictured is the District-wide observance of International Walk to School Day with students, parents, teachers and community leaders walking, biking, skateboarding and taking buses to school to promote healthy hearts and reducing their carbon footprints.

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Ø The “Tour de SMFC Schools” is an annual event that engages school and community leaders and parents on a 33 mile bicycle ride along a route that encompasses each of the District’s 21 school locations. Pictured on the right is Superintendent Dr. Cynthia Simms enjoying the Tour.

Ø The Safety Patrol Program has students assisting at crosswalks and with drop-off of students to ensure their safe passage to school.

Ø With the help of County engineers, safe route maps have been designed and posted on the District’s website.

Measure L Facilities Update – Your Investment at Work

In February 2008, 75.5 % of voters in San Mateo and Foster City supported the Measure L Bond in the amount of $175,000,000 to improve the overall quality and safety of our community’s elementary and middle schools. The modernization projects since then reflect the District’s Core Facilities Standard Guidelines and the Facilities Master Plan (FMP). These plans were designed by a team that included representatives from the cities of San Mateo and Foster City, San Mateo Elementary Teachers Association (SMETA), California School Employees Association (CSEA), parents, a member of the Board of Trustees, principals, structural engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers and an independent cost estimator to assist in the planning of the FMP.

All elementary and middle schools are included in the Facilities Master Plan. The following standards are incorporated into the implementation of the FMP:

Ø Facility modernization needs that maintain the health, safety and welfare of students, faculty and staff.

Ø Facility modernization needs that were incomplete in the last modernization program.

Ø Facility expansion to address capacity needs and increased student enrollment.

Ø Technology upgrades to bring the District to the 21st Century. Ø Upgrades which are necessary to improve functionality or

operational needs at each campus. Ø Upgrades which are necessary to improve safety and security

at all sites throughout the District. Ø Current and future programmatic needs to support

educational curriculum.

Highlights of Modernization-2013-2014:

§ Audubon Elementary School. A new 14,000+ sq. ft., ten classroom building is cur-rently under construction. This building also includes a sorely needed kitchen and serving area. Modernization includes relocating two of the existing portable classrooms to a different location on the campus until the building has been completed. The District anticipates the work to be completed in August 2014 for the new school year.

§ College Park Elementary School – Turnbull Child Development Center modernization and new construction were completed earlier in the year.

§ Fiesta Gardens International School modernization and new construction were completed earlier in the year.

§ Foster City Elementary School field restoration project was completed.

§ District-wide Security Fencing Project. Keeping our children safe and secure during school is imperative. Work continues on installing new security fencing throughout the District in order to provide a closed campus during instructional hours.

§ District-wide Energy Management Systems (EMS). The District is currently planning the replacement of EMS systems at all schools to improve energy consumption. The new system will be centrally monitored and controlled for better service to our classrooms.

§ District-wide Security Camera Project. Recently completed work includes adding new security cameras to all school sites.

§ Laurel Elementary School Parking Lot Drop Off Area. Addressing safety and environmental issues is the District’s cooperative effort with the City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County (C/CAG) along with Safe Routes to Schools to create a new parking lot and drop off area where the current parking lot is located. There will be a new crosswalk with curb exten-sions at Hacienda Drive and Winway Circle for safer street crossings for our students.

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§ Playground Equipment & Matting Replacement Project. The District is currently planning to replace the playground equipment and matting at most of its elementary schools this summer and fall. Schools will include Audubon, Baywood, Beresford, Brewer Island, Foster City, George Hall, Horrall, Laurel, Meadow Heights, North Shoreview Montessori, San Mateo Park, Parkside, and Sunnybrae.

§ Laurel Elementary School Window Replacement Project will be completed in the classroom wings and gym at Laurel this summer.

§ Painting projects were completed at Bayside STEM Academy, George Hall Elementary and Horrall Elementary Schools. This summer, the exteriors of Audubon Elementary, Laurel Elementary, and Meadow Heights Elementary will be painted. This is part of the District’s Deferred Maintenance plans to paint all schools over the next several years.

Our San Mateo-Foster City Community Schools

Kindergarten-5th Grade:Audubon Elementary SchoolBaywood Elementary SchoolBeresford Elementary School*Brewer Island Elementary School*College Park Elementary SchoolFiesta Gardens International SchoolFoster City Elementary SchoolGeorge Hall Elementary SchoolHighlands Elementary SchoolHorrall Elementary SchoolLaurel Elementary SchoolMeadow Heights Elementary SchoolParkside Elementary SchoolSan Mateo Park Elementary SchoolSunnybrae Elementary School

Middle Schools Grades 6-8:Abbott Middle SchoolThe Bayside S.T.E.M. AcademyBorel Middle SchoolBowditch Middle School

Kindergarten-8th Grade:North Shoreview Montessori School

Elementary School Magnet Programs:College Park Elementary* Mandarin ImmersionFiesta Gardens International School* Spanish-English, Two-Way ImmersionGeorge Hall Elementary* Accelerated Project-Based LearningHorrall Elementary - new school-wide Magnet theme under developmentNorth Shoreview School (K-5) Montessori School/Music & Art

Parkside Elementary* Montessori - new S.T.E.A.M. Magnet theme under development (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics)San Mateo Park Elementary Math & ScienceSunnybrae Elementary International Baccalaureate World School

Middle School Magnet Programs:Abbott Middle School* Spanish-English, Two-way ImmersionBorel Middle School International Baccalaureate World SchoolNorth Shoreview School (6-8) Montessori School/Music & Art Bayside S.T.E.M. Academy* Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics

*Year round school

Preschools - Montessori:North Shoreview Montessori SchoolParkside Elementary School

Preschools - Development:San Mateo Park Elementary SchoolHelping Hands at Parkside Elementary School

Preschools - Language Immersion:Mandarin at Turnbull Child Development CenterSpanish at Fiesta Gardens International School

Children’s Annex - K-5:Before and after school care offered at all elementary schools

Clubhouse - 6-8:Before and after school care offered at middle school campuses except at Bayside S.T.E.M. Academy

Kaui Le - K-5:College Park Mandarin Immersion after school program

For further information about the San Mateo-Foster City School DistrictPhone: 650-312-7700

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San Mateo-Foster City School District1170 Chess DriveFoster City, CA 94404(650) 312-7700

Spring 2014

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