Class Notes

In its second year, the school will have 90 students in 9th and 10th grades. It's a college prep school that focuses on project-based learning. The school has eight teachers and a small library it hopes to expand.

The San Carlos School District board meets at 5:30 p.m. today to discuss the charter agreement with the school. The meeting will be held at the Central Middle School Media Center, 826 Chestnut St.

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A grass-roots group in Burlingame is raising funds to fully fund the school crossing guard program. Its goal is to reach $32,000. So far, the group has raised $7,000.

The total cost of the program is $64,000 and Safeway has donated $32,000.

The city of Burlingame funded the program for the past several years but budget restraints prevent the city from funding the program. Citizens for a Better Burlingame is raising the money and wants a thousand families to donate $32 each to reach the goal.

For more information contact Dan Andersen at 348-0799.

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The San Mateo-Foster City School District board will weigh staff reports on the financial feasibility of its smaller schools, such as Turnbull and Beresford elementary, and early childhood development programs that are encroaching on the district's general fund.

The district is also discussing ways to rent out its facilities and who it should rent to and at what rates.

The meeting is tomorrow at the district office board room, 42 W. 42nd Ave. in San Mateo.

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Turnbull Learning Academy, a magnet school in San Mateo, is raising funds to send 130 first- and second-graders and fourth- and fifth-graders to see a showing of the Lion King in San Francisco at the Orpheum Theater.

The kids have booked tickets for the Broadway production on Oct. 27 and the school needs about $10,000 to pay for tickets.

Contact Paola Ramirez at 312-7767 ext. 7012 for more information. Contributions can be sent to Turnbull Learning Academy, in care of Paola Ramirez, 715 Indian Ave., San Mateo, 94401.

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Skyline College will host groundbreaking ceremonies Sept. 9 as the college begins construction of the new Student Support and Community Services Center and the new Science Annex.

The ceremonies begin at 2:30 p.m. in the center of the campus between Buildings 5 and 7, 3300 College Drive, San Bruno. Free parking will be available on the north side of the college campus. The public is invited to attend.

The project was originally initiated by the Associated Students of Skyline College in 2001, when it passed a measure to increase the admission fees to fund a new Student Union/Bookstore building on campus. The original concept was expanded into the new Student Support and Community Services Center with the passage of Measure C. The student fees together with the Measure C General Obligation Bond and Certificate of Participation funds provide the funding for the construction at Skyline.

Class Notes is a weekly column in the Daily Journal dedicated to school news. It's compiled by education reporter Bill Silverfarb. Have something you'd like to add? Call 344-5200, ext. 109 or e-mail, silverfarb@smdailyjournal.com.