District shaping plans for former Burlingame school, targeting November bond to renovate it
By Neil Gonzales
The Burlingame Elementary School District has narrowed down options for the recently reacquired former Hoover School and is targeting a potential construction-bond measure for November to fund the site’s renovation.
Earlier this week, the district board told staff to focus on three scenarios for the property: making it a neighborhood school again serving kindergarten to fifth-grade students, turning it into a technology academy, or housing a Spanish- or Mandarin-language immersion program there.
The board is expected next month to make a final decision on what kind of institution Hoover will be.
Making it a K-5 campus would require the district to redraw student-attendance boundaries and move some children from other schools to Hoover, said the district’s chief business official, Robert Clark.
Or, the district could make Hoover a magnet school that features programs in science, technology, engineering and math, Clark said.
Another alternative is housing a second Spanish-immersion or a new Mandarin-immersion program there, he said.
The district already has a Spanish-immersion program at McKinley School.
The district could also move some students from Franklin School to a K-5 Hoover campus, Clark said. That would free up classroom space at Franklin for a Mandarin-immersion program.
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