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Parents, students and coaches urge district not to convert Los Altos High tennis courts into parking
Summary
At the Sept. 29 Mountain View–Los Altos board meeting, multiple parents, students and coaches urged trustees to preserve Los Altos High School’s tennis courts and not convert them into parking, citing heavy court usage, student participation and neighborhood congestion concerns.
At the Sept. 29 Mountain View–Los Altos Union High School District Board of Trustees meeting, more than a half dozen parents, students and coaches urged the board not to convert tennis courts at Los Altos High School into parking, saying the courts are heavily used by students and the community and that converting them would worsen neighborhood traffic.
Theda, board president, opened the public-comment period and said the board could not answer questions on items not on the agenda because of the Brown Act. That admonition did not stop residents, student-athletes and coaches from making the case to keep the courts intact.
“Adding additional parking spot will only make an additional mess,” said a speaker who identified herself as a tennis player and member of the Los Altos High sustainability committee. She urged the board to find alternatives such as stricter street-parking enforcement and better permit…
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