Cupertino neighbors press Planning Commission over Tessellations’ CUP, citing traffic, parking and high‑school plans

Neighbors of the former Regnard Elementary campus told the City of Cupertino Planning Commission on July 22 that Tessellations, a private school now leasing the site, is generating traffic, parking and safety problems they say exceed the limits the city set when it approved the school’s conditional use permit (CUP) in December 2023.

At the start of the public‑comment period, Vic Menon, a Cupertino resident, said the neighborhood represents “about 30 neighbors living in a quarter mile radius of Regnard campus” and asked the commission to block any revision that would expand Tessellations’ enrollment cap. “We understand that the school may soon request permission to revise its CUP by expanding its enrollment cap by over 40% from 300 to 425,” Menon said.

The neighbors told commissioners they are worried first about traffic congestion during drop‑off and pick‑up, then about on‑street parking, and finally about the school’s plan to keep or expand high‑school grades at the elementary site. “Tessellations generates a disproportionate amount of traffic because the vast majority of its students come from out of the area,” Bindia Desai said, describing queuing that can extend along Yorkshire Drive and up to the Rainbow/Yorkshire intersection. Residents said traffic sometimes blocks driveways and forces drivers into the oncoming lane.

Why it matters: neighbors said the CUP’s conditions — including an…