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Planning commission approves St. Simon School preschool and plaza improvements at 1860 Grant Road

Los Altos City Planning Commission · March 5, 2026
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The Los Altos City Planning Commission unanimously approved a design review and conditional use permit modification allowing a new preschool classroom and plaza upgrades at St. Simon School, subject to preserving a protected tree and conditions addressing parking and tree mitigation.

The Los Altos City Planning Commission unanimously approved a design review (DR25-00006) and a modification to an existing conditional use permit (CUP25-00002) for St. Simon School at 1860 Grant Road, allowing the construction of a new preschool classroom and plaza improvements.

Senior planner Britney Whiteill told commissioners the project would add an approximately 1,700-square-foot classroom near the site's southern corner, renovate an adjacent play yard, and reconfigure on-site parking to create 12 dedicated preschool spaces. Whiteill said the campus currently contains 220 parking stalls and the project would remove three, leaving 217 stalls; a 1995 CUP parking study required 212 spaces and an updated peer review by a licensed traffic engineer (dated Jan. 16, 2026) confirmed the proposed supply is…

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