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By Carol Rosen
Editor

Instead of gently settling into her new job, Pam Foley, Willow Glen’s new San Jose Unified School District board member, is enduring a baptism by fire.
“I ran [for the school board] to help build the community and create a positive image of Willow Glen schools and the district as a whole. I wanted to strengthen the neighborhood schools and build outreach programs. But the first thing I get to do is close a middle school. And now we’re dealing with closing two grade schools and secession of half the district and I’m finding myself doing double duty,” said Foley during a recent interview with the Times.
She is doing some of the things she wants to do. “I’m involved in establishing rapport with Read more...

By Marylea Adams
Special to the Times

In 1997 it was time for me to look for an elementary school for my then 5-year-old daughter. I toured both public and private schools and after much thought settled on my neighborhood school, Willow Glen Elementary.
I wanted my daughter to walk to school, live close to the kids she played with, but most of all to support the movement of going back to neighborhood schools. I loved the school, its teachers, its diverse population and the Read more...