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August 14, 2002
Saratoga, California Since 1955 |
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News briefs
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Jack Lucas files for West Valley
Jack Lucas became the first official
candidate for the West Valley-Mission
Community College District Board of Trustees
when he filed papers with the county last
week.
Lucas, mayor of Monte Sereno, is in his fifth
term on the council, and has been in
education for 42 years. He is a former
principal, coach and dean of students and
currently teaches math, science and
government at a continuation high school.
Some who live in the board's trustee area
1—which contains the Los Gatos-Saratoga
Joint Union High School District and some San
Jose residents—asked Lucas to consider
running for the board.
Although Lucas has not been involved with the
community colleges politically, he was a
principal for 23 years and many of his
students went on to West Valley College. "I
used it as a great springboard for my
students," Lucas said.
Lucas, 71, has worked with the college in the
concurrent credit program for the students
who are taking classes at the high school and
the college.
Saratoga residents Jeffrey Schwartz and Don
Wolfe are the current trustees representing
trustee area 1. Both of their terms expire in
November. According to county deputy
registrar Mary Watson, both took out the
papers to run for reelection. Saratoga
residents Brett England and Cheriel Jensen
also took out the papers; none of the four
had filed the papers as of last Thursday. The
deadline to file was on Friday.
Added parking in downtown
Ten additional parking spaces will be added
to the Saratoga Fire Station, as well as 13
more in parking district three, near the
middle of Big Basin Way near Oak Street.
These additional spaces will help meet
parking demands of the area; however there is
concern that this new parking will cause
traffic to back up into the surrounding
neighborhood as it has done in the past.
The city council was also concerned about the
parking being used by fire and sheriff
station staff. Council members suggested that
parking be limited to two hours. Mayor Nick
Streit said the sheriff station officers
would be given a "drop dead date" to stop
parking in the specified area, and if this
does not prevent officers from parking in the
area, the station could potentially be
downsized.
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