San Mateo-Foster City School District

San Mateo-Foster City School District is a school district in San Mateo and Foster City, California. It consists of twenty schools: three middle schools (Grades 6–8), fourteen elementary schools (TK/K–5), and three schools with all grades (K–8). With a total enrollment of approximately 12,500 students (in 2015–16),[4] it is the largest school district in San Mateo County. Students in the San Mateo-Foster City School District continue on to the San Mateo Union High School District.

San Mateo-Foster City School District
Address
1170 Chess Dr Foster City, California Foster City , San Mateo County, California, 94404
Coordinates	37°33′N 122°18.5′W
District information
Type	Public
Motto	Live, Lead, Learn
Grades	K (TK) – 8
President	Audrey Ng[1]
Vice-president	Shara Watkins[1]
Superintendent	Dr. Joan Rosas[2]
Schools	20
NCES District ID	0634920[3]
Students and staff
Students	12,000
Teachers	1,172
Staff	413
Other information
Website	smfcsd.net

History

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San Mateo-Foster City School District locations  1 Abbott 2 Audubon 3 Baywood 4 Bayside 5 Beresford 6 Borel 7 Bowditch 8 Brewer Island 9 Charter Square 10 College Park 11 District Office 12 Fiesta Gardens 13 Foster City 14 George Hall 15 Highlands 16 Knolls 17 Laurel 18 LEAD 19 Meadow Heights 20 North Shoreview 21 Parkside 22 San Mateo Park 23 Sunnybrae

Measure L

Measure L was passed in February 2008, and provided funds to modernize and repair schools in the district.[5][6]

Measure P

Measure P was placed on the November 2013 ballot, but failed to pass.[7][8] Measure P would have funded capital programs to add a fifth grade to Bowditch Middle School and reopen Knolls Elementary, but debates on Measure P exposed a rift between Foster City and San Mateo residents who felt that Measure P provided disproportionate benefits to the smaller Foster City.[9] Final voting showed support for Measure P in Foster City was outweighed by opposition in San Mateo.[10]

Measure X

Measure X was passed in November 2015,[11] and committed to:[12]

Phase I

• Building a new elementary school in Foster City (Charter Square site)
• Building new classrooms and gyms at Abbott and Borel Middle Schools
• Building a new gym at Bayside Academy

Phase II (planning to start in 2019)

• Building new classrooms and replacing administration building at Bowditch Middle School
• Building new classrooms and new multipurpose rooms to George Hall and Sunnybrae
• Building a new neighborhood elementary school at College Park

The school at Charter Square is anticipated to be completed in early 2019 at an estimated (in 2016) cost of US$61,000,000 (equivalent to $64,980,000 in 2019).[13] After Measure P failed to pass, Measure X was written with input from an eight-member committee which held nearly 100 public meetings from 2014 to 2015 to come up with recommendations to increase district capacity while maintaining equal opportunities for all students. Rather than reopen Knolls Elementary, Measure X included the creation of a new elementary school at College Park, drawing students from the surrounding North Central neighborhood. The current elementary school at College Park, which had served neighborhood children prior to its conversion to a Mandarin-language immersion school, had a history of poor academic performance.[14]

In November 2018, the District announced that due to the rising cost of construction, the elementary school at Charter Square would not be built, but acquisition of the land from developer Westlake Urban, who had previously operated a shopping mall at the site, would continue. The final cost of the acquisition and the construction was estimated to exceed the total project $61 M budget by $11 M. The final cost of land acquisition is anticipated to be $30.1 M.[15]

Measure Y

Measure Y, proposing an extension of an existing parcel tax which generated $7 million annually, failed to reach the two-thirds supermajority required to pass in an all-mail ballot held in March 2017.[16][17]

Measure V

Measure V, proposing a parcel tax of approximately $298 per property to generate a projected $10 million annually,[18] passed with 67.9% of the vote, just over the required two-thirds majority of those voting in the November 2018 election.[19][20]

Schools

List of San Mateo-Foster City School District Schools[21][22][23][24]

Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Telephone[lower-alpha 1]	Special Curriculum	Image
Abbott[lower-alpha 2]	Middle	6–8	600 W. 36th Avenue	San Mateo	7600, 7601 7605 (fax)	Spanish-English Immersion & Global Studies Program[lower-alpha 3]
Audubon	Elementary	TK–5	841 Gull Avenue	Foster City	7500, 7501 7506 (fax)
Bayside Academy	Elementary/Middle	K–5, 6–8	2025 Kehoe Avenue	San Mateo	7660	STEAM (K–5) STEM (6–8)[lower-alpha 4] Mandarin Immersion[lower-alpha 5]
Baywood[lower-alpha 2]	Elementary	TK–5	600 Alameda de las Pulgas		7511, 7512 7508 (fax)
Beresford		K–5	300 W. 28th Avenue		7551, 7546 1970 (fax)
Borel[lower-alpha 2]	Middle	6–8	425 Barneson Avenue		7670, 7669 7644 (fax)	International Baccalaureate
Bowditch[lower-alpha 2]			1450 Tarpon Street	Foster City	7680, 7687 7639 (fax)
Brewer Island	Elementary	TK–5	1151 Polynesia Drive	Foster City	7532, 7648 7729 (fax)
College Park[lower-alpha 2]		K–5	715A Indian Avenue	San Mateo	7691, 7693 7729 (fax)	Mandarin Immersion
Fiesta Gardens[lower-alpha 2]			1001 Bermuda Drive		7737, 7738 7697 (fax)	Spanish-English Immersion
Foster City[lower-alpha 2]		TK–5	461 Beach Park Boulevard	Foster City	7522, 7520 7640 (fax)
George Hall			130 San Miguel Way	San Mateo	7533, 7776 7637 (fax)
Highlands			2320 Newport Street		7544, 7534 7635 (fax)
Laurel			316 W. 36th Avenue		7555, 7556 7636 (fax)
LEAD[lower-alpha 6]			949 Ocean View Avenue		7550, 7549 7641 (fax)
Meadow Heights[lower-alpha 2]			2619 Dolores Street		7566, 7568 7560 (fax)
North Shoreview[lower-alpha 2]	Elementary/Middle	K–8	1301 Cypress Street		7588, 7587	Montessori
Parkside[lower-alpha 2]			1685 Eisenhower Street		7575, 7570
San Mateo Park	Elementary	TK–5	161 Clark Drive		7577, 7558 7643 (fax)
Sunnybrae			1031 S. Delaware Street		7599, 7547 7596 (fax)	International Baccalaureate

Notes

1. Telephone and fax numbers use the area code and prefix (650)312-7xxx
2. California Distinguished School
3. Continuation from Fiesta Gardens
4. Science, Technology, Engineering (Arts) & Mathematics
5. At the middle school level, as a continuation from College Park
6. Formerly known as Horrall. LEAD stands for Literacy, Enrichment, Academics & Digital Arts

Bowditch Middle

One of the schools is Bowditch Middle School. It has 6th, 7th, and 8th graders. Bowditch was named after Nathaniel Bowditch and consists of more than 1,000 students. There is a principal, and two assistant principals. Bowditch is a big school, with more than 40 classrooms. They are more commonly known as the Buccaneers, and have an orchestra, band, soccer, flag football, track and more.

Knolls Elementary

Knolls Elementary, at 525 42nd Avenue in San Mateo, is on the southern edge of the district. It was closed in 1989, but reopened temporarily in 2011 after refurbishment and modernization using Measure L funds to temporarily house Fiesta Gardens students while that site was undergoing renovations, which were completed in 2013.[25][26]

Demographics

San Mateo-Foster City School District Enrollment[27]

Year	Total	African American	American Indian or Alaska Native	Asian	Filipino	Hispanic or Latino	Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races	Not Reported	Male	Female
2017–18	11837	110	13	2940	431	4124	254	2941	979	45	6141	5696
2016–17	11970	132	12	2951	447	4097	279	3091	913	48	6185	5785
2015–16	11977	148	13	2918	506	4094	287	3110	867	34	6119	5858
2014–15	11858	164	17	2754	519	4093	307	3159	825	20	6061	5797

References

1. "Board of Trustees – Members". San Mateo-Foster City School District. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
2. "District Profile". San Mateo-Foster City School District. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
3. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for San Mateo-Foster City". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
4. "Fact Sheet" (PDF). San Mateo-Foster City School District. 2016. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
5. "Measure L Overview". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
6. "February 5, 2008 Presidential Primary Election Results". Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo. February 2008. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
7. Kinney, Aaron (November 5, 2013). "Voters reject Measure P, San Mateo-Foster City schools bond measure". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
8. "November 5, 2013 Consolidated Municipal, School & Special District Election Results". Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo. December 2, 2013. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
9. Kinney, Aaron (October 18, 2013). "$130 million bond measure stirs debate in San Mateo, Foster City". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
10. Kinney, Aaron (November 6, 2013). "San Mateo-Foster City district explores options after Measure P defeat". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
11. "November 3, 2015 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District All-Mailed Ballot Election Results". Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo. November 24, 2015. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
12. "March 2017 – Measure X Bond Update". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
13. Noguchi, Sharon (November 19, 2016). "School Scene: Foster City to get new elementary school". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
14. Kinney, Aaron (August 4, 2015). "San Mateo-Foster City School District to pursue $150 million bond measure". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
15. Walsh, Austin (November 20, 2018). "School construction deal off in Foster City". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
16. Horgan, John (April 10, 2017). "Horgan: A familiar public education scenario is playing out again". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
17. "March 28, 2017 San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District Special Mail Ballot Election". Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo. April 17, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
18. "Measure V". San Mateo-Foster City School District. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
19. Horgan, John (October 17, 2018). "Horgan: SanMateo-Foster city tax vote exposes a lurking fiscal danger". San Jose Mercury News. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
20. "November 6, 2018 Election Results". Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo. December 6, 2018. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
21. "Elementary Schools". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
22. "Middle Schools". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
23. "K–8 Schools". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
24. "Magnet Schools". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
25. "Knolls School – DSA Upgrade". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
26. "Knolls School – Modernization & New Construction". San Mateo-Foster City School District. n.d. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
27. "Enrollment Multi-Year Summary by Ethnicity, San Mateo-Foster City District Report (41-69039)". California Department of Education. 2017. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

External links

• Official San Mateo-Foster City School District web site