San Mateo-Foster City School District

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Measure L was passed in February 2008, and provided funds to modernize and repair schools in the district.{{cite web |url=http://www.smfcsd.net/en/measure-l/measure-l-overview.html

|title=Measure L Overview |date= n.d.|publisher=San Mateo-Foster City School District |access-date=August 10, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.smcacre.org/post/february-5-2008 |title=February 5, 2008 Presidential Primary Election Results |publisher=Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo |date=February 2008 |access-date=December 7, 2018}}

Measure P was placed on the November 2013 ballot, but failed to pass.{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/05/voters-reject-measure-p-san-mateo-foster-city-schools-bond-measure/ |title=Voters reject Measure P, San Mateo-Foster City schools bond measure |author=Kinney, Aaron |date=November 5, 2013 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 10, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.smcacre.org/post/november-5-2013 |title=November 5, 2013 Consolidated Municipal, School & Special District Election Results |publisher=Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo |date=December 2, 2013 |access-date=December 7, 2018}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/10/18/130-million-bond-measure-stirs-debate-in-san-mateo-foster-city/ |title=$130 million bond measure stirs debate in San Mateo, Foster City |author=Kinney, Aaron |date=October 18, 2013 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 10, 2017}} Final voting showed support for Measure P in Foster City was outweighed by opposition in San Mateo.{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/06/san-mateo-foster-city-district-explores-options-after-measure-p-defeat/ |title=San Mateo-Foster City district explores options after Measure P defeat |author=Kinney, Aaron |date=November 6, 2013 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 10, 2017}}

Measure X was passed in November 2015,{{cite web |url=https://www.smcacre.org/post/november-3-2015 |title=November 3, 2015 Consolidated Municipal, School and Special District All-Mailed Ballot Election Results |publisher=Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo |date=November 24, 2015 |access-date=December 7, 2018}} and committed to:{{cite web |url=http://www.smfcsd.net/en/measure-x/information-about-measure-x.html |title=March 2017 – Measure X Bond Update |date= n.d.|publisher=San Mateo-Foster City School District |access-date=August 10, 2017}}

: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$|61000000|2016|round=-4}}.{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/11/19/school-scene-foster-city-to-get-new-elementary-school/ |title=School Scene: Foster City to get new elementary school |author=Noguchi, Sharon |date=November 19, 2016 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 10, 2017}} 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.{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2015/08/04/san-mateo-foster-city-school-district-to-pursue-150-million-bond-measure/ |title=San Mateo-Foster City School District to pursue $150 million bond measure |author=Kinney, Aaron |date=August 4, 2015 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 10, 2017}}

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.{{cite news |url=https://www.smdailyjournal.com/news/local/school-construction-deal-off-in-foster-city/article_04902dc6-ec7d-11e8-89b0-9bc26aec21ae.html |title=School construction deal off in Foster City |author=Walsh, Austin |date=November 20, 2018 |newspaper=San Mateo Daily Journal |access-date=December 7, 2018}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/10/horgan-a-familiar-public-education-scenario-is-playing-out-again/ |title=Horgan: A familiar public education scenario is playing out again |author=Horgan, John |date=April 10, 2017 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=August 10, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.smcacre.org/post/march-28-2017-0 |title=March 28, 2017 San Mateo-Foster City Elementary School District Special Mail Ballot Election |publisher=Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo |date=April 17, 2017 |access-date=December 7, 2018}}

Measure V, proposing a parcel tax of approximately $298 per property to generate a projected $10 million annually,{{cite web |url=http://www.smfcsd.net/en/2018-parcel-tax-measure.html |title=Measure V |publisher=San Mateo-Foster City School District |access-date=December 7, 2018}} passed with 67.9% of the vote, just over the required two-thirds majority of those voting in the November 2018 election.{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/17/horgan-san-mateo-foster-city-tax-vote-exposes-a-lurking-fiscal-danger/ |title=Horgan: SanMateo-Foster city tax vote exposes a lurking fiscal danger |author=Horgan, John |date=October 17, 2018 |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |access-date=December 7, 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.smcacre.org/november-6-2018-election-results |title=November 6, 2018 Election Results |publisher=Assessor-County Clerk-Recorder & Elections, County of San Mateo |date=December 6, 2018 |access-date=December 7, 2018}}

:Notes

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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, 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.smfcsd.net/en/measure-l/completed-projects/knolls-school-dsa-upgrade.html |title=Knolls School – DSA Upgrade |date= n.d.|publisher=San Mateo-Foster City School District |access-date=August 10, 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.smfcsd.net/en/measure-l/completed-projects/knolls-school-modernization-and-new-construction.html |title=Knolls School – Modernization & New Construction |date= n.d.|publisher=San Mateo-Foster City School District |access-date=August 10, 2017}}

Bayside, at 2025 Kehoe Ave in San Mateo, is a K-8 school. It hosts the Mandarin Immersion and GATE (Gifted And Talented Education) for middle school. It also has a new gym built recently.

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• [http://www.smfc.k12.ca.us/ Official San Mateo-Foster City School District web site]

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