High school boundary committee announces proposed attendance
zones
High schoolers living north of Leavesley Road and Mantelli Drive will say good-bye to their friends across the street and head north to Christopher High School come 2009.
After months of closed meetings, the high school boundaries committee divulged their proposal for the line that will split Gilroy into two high school attendance zones. About 100 parents showed up to the first of two public forums held to gather community input now that the committee is near the end of their deliberations. The second meeting will be held tonight at 7 p.m. in the South Valley Middle School gymnasium, 385 IOOF Ave. After hearing what the public has to say, the committee plans to reconvene, tweak their proposal and present its final recommendation to the school board at a May 1 board meeting.
The committee unveiled a bi-colored map of Gilroy with the CHS zone outlined in yellow and the Gilroy High School zone in green. The geographically smaller CHS zone is bordered to the north and east by the Gilroy Unified School District boundary and to the west by undeveloped property. The major point of interest – the southern boundary – exists down the center of Leavesley and Mantelli. Students to the north will attend CHS. Students to the south, GHS.
