Menlo School Plans Major Additions
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Community STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE AND EVENTS IN THE COMMUNITY SECTION 2 Menlo School plans major additions Q Height variance original part of which is a more This than 100-year-old building once would allow school drawing known as Douglass Hall. to add third floor to shows Planning Commission historic building. proposed approval of a conditional use Stent Hall permit is also needed for the additions on By Barbara Wood projects to move forward. the Menlo Almanac Staff Writer The staff report by Town Plan- School ner Lisa Costa-Sanders and plan- campus. hether the town ning consultant Neal Martin should give Menlo recommends the Planning Com- WSchool a height vari- mission deny the variance due to ance for a third-floor addition “the precedent that could be set at the rear of the school’s most should a variance be granted.” historic building will be consid- However, the report says, the ered by the Atherton Planning planners agree with the applicant Commission when it meets that the proposal would produce Wednesday night, Aug. 26, start- less “impact on neighbors and the Drawing courtesy town of Atherton ing at 6 p.m. in the town’s council public,” than adding the space added to the Creative Arts & Design Also on the agenda at the meet- use permits and auto trips are chambers at 94 Ashfield Road. elsewhere on campus. Center and used for a technology ing are the annual updates of the below the required levels. The private middle and high A historic report says the addi- and business office. Business, devel- school’s master plan and trans- The Planning Commission is school, located at 50 Valparaiso tion “would have no effect on the opment and communication offices portation plan. In 2011 the town also scheduled to make a recom- Ave. in Atherton, plans to build historic nature of the structure.” totaling 4,200 square feet would be allowed the school to increase its mendation to the City Council on several major projects on the Menlo School plans three addi- added to the third floor of the 1998 maximum number of students approval of the final environmen- campus, but only one requires a tions to two existing buildings. addition to Stent Hall. from 750 to 795, on the condi- tal impact report on the town’s variance. A new dining hall, student cen- The school plans to use 10 tion it develop a “Transportation Civic Center Master Plan. The The school would like to exceed ter and library addition, totaling portable buildings during con- Demand Management” plan to town is currently designing a new the 34-foot height limit in the 15,200 square feet, would connect struction, putting them on the control auto trips to and from the civic center, and those plans will “Public Facilities and School” to or renovate space in Stent Hall. A oval lawn area of the main entry school. The town’s staff report need further environmental zone by 8 feet to make an addi- 5,400-square-foot one-story struc- loop, where it put portables dur- says the school is complying with review only on aspects that differ tion to the rear of Stent Hall, the ture with a basement would be ing 2004 construction. all the conditions of its existing from the master plan. A Woodside 4-H Club scores awards Submitted by Nancy Cook of the Canada 4-H Club of Woodside. he Canada 4-H Club of brother, Nolan, raised eight phy for Senior Dog Showmanship. Woodside was well rep- meat chickens. One pair of Kamryn Cochran entered sev- Tresented at the recent San chickens was awarded Reserve eral arts and crafts items, win- Mateo County Fair with entries Class Champion. Ilana Lindsay, ning both blue and red ribbons. in leather craft, cooking, dogs, Kamryn and Kody Cochran also In addition, Kody Cochran hand drawings, photography had meat chickens at the fair. received blue, red, and white and livestock projects, including All livestock was auctioned at the ribbons for arts and crafts work. lamb, pigs, poultry and rabbits. Fair’s Junior Livestock Auction. Ashley Trail entered six draw- Illana Lindsay, Emma Wil- In the rabbit project, for show- ings, ranging from chalk pastel liams, Andrew Weiss and Kristof- manship; Warren Cook was award- to watercolor, and received first- fer Sjolund were awarded a first- ed a first-place ribbon and trophy place ribbons for five of them. place trophy for the Rabbit Bowl, and his rabbit was awarded best of She also received a second-place a trivia contest about rabbits. breed, Ilana Lindsay received a sec- ribbon, and two were considered In the lamb project, Ilana ond-place ribbon and Nolan Cook for Best of Show. She also placed Lindsay received eighth place was awarded a third-place ribbon. first for leather crafts and was and Emma Holmes fourth place Kody Cochran, who showed two considered for Best of Show. in showmanship. rabbits, won best in class and placed Kari Trail entered nine photo- Emma Holmes won class 1 second in another class. graphs and received eight first- market sheep class champion Emma Williams won Rosette place ribbons, and one of those and Maggie Holmes received Best of Division sub novice obedi- received a Special Award. She also third in market class 1. ence with her dog and four addi- entered two leather craft items, Kaitlyn Lynch received fourth tional ribbons, including obedience each getting first-place ribbons. Warren and Nolan Cook of Woodside with their reserve class place in Swine Showmanship. and showmanship. Sister Isobel Megan Allen placed first in champion roosters. She entered seven photos and Williams received a Rosette fourth- youth baked goods for her apple was awarded one first-place, place small animal master show- pie. Her Polish rabbit took sec- Rabbit Showmanship and Chloe place for Special (Best of Show four second-place and two third- manship ribbon and Rosette Best ond place in the Polish category Lynch for nine photos. Candidate) Project, second place place ribbons. of Division sub novice D obedience for judging, and her Holland lop Ethan Stoneham was awarded for a Leather craft project and The poultry project included with her dog. Isobel was awarded took first place for Holland lop Best of Show Youth Photography two second-place awards for turkeys and meat chickens. four additional ribbons including does, and Best Opposite of Breed. with 15 first places, 11 second Photography. Kamryn Cochran received Rally and Agility, a Trophy for Ribbons for Primary partici- places, and 6 third-places for his Dakota Beaumont won three grand champion in class 4 with High Point Obedience, a Chair for pants (9-years-old and younger) photos. a turkey. Warren Cook and his High Point Obedience and a Tro- were awarded to Blair Cook in Katherine Stoneham won first Continued on next page August 26, 2015QTheAlmanacOnline.comQThe AlmanacQ17 COMMUNITY Boys & Girls Club kids take off at aviation museum By John Straubel Board member, Boys & Girls Clubs Visits to the Hiller were part of club strategy to expand its “hands- y head is in the on” approach to extended learning. clouds,” says 14-year- “Our students remain with us ‘Mold Alberto Vilchis, after their regular school hours, describing his plan for a career continuing the learning process in aviation engineering. until six in the evening,” said Alberto’s recent field trip to Boys & Girls Clubs Executive the Hiller Aviation Museum in Director Peter Fortenbaugh. San Carlos sparked his ambition, “That’s a long day, so we need to especially after managing a tough keep them creatively engaged.” landing of his Cessna 172 amid The match is ideal between the rain storms and fog. It was simu- museum’s high-octane education lation, but Alberto’s experience agenda and the youth develop- was compelling at the controls in ment organization’s aviation class- Hiller’s Flight Sim Zone, where es. The classes have been held at its visual and manual flying charac- Menlo Park, Redwood City and teristics are surprisingly realistic. East Palo Alto clubhouses and at It’s better to fly when there are its Belle Haven, Hoover, Garfield, clear skies,” admitted Fernando Taft, and Brentwood school sites. Silva, who at age 10 was all but Club mentors used “Engineer- dwarfed by the surround-view ing is Elementary (EiE)” curri- simulated cockpit. cula from the National Academy Photo by John Straubel Eighth-grade students from the clubs’ extended learning program at Hoover Community School pause Overseeing initial visits was of Engineering. from their Hiller Aviation Museum field trip for a photo with a club school site director Damien White museum CEO Jeffrey Bass, As a board member of the Boys (center). From left, the students are Brian Santacruz, Alberto Vilchis, Giselle Cruz and Lesly Posada. All will who, with other Hiller docents, & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula, I be off to Sequoia High School this fall. Alberto was a Hoover 2015 finalist for Youth of the Year. Family fact: helped keep simulated flights participated with the late aviation Brian is not only Alberto’s best friend but also his nephew. in control, especially among pioneer Stanley Hiller in the 1998 younger boys, who tended to founding of the museum. Educa- of the Boys & Girls Clubs. flight principles using drawings John Straubel†of Menlo enjoy crashing into the Bay. tion was envisioned by Stan Hiller The field trips were managed and models made by each student, Park has been a volunteer The Boys & Girls Clubs of the as a core value of the museum. I’m with the Boys & Girls Clubs by as well as the popular one-on-one and member of the board of Peninsula began a collaboration sure he’d be thrilled at how it’s Hiller Education Vice President flight adventures in the museum’s directors of the Boys & Girls with Hiller Aviation Museum in been attracting so many young Jon Welte, who combined tours of battery of flight simulators.