Saving the Fabric of Society
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Info Mountain View community resource guide SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 VOLUME 26, NO. 35 www.MountainViewOnline.com 650.964.6300 MOVIES | 22 Stark achievement gap persists in local schools TEST SCORES SHOW STAGNANT PERFORMANCE AMONG LOW-INCOME AND MINORITY STUDENTS IN MV WHISMAN By Kevin Forestieri other students in the district. The deluge of data did show he Mountain View Whis- some bright spots, however, with man School District has the district’s traditionally lower- Tone of the largest achieve- performing schools like Castro ment gaps in the nation, and test and Theuerkauf elementaries scores released this month show showing either big improvements a recurring struggle to raise per- or holding onto gains from past formance among low-income years. and minority students. Test scores presented to the Preliminary test scores for the school board at its Sept. 6 meet- 2017-18 school year show that the ing showed that 44 percent of district’s Latino students, English Latino students met or exceeded learners and kids from low- state standards for English lan- income families — a majority guage arts on tests taken in the of whom do not meet state stan- spring. That’s better than the rest dards each year — aren’t making of the county, where 38 percent significant progress in catching MAGALI GAUTHIER May Lin sorts through a pile of fabric at FabMo in Mountain View. The nonprofit rescues textiles and home up to the high performance of See ACHIEVEMENT GAP, page 9 decor items from being thrown out and then gives them away to anyone who can make use of them. Former teacher accuses Saving the fabric of society MVLA supe of lying FABMO DIVERTS UNUSED TEXTILES FROM LANDFILLS AND GIVES THEM AWAY JEFF HARDING CALLS CLAIMS THAT TEACHER WAS PUT ON By Mark Noack decorating the home. But on the discards of the Design this particular visit, they dis- Center, or a multitude of other LEAVE OVER TRUMP-HITLER COMMENTS A ‘FABRICATION’ his is a story of a Palo covered what happened when a textile companies. By Kevin Forestieri time — and confirmed with Alto couple who went showroom cleared out for a new The Cranches are still sav- the Voice this week — that he Tdumpster diving, and display. The old accouterments ing whatever materials and former Mountain View was never told what was in the how they discovered the mother — roomfuls of curtains, carpets fabrics they come across, and High School teacher who complaint, but believes the dis- lode of thrown-out goods. and textiles — all went into the that mission has expanded dra- Amade national headlines trict’s disciplinary action was a It was the early 1990s when dumpsters behind the center. matically over the years. Early after claiming he was put on response to his classroom com- Jonathan and Hannah Cranch They were both aghast. on, that meant pleading with paid leave for making compari- ments about then President-elect were taking a short day trip up “At each showroom when manufacturers to let them scav- sons between President Donald Donald Trump. to San Francisco. It was their new stuff would come in, the enge their discarded goods, and Trump and Adolf Hitler accused During the 2016 election sea- routine visit to the city’s Design old stuff would get thrown out,” then sometimes pleading with Superintendent Jeff Harding this son, Navarro said he commented Center, a large home furnish- Jonathan Cranch recalled. “It friends and neighbors to take it week of lying to the press about in class that Trump was a racist, ing emporium with dozens of was offensive to both of us. All off their hands. the matter in recent months. a misogynist and that he had showrooms displaying the latest this good material would just be Now they rarely have to Frank Navarro, who taught fascist tendencies and charac- trends in interior design (think thrown away.” implore anyone to repurpose history at Mountain View High, teristics. He also compared the IKEA, but with hundreds of With permission, the Cranch- anything. In fact, so many was briefly put on paid leave on rhetoric used by Trump on the independent designers). es began digging through the opportunities now come their Nov. 10, 2016, after the district campaign trail to rhetoric used For the Cranches, it was a scraps to rescue anything reus- way to collect free items, they received a complaint from a by Hitler in the 1930s. delight to tour the curated able. Now, 25 years later, they student’s family. Navarro told rooms to see different ideas for haven’t stopped sifting through See FABRIC, page 10 the school’s newspaper at the See TEACHER, page 12 INSIDE A cut above WEEKEND | 19 VIEWPOINT 14 | A + E 18 | GOINGS ON 23 | MARKETPLACE 24 | REAL ESTATE 26 2 Q Mountain View Voice Q MountainViewOnline.com Q September 21, 2018 QA+E BRIEF Healthy Teeth and Gums art always involves an element of risk and unpredictability. 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