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Stanford dating site spreads

In a culture where it’s now overwhelming to ask someone out in person, a Stanford graduate student has built a popular dating service with over 5,000 users, the Wall Street Journal reports.

Date Drop launched in September, created by graduate student Henry Weng. To get matched, students answer 66 questions about their values, lifestyle and political views. Their answers get fed into Weng’s algorithm and each user gets a new match sent to them every Tuesday at 9 p.m.

allowed at this point, but the service’s website says it is working on ways to let alums join.

NO OUTCOME: Jurors deliberating in the Stanford protesters trial have not met this week due to a juror being out sick and today being a court holiday. Jurors are expected to return tomorrow. Last week, jurors told Judge Hanley Chew that they are deadlocked on a conspiracy charge.

TARGET PROTEST: Activists have planned protests at more than two dozen Target stores around the United States to pressure the discount retailer into taking a public stand against the 5-week-old immigration crackdown in its home state of Minnesota.

CANADA SHOOTER: The suspect in a Canada school shooting ,Jesse Van Rootselaar, 18, had a history of police visits to her home to check on her mental health. Van Rootselaar was found dead from an apparent selfinflicted wound after an attack that killed eight people in a remote part of British Columbia.

NOT ADDICTIVE: Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees people can be addicted to social media platforms. The question of addiction

Users have to have a Stanford email address and must opt in to receiving a new match each week, according to Date Drop’s website. No alumni are

Date Drop has taken off at Stanford, which has an undergraduate population of about 7,500, and has spread to 10 other campuses, including UC-Davis,

Princeton, Yale and MIT. Date Drop raised $2.1 million in venture capital funding, according to the Wall Street Journal.

“It helps people take a chance on connection,” Weng told the Journal. “You get a reason to meet up with a specific person, take some of that pressure off.” Date Drop also has a social feature

School expansion gets

Connor Haught has been juggling virtual work meetings and arts and crafts projects for his two daughters as his family tries to navigate a teachers strike in San Francisco with no end in sight.

were scrambling to plan activities for their children amid the uncertainty of a strike that has left nearly 50,000 students out of the classroom.

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

Belmont City Council has approved the expansion of a school for dyslexic students, despite neighbors’ concerns about traffic and safety.

The plans for Charles Armstrong School, at 1405 Solana Drive, were unanimously approved by the council on Tuesday. The plans include the construction of nine classrooms, a science lab, a conference room, a gym and a kitchen.

Neil Tuch, head of the school, said it’s not about expanding the space but about the education program that will increase. The expansion will help the school enroll 30 more students and hire the best teachers in the area, he said.

Residents nearby oppose the proj-

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Haught’s job in the construction industry allows him to work from home but, like many parents, he and his wife

“The big concern for parents is really the timeline of it all and trying to prepare for how long this could go on,” Haught said.

The San Francisco Unified School

District’s 120 schools remained closed for a third day yesterday. Parents said they feel left in the dark and want both sides to negotiate with urgency. About 6,000 public schoolteachers are on strike for higher wages, health benefits and more resources for students with special needs. Some parents are taking

MORE CLASSES — This rendering provided by the school, shows the expansion at Charles Armstrong School in Belmont.

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Deaths

San Mateo County Coroner: Feb. 10

Anthony Raqib Paramore, 65, of Broadmore Village

Santa Clara County Medical Examiner: Jan. 21

Helen Hills, 26, of Mountain View

Laura White, 82, of Los Altos

Jan. 18

Francisco Torres, 69, of Burlingame

Jan. 17

Michael Brennan, 66, of Sunnyvale

Eddie Rojas, 81, of Redwood City

Jan. 16

Leon Wong, 95, of Mountain View

Jan. 15

Phillip Plante, 64, of Sunnyvale

Births

Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City: July 13

Charlotte Wang Kadon, a girl

Yuna Leelouie, a girl

July 12

Liliana Elsie Baiatavara, a girl

Delayla Elizabeth Barraza, a girl

Hayes Holbrook Masarie, a girl

Lilah Xu, a girl

July 11

Ishvi Aditya, a girl

Lucy June Harkins, a girl

Leo Xu, a boy

June Songling Zheng, a girl

July 10

Lucas Dean Culores, a boy

Devon Zixia He, a boy

Camille Quynh Hunt, a girl

July 9

Elliott Cheong, a boy

Jasper Moon Louie, a boy

Helios Pengchen, a girl

Salem Grace Wilcox, a girl

July 8

Genevieve Sierra Hu Barake, a girl

Juliet Esmeralda Crowell Velazquez, a girl

Reylan Jin, a boy

Jimena Mackerrow Pacheco, a girl

July 7

Ridley Shovkum, a girl

Council skeptical of bus-only lanes

BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

Bus-only lanes may work well in London, but they likely won’t work in Belmont, a councilman said.

SamTrans is shopping around plans to various city councils to make El Camino Real safer for bicyclists and pedestrians, and one of the options includes a bus-only lane.

Belmont Councilman Tom McCune has lived in London and said the bus-only lanes work well there.

“That’s not the kind of bus service we have here. We have buses that run not very often,” McCune said.

Other safety options

McCune and the rest of the council on Tuesday reviewed plans by SamTrans to make El Camino safer for pedestrians and bicyclists.

Council preferred the option with a continuous separated bike lane with wider sidewalks. The other option in-

cluded wider sidewalks with more trees, rather than a bike lane.

Mayor Julia Mates said a separated bike lane with wider sidewalks would be the best way to prevent any bicycle deaths.

San Carlos also pans idea Belmont council’s review of the bus lane idea came a night after San Carlos City Council panned the idea for similar reasons. San Carlos Mayor Pranita Venkatesh said on Monday that in other cities, she’s seen cars driving in unused bus lanes. Similar to Belmont, most of the San Carlos council members who offered their two cents on Monday also liked the separated bike lane option.

SamTrans officials are working to make El Camino Real safer for pedestrians and bicyclists through the Grand Boulevard Initiative, a $750 million plan. Belmont will revisit the plan in August, according to Cassie Halls, manager of the major corridor at SamTrans.

Third council seat put on Nov. ballot

BY ADRIANA HERANANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer

Instead of two Los Altos council seats appearing on the November ballot, a third was added to fill the vacancy caused by former Councilwoman Neysa Fligor’s resignation.

The third seat that will be on the November ballot will be for two years, to finish Fligor’s term that ends in 2028. The other two seats’ terms will end in 2030.

New county assessor

Fligor had to vacate her seat last month after she was elected Santa Clara County Assessor in a special election.

In the meantime, the council will not appoint a fifth member to replace Fligor.

Vice Mayor Larry Lang said he was focused on what is more practical because the council has no interest in spending time trying to appoint someone to the vacant seat.

Mayor Sally Meadows said she was worried the citywide vote to fill Fligor’s seat would affect the by-district election and confuse voters.

Council in November is having its first by-district election, rather than having the entire city elect council members.

Council divided Los Altos into five districts after receiving a letter threatening a lawsuit from Malibu attorney Kevin Shenkman, who said citywide elections disadvantaged Asian candidates.

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PALO ALTO

SATURDAY

9:48 a.m. — Grand theft, 2000 block of Yale St.

12:06 p.m. — Threats, 800 block of Blake Wilbur Drive.

1:41 p.m. — Grand theft, Stanford Shopping Center.

8:40 p.m. — Michael Gabriel Fisiiahi, 23, of Palo Alto, arrested for public drunkenness, 300 block of University Ave.

SUNDAY

1:36 p.m. — Scam, 600 block of Marion Place.

6 p.m. — Michael Antonio Marcos, 32, of San Jose, arrested for possession of narcotics, other drugs and drug paraphernalia, Embarcadero Road and St. Francis Drive.

MENLO PARK

TUESDAY

1:08 p.m. — Petty theft, 200 block of Oak Grove Ave.

7:20 p.m. — Patrick Mackay, 42, of Menlo Park, arrested for DUI following a noninjury vehicle collision, Sand Hill Road and Saga Lane.

10:38 p.m. — Stolen vehicle recovered, 1000 block of Madera Ave.

STANFORD

FEB. 2

10:14 a.m. — Bicycle stolen, 200 block of Santa Teresa St.

1:27 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 200 block of Rosse Lane.

6:10 p.m. — Bicycle stolen, 300 block of Jane Stanford Way. Michael Gregory Berger, 44, of Mountain View, cited for petty theft.

9:44 p.m. — Grand theft, 600 block of Escondido Road. FEB. 3

10:24 a.m. — Electric bike stolen, 1-99 block of Campus Drive.

MOUNTAIN VIEW

DEC. 31

4 p.m. — Jason Banks, 41, of East Palo Alto, cited on a warrant, San Antonio Road and Central Expressway.

JAN. 7

4:18 p.m. — Erick Figueroa, 29, of Sunnyvale, cited for driving with a suspended or revoked license, Sierra Vista Ave. and Middlefield Road.

7:53 p.m. — Cynthia O’Donnell, 69, of Sunnyvale, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, Shoreline Blvd. and Pear Ave.

JAN. 8

2:32 p.m. — Griselda Perez, 53,

transient, cited for theft, 700 block of San Pablo Drive.

5:53 p.m. — Juan Hernandez Cabrera, 27, transient, cited for being under the influence of drugs and possession of drug paraphernalia, 1000 block of N. Rengstorff Ave.

JAN. 9

2:18 a.m. — Tommy Copes, 36, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 200 block of W. El Camino.

5:51 p.m. — Tommy Copes, 36, transient, cited for possession of drug paraphernalia, 1000 block of El Monte Ave.

JAN. 10

3:45 a.m. — Claudia Perez, 45, transient, cited for trespassing, City Hall.

FEB. 1

8:50 p.m. — Juan Huizar Rodriguez, 27, of Mountain View, cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, Ortega and Gabriel avenues.

9:28 p.m. — Federico Cruz Cruz, 44, of Mountain View, arrested for DUI, 800 block of Central Ave.

10:11 p.m. — Christian Losano Guerra, 25, of Mountain View, arrested for grand theft, possession of stolen property, possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, 2200 block of California St.

FEB. 2

4:57 p.m. — Identity theft, 400 block of Kahlo St.

5:34 p.m. — Home burglary, 2600 block of Fayette Drive.

8:40 p.m. — Andrew Robert Acosta, 24, cited on a warrant, 100 block of Showers Drive. Citation given by San Mateo County sheriff’s deputies.

9:48 p.m. — Yvette Espinoza, 33, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic battery, 200 block of Bush St.

11:20 p.m. — Theft at 24 Hour Fitness, 550 Showers Drive.

FEB. 3

3:15 a.m. — Jamal Potts, 26, of Sacramento, arrested for violation of a protective order and probation violation, 500 block of Tyrella Ave.

8:39 a.m. — Vandalism, 100 block of Permanente Way.

10:12 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 300 block of E. Middlefield Road.

12:58 p.m. — Battery at Monte Carlo Club, 228 Castro St.

1:53 p.m. — Grand theft, 1200 block of Terra Bella Ave.

2:14 p.m. — Home burglary, 600 block of Willowgate St.

8:56 p.m. — Auto burglary, 400 block of Hope St. FEB. 4

2:14 a.m. — Vladimir Solovey, 63, of Mountain View, arrested for domestic violence, 1300 block of Montecito Ave.

11:54 a.m. — Indecent exposure, 300 block of Logue Ave.

3:12 p.m. — Theft at 24 Hour Fitness, 550 Showers Drive.

4:48 p.m. — Miguel Ramirez, 18, of Mountain View, arrested on a warrant, 700 block of Independence Ave.

8:33 p.m. — Auto burglary, 200 block of W. El Camino.

9:32 p.m. — Arson, Higdon Ave. and Villa St.

NORTH FAIR OAKS

SUNDAY

8:53 p.m. — Margarito Ramirez Villareal, 38, of Redwood City, cited on a warrant, 500 block of Douglas Ave.

REDWOOD CITY

SATURDAY

8:55 a.m. — Honda Pilot stolen, Marshall St.

9:43 a.m. — Man says a man driving a black Porsche ran over his foot, Price Ave.

2:03 p.m. — Ray Laurence Bedilion, 57, of San Mateo, cited on a warrant, 200 block of Blomquist St.

4:11 p.m. — Courtney Bowie, 33, of San Francisco, arrested for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.

5:33 p.m. — Tools, car keys and wallet stolen, Oak Knoll Drive.

6:25 p.m. — Xavier Cruz Madera, 26, of Redwood City, cited for shoplifting at Target, 2485 El Camino.

7:11 p.m. — Truck and cyclist collide, causing minor injuries, Woodside Road.

11:39 p.m. — Jose Santos Alonzo, 33, of Redwood City, arrested for DUI, Middlefield Road and Manzanita St.

SUNDAY

1:43 a.m. — People reported to be screaming and fighting, Roosevelt Ave. At least one arrest is made.

7:27 a.m. — Leonel Chic Patzan, 39, of Redwood City, arrested for DUI and driving without a license, Vera Ave. and Johnson St.

4:15 p.m. — Proversa Marie Hudson, 64, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic battery, 1400 block of Gordon St. A charge is added later for bringing drugs into a jail.

6:05 p.m. — Man reported to be yelling at women, Broadway. Police are unable to find the man.

11:27 p.m. — Alan Hernandez, 34, of Redwood City, arrested for domestic violence, Marshall and Hamilton streets.

11:47 p.m. — Mercedes Alexandra Maldonado, 23, of Redwood City, arrested for violation of a protective order and possession of drug paraphernalia, 200 block of Franklin St.

SAN CARLOS

SATURDAY

4:42 p.m. — Ulises Agustin

Castillo, 32, of Menlo Park, cited for display of false vehicle registration, 800 block of Brittan Ave.

SUNDAY

8:52 p.m. — Krista Morey, 52, arrested for domestic violence, 1500 block of Elm St.

BELMONT

MONDAY

12:39 p.m. — Two people steal a large toolbox from a truck, El Verano Way.

5:57 p.m. — Markel Biagas, 31, arrested for violation of a protective order, 800 block of Old County Road.

CHP

From the Redwood City office of the CHP, which covers the MidPeninsula.

JAN. 15

Aaron J. Lenhoff, 37, arrested for DUI.

Dionias E. Lopez Vasquez, 31, arrested for DUI.

Jason P. Pierini, 51, arrested for trespassing and evading police in a vehicle.

JAN. 17

Apolonio Albino Villa, 33, arrested for DUI.

Walter D. Lopez Cux, 35, arrested for drug possession and burglary.

Christian D. Pacheco, 19, arrested for reckless driving.

Josue N. Rangel Villasenor, 19, arrested for reckless driving and driving without a license.

Luis B. Ruby Ojeda, 32, arrested for recklessly evading police in a vehicle.

Daniel Santos Hernandez, 25, arrested for DUI.

Melissa Vallejo Sanchez, 25, arrested for DUI.

Yeison A. Xep Alonzo, 28, arrested for DUI.

JAN. 18

Anshul R. Desai, 27, arrested for DUI.

Jennifer G. Gonzalez Flores, 21, arrested for DUI.

Emely D. Lozano, 23, arrested for DUI.

Ashley C. Seki, 37, arrested for DUI.

Ana Y. Torres Lopez, 29, arrested for DUI.

JAN. 20

Fernando Carpio Roa, 25, arrested for DUI.

JAN. 21

Vsevolod Burkov, 24, arrested for DUI.

Robert E. Cobb III, 47, arrested for DUI.

Gisell S. Cruz Chavez, 25, arrested for letting an unlicensed person drive her vehicle.

Mauricio Pardomata, 45, arrested for domestic violence.

The Post prints the latest

transactions.

PALO ALTO

410 Sheridan Ave. #227, 94306, 2 bedrooms, 1135 square feet, built in 1977, Perry Living Trust to Garrel and Litt Living Trust for $1,378,000, closed Jan. 15 (last sale: $490,000, 0303-04)

2150 Dartmouth St., 94306, 3 bedrooms, 1548 square feet, built in 1905, Leland Stanford Trust to Alison and Adam Bouland for $1,713,000, closed Jan. 13 (last sale: $1,715,000, 11-23-22)

MENLO PARK

1720 Oakdell Drive, 94025, 3 bedrooms, 2055 square feet, built in 1950, Dangeti Family Trust to Saman and Mehran Jamali for $4,500,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $4,300,000, 11-04-21)

ATHERTON

261 Camino Al Lago, 94027, 5 bedrooms, 6300 square feet, built in 1992, JVJ Holdings Ill LLC to Solenova Inc for $13,980,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $5,320,000, 11-11-02)

MOUNTAIN VIEW

363 N. Rengstorff Ave. #5, 94043, 3 bedrooms, 1560 square feet, built in 1987, Swamy Venkata to Zhongyan and Hao Sun for $1,480,000, closed Jan. 12 (last sale: $1,427,000, 11-01-18)

2300 Rock St., 94043, 2 bedrooms, 1566 square feet, built in 2020, Surjit and Ramneek Bains to

Roudaina and Ahmed Aly for $1,670,000, closed Jan. 15 (last sale: $1,821,000, 08-16-21)

WOODSIDE

151 Eleanor Drive, 94062, 4 bedrooms, 4836 square feet, built in 2021, Carpenter Trust to SW1220 LLC for $11,706,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $3,625,000, 10-11-16)

REDWOOD CITY

194 Alexander Ave., 94061, 3 bedrooms, 1310 square feet, built in 1953, Joseph Forrester to Austin and Crystal Woodworth for $1,850,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $1,525,000, 0118-18)

1035 Valota Road, 94061, 6 bedrooms, 4610 square feet, built in 1980, Herbert Living Trust to Wenjia and Tanguy Chau for $2,700,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $426,000, 0101-92)

3654 Altamont Way, 94062, 2 bedrooms, 2550 square feet, built in 1959, Lisa Rying to Katie and Spencer Hunt for $3,100,000, closed Jan. 2 (last sale: $3,050,000, 0407-22)

BELMONT

2926 Belmont Woods Way, 94002, 3 bedrooms, 2850 square feet, built in 1982, Koda Family Trust to Ninomiya Nursery Co for $2,800,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $1,080,000, 08-10-05)

2934 San Juan Boulevard, 94002, 2 bedrooms, 900 square feet, built in 1927, Elizabeth and Kevin Gallagh-

er to Chean and Yujen Lee for $1,350,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $1,250,000, 05-06-20)

SAN

MATEO

1685 Bayridge Way, 94402, 2 bedrooms, 1064 square feet, built in 1978, Sunny Ho to Bay Area Executive Re and Dev Group for $680,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $835,000, 10-21-20)

2156 Vista Del Mar, 94404, 2 bedrooms, 1211 square feet, built in 1986, Kaoru and Hirokazu Onozaki to Amanda Alfonso for $790,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $415,000, 0325-11)

2001 Alameda de las Pulgas #174, 94403, 3 bedrooms, 1292 square feet, built in 1974, Rafael Langer-Osuna to Jillian and Jerome Reyes for $899,000, closed Dec. 30 (last sale: $900,000, 09-27-21)

3365 Los Prados St., 94403, 2 bedrooms, 1260 square feet, built in 1978, Eric Chen to Kiran and Naveen Vaitheeswaran for $1,150,000, closed Dec. 29 (last sale: $1,135,000, 07-22-19)

223 S. Humboldt St., 94401, 4 bedrooms, 1510 square feet, built in 1946, Amirsalar Moazzensafaei to Linyuan and Tong Zhao for $1,320,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $1,400,000, 03-14-22)

1300 2nd Ave., 94401, 4 bedrooms, 970 square feet, built in 1944, Tsui Trust to Annette and Hamed Alereza for $1,621,000, closed Dec. 31 (last sale: $1,475,000, 07-07-20)

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‘Wuthering Heights’ bold but shallow

BY LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press Writer

It’s hardly a surprise that filmmaker Emerald Fennell, who possesses a particular interest in shocking and riling her audience, was drawn to Emily Bronte’s “Wuthering Heights.” This is a novel that has vexed critics since the beginning, with one in 1848 decrying its “vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors.” Nearly 179 years after its publication, “Wuthering Heights” may have been reappraised a classic, but it continues to haunt with that “wild, wicked slip” Catherine Earnshaw and her tumultuous relationship with Heathcliff, he of the “half-civilized ferocity.”

It’s not just because of the teenagers who can’t make it work: Swirling around them are issues of class, race, property, education, inheritance, desire, revenge, trauma and the miserable weather of the Yorkshire moors.

Modern take

Adaptations have taken various liberties with Bronte’s story, cutting characters and plot points in vain attempts to condense and tame its wildness and stubborn amorality. A poster for the 1920 film carried with it the tagline “Emily Bronte’s tremendous Story of Hate.” More than a century later, it’s

being sold as a great love story, but, you know, with a wink. This is love (if you want to call it that) of the tortured, toxic, obsessive variety.

In a noble attempt to do something different, Fennell decided to make a movie that captured how “Wuthering Heights” made her feel the first time she read it, at age 14. It’s a heady experiment — a defiantly anti-academic interpretation that lets Catherine (Margot Robbie) and Heathcliff (Jacob Elordi) finally do something about all that pent-up lust. Those quotation marks on the title card promise that this is not Bronte’s book at all.

Fennell reduces her story to a more simplistic narrative about hate and its polluting ripple effects.

The setup

The film begins with a hanging that has young Cathy (Charlotte Mellington) downright ecstatic, but she might just be a product of her environment: Her father (Martin Clunes) is an abusive, unloving drunk and their home is shabby, cold and deteriorating under mounting debts and harsh conditions. Her only companions are essentially employees: a maid, Nelly (Vy Nguyen as a child and Hong Chau as an adult),

and Heathcliff (Owen Cooper), whom she claims as her pet.

The miserable Earnshaw way of life stands in stark contrast with their happier, gentler neighbors, the Lintons, who inhabit the primly manicured Thrushcross Grange. As in the book, Cathy decides to deny her heart for the promise of a comfortable life with Edgar Linton. Heathcliff overhears Cathy saying it would degrade her to marry him, and he disappears for years only to reemerge bathed, wealthy and with revenge and some light bondage on his mind. When they meet up again, their dynamic feels like “Wuthering Heights” by way of “Cruel Intentions.”

In these sex-deprived times at the cinema, if some corset kink, power games and smoldering star power from two genetically blessed Australians is what you’re looking for, “Wuthering Heights” might just satisfy that bigscreen itch.

Yet for all the big swings, Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” amounts to something oddly shallow and blunt: garish and stylized fan fiction with the scope and budget of a Hollywood epic.

Release info

“Wuthering Heights,” a Warner Bros. release in theaters tomorrow, is rated R for “sexual content, some violent content and language.” Running time: 136 minutes.

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COMPLEX FEELINGS — Margot Robbie, left, and Jacob Elordi in “Wuthering Heights.” Warner Bros. via AP.

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to it — users can “couple” two people to boost their odds of matching. The service sends the students alerts if friends propose a match for them.

One Stanford student told the Journal that he had started talking to a girl as Date Drop started taking off, he quickly got notifications that he was being “coupled” with the girl.

Other uses

And it’s not all romance. Student Madhav Abraham-Prakash told the Journal that he’s made a few LinkedIn connections through Date Drop.

“I would be sad if my soulmate was here and I didn’t find them,” Abraham-Prakash told the Journal. “Or if my cofounder was here and I didn’t find them, or if my business partner was here or the chairman of my board was here, and I didn’t find them.”

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ect because of the noise, possible kitchen smells, added traffic that new students could cause and concerns that emergency vehicles won’t be able to get through the traffic.

Donna Geize, who lives next door to the school, said the expansion will reduce her privacy. The school plans to build a 19-foot-tall gym, which will impact Geize’s view, she said.

The plan

The school plans to build three new buildings, extend the school’s hours by an hour and allow the campus to be open over the weekends.

“Our streets were never designed for this large amount of institutional traffic and congestion. We’re just concerned about safety,” Geize said.

Vice Mayor Cathy Jordan said the school is a gift to the community, and Charles Armstrong School is not the cause of all the traffic.

“All the surrounding schools contribute to the daily traffic congestion. Yet, Armstrong seems to be the one held accountable, which does not seem fair,” Heather Raney said.

Raney, who has raised her children in the area, understands the traffic congestion but said the school is not just a business but also a neighbor. There was an incident a week ago when she witnessed a fire truck move past traffic, which calmed her nerves and now supports the project, Raney said.

Strong smells a concern

Ronald Ansley, who can see the school from his front window, said there will be a lot of noise disruption, like toilets flushing and strong smells from the kitchen.

“From my front window, I don’t want to be listening to the crowds getting out of the gym,” Ansely said.

Jordan said residents should continue to work with the school because it has already considered their concerns and is “bending over backwards” to make sure everyone feels good about the expansion. For instance, school lowered the gym’s height from 22 feet to 19 feet, to address height concerns, Tuch said.

Heyward Fellows, a Charles Armstrong parent, said the gym will improve students’ school experience, such as hosting basketball games. Having a gym will be an asset to parents looking for activities for their children, and the extension will help more dyslexic children get a proper education.

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advantage of after-school programs offering full-day programming during the strike, while others are relying on relatives and each other for help with child care.

Haught said he and his wife, who works evenings at a restaurant, planned to have their 8- and 9-year-old daughters at home the first week of the strike. They hope to organize play dates and local excursions with other families. They have not figured out what they will do if the strike goes on.

Negotiating for a year

The United Educators of San Francisco and the district have been negotiating for nearly a year, with teachers demanding fully funded family health care, raises and the filling of vacant positions impacting special education and services.

Yesterday, hundreds of teachers gathered at Ocean Beach to form the word “strike” in large letters as negotiations continued. Schools will remain closed today, the district announced.

Teachers on the picket lines said they know the strike is hard on students but they walked out to offer children stability in the future.

Yesterday, Superintendent Maria Su urged both sides to act with urgency, saying the district had a counterproposal ready Tuesday night and was prepared to stay all night, but union negotiators had left for the day.

“We have been ready to negotiate this entire time. We are prepared and committed to getting this agreement done today,” she said at a press conference.

The two sides have yet to agree on a wage increase and family health benefits. The union initially asked

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for a 9% raise over two years, which they said could help offset the cost of living in San Francisco, one of the most expensive cities in the country. The district, which faces a $100 million deficit and is under state oversight because of a long-standing financial crisis, countered with a 6% wage increase over three years.

The average San Francisco teacher makes $103,475 annually, according to the California Department of Education. The average salary for a teacher in Palo Alto is about $130,072 a year.

Urging for a compromise

Families with the San Francisco Parents Coalition yesterday urged both sides to compromise.

“Everyday that the schools are closed, it comes with incredible pain and cost to many, many, children,” said Mahdi

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Rahimi, who has a son in public school.

On Tuesday, Sonia Sanabria took her 5-year-old daughter and 11-yearold nephew to a church in the Mission District neighborhood that offered free lunch to children out of school.

Sanabria, who works as a cook at a restaurant, said she stayed home to take care of the children because leaving them with her elderly mother all day is not an option.

“If the strike continues, I’ll have to ask my job for a leave of absence, but it will affect me because if I don’t work, I don’t earn,” Sanabria said.

Teachers “are asking for better wages and better health insurance, and I think they deserve that because they teach our children, they take care of them and are helping them to have a better future,” she said. “I just hope they reach agreement soon.”

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