On Monday, Jose Antonio Vargas Elementary School opened its doors.
“Our job, especially in this climate, is to ask people how they define ‘American,’” he said. “For some people, that may be a controversial question, so I wasn’t sure that the community that I come from would answer that question in this way. But I guess, in many ways, the Mountain View School District decided to answer that question, and they decided I didn’t need papers or need to be born in this country to be considered in this way.
“I thought why name a school, which is often done, after a long-gone administrator who people don’t often know or remember or connect to,” she said. “My thought was, let’s name it after a successful student, somebody kids can relate to as a success story, and just show that the foundation of our schools are our children.”In addition to her role on the school board, Wilson is also a parent. Her son, a fourth-grader, began classes at Jose Antonio Vargas on Monday.
Now, with Google and other tech employers, thousands of new housing units are being constructed and the area has seen a population boom. He said the choice of name is in line with the values of the Mountain View Whisman School District, which was among the first in the state to pass a resolution declaring itself a “sanctuary” school district.
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