New schedule brings new opportunities

Los Gatos High School offers a whole slate of electives that some students here would love to take — classes like Physics C and Japanese and Home Economics.

With the two school's schedules aligning next year, students at both schools may be able to travel from one campus to the other during lunch to take an occasional class for the second half of the school day, administrators said. But the details are still being worked out.

“Having aligned schedules gives us more opportunities to share students, but I think it will take some time to see what will actually happen,” principal Paul Robinson said.

Assistant principal Brian Safine said students taking classes at the other school will come after teachers begin teaching at both campuses.

Many students are excited at the idea of being able to expand the electives they could take.

“Greater diversity in students and classes would offer many new and exciting opportunities for the students,” junior Daviana Berkowitz-Sklar said. “Many of my friends are very interested in the possibility of taking the fashion and cooking classes at Los Gatos, which aren't offered at SHS.”

Each school is focused on making sure its own students are situated in the necessary classes. If students would like to take a class at Los Gatos in the coming year or the year after, they will need to sit down with their counselor and see if the class fits their current schedule, Robinson said. From there, it becomes the student’s responsibility to set up transportation from one school to the other.

“There’s a lot that needs to fall into place, but there’s a possibility that didn’t exist when we were on different schedules,” Robinson said.