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<br />APR-26-05 O~:O5PM <br /> <br />FROM-PROGRAMS DEPT-FC <br /> <br />+8650518686~ <br />HIGH TECH HIGH <br />II :f.1I~ <br /> <br />6'd- I'? <br />1-713 P.O2/03 F-475 <br />A IT A CHMENT 3 <br /> <br />BAY S H O. R E <br /> <br />April 26,2005 <br /> <br />Arthur Graham <br />do Jim Blood <br />FP IDtenatioll8J <br />1 090 Mills Way <br />Redwood aty, CA 94063 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Gnham: <br /> <br />I am writing regarding our desire to CSlabIish a High Tech High sehool in Redwood City. You have <br />expressed concem that the presence of a high scl1ool wid.ùn the Brœdway corridor area would pose some <br />risk to your business in~~ We are confidmn 1bIt as you learn more about High Tech High you will <br />IeaIizt that 1bc proposed new scbooI will acUIIDy serve 10 enlumce the busiDess ~~ of œågbboriDg <br />property holders. <br /> <br />High Tech High began as a bigbly suœessñJ) siøgJc c:bar1I:r scbool serviD8 CIf'J'IV,,:.nMJII!\y 400 5t11~~ in <br />San Diego. Creared by a coalition of educadon practitioners and busiDcss laden, If. Toc:h High hIS <br />created an educational experience for S1Udeats d1at is in sharp COIIU8St to the large impenoøa1 high school <br />mode 1 that is common across me Uniœd sœœs. Results to date have been earaonIiDll')'. 100% of <br />stud~tS from High Tech High's first two gradu~ çJasscs have earoIIcd iD college and nearly 60% of <br />those stUdents are the first in 1beir fiun.i1ies 10 IDeØd college. Resuks on ~ 1ests place High <br />Tech High aII1ong the highest achieving high sc:hooJs in me SIBœ, and our orpni7Jttion has become the <br />first public school in California 10 have received permission to opcr8te .its own teaeher credmtieUng <br />program. <br /> <br />The carly success of High Teeh High has led ro the school rec:eiviug significant support 10 ropJi.c:ate the <br />model, including a generous contribution &om the Bill and Melinda Oates Foundation. In providing <br />support 10 High Tech High, tbe Gates Fo\mðl'tÌœ bas lauded maøy aspec:I5 of ourorpDŠlation's <br />operations, including our ÌDnovaœct arcbi1ectura1 design c1emarts which allow hisb school instrucIion to <br />occur in close proximity 10 professional sc:ttiugs. <br /> <br />As High Tech High>s replllBtion for ~~ exœlleøt iustructional propams and developing marquis <br />facilities has continued 10 spread, we now find mar developers are approacIUDg us to patici.pate in large: <br />scale developmentS. They do so because they know that High Tech High acwa1ly incœases the land value <br />of immediately adjacent propenies. Out origiDal schools are located within the Liberty Station <br />deve lopment at the former Naval TraiftÏDg Center (NTC) in San Diego. where some of our buildings are <br />inunediately adjacent to higb.-value residential and commercial pòperty. Not only has the presence of the <br />High Tech High not hwt Jand values within Liberty Sœion, but many now ralizc that High Teçh High <br />has served as an important anc]ø for the entire redevelopment effort. As IGmbc:rly Elliot, Vice-Prcsideot <br />of Cnrky McMilliD CompBDies. the finD overscciøg me mc red~lopmeat project, stm:s, <br /> <br />Corky McMillin Companies bas been delighted 10 have High Tech High Ii a key panner in OUt <br />initiative to develop Liberty Station at the former Naval Traùúng Cent« in San Diego. In <br />addition to opetBdng ex.c:mplllly ids1rucriODlll programs, High Tech Hiøb develops aesthetically <br /> <br />High T,::n Hign Boyshore . 1599 Industrial Rood. Son Carlos, CA 94070 <br />. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <br />Tel: 650.591-5400 Fax: 650.591.5446 www.hightechhigh.org <br /> <br />,.- <br /> <br />-_. T <br />