Hi Wilson, I sit on the Citizens Bond Oversight Committee for the Fremont Unified School District. I would be happy to try and get an answer for you from one of my facilities contacts. Please forward your personal contact phone and email to me if you would like me to find out for you.

At first glance it would appear feasible that a move might be possible as Leitch and Weibel are in the same attendance areas. However the process for doing so, if available, will have to be confirmed.

If you are interested in reading why your child will have to wait to enter Leitch read on:
As a Fremont City Council candidate in 1998 I came across a major statewide systemic issue when it comes to schools and housing, which still exists in some areas. Assuming a General Law city that follows the State’s rules (as opposed to a Charter City that can make rules by having the populous vote), when a new housing project goes before a City Council you will never find a sitting Council turn down a project due to the impacts on schools – no matter how many worried parents fill the Council chambers.

The determination of impacts on public schools is the purview of the local School District. A School District will not inform a City Council that it will be unable to handle the influx of children from a new project for two primary reasons: 1) the District is paid on a “headcount per day basis” (the value of which is different for each city based on its incorporation date, I believe), and 2) if a District were to state that they are unable to handle the new students this leaves them open to being run by the State. Hence, this completes the loop of the basic systemic problem.

In today’s budget-weary environment, a School District is forced to do “load-balancing” of the student population. While this can dismay parents who long for the “neighborhood school”, the fact is that busing, boundary changes, lotteries, and portable “temporary” classrooms are tools to maximize the utilization of school capacities and avoid over-crowding on campuses. This is typically the source of “problems” that get discussed amongst parents with children.

If you are interested in learning more about general education finance you can go here:
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/311

Specific to CA:
http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2008/080506_HowDistrictsSpendtheirFu…
http://www.cbp.org/pdfs/2007/0703_sff_lottery.pdf

Best Regards,

Steven A. Ornellas, GRI, ABR, e-PRO, CMPS, RE Masters, MBA
REALTOR® / Mortgage Banker-Broker / Certified Mortgage Planning Specialist

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Wilson Chen:

Great question and not one that can be answered definitively here. Call the Fremont Unified School District at (510) 657-2350. They are the only ones who will be able to answer the question for sure one way or the other.
http://www.fremont.k12.ca.us/prg/2attendarea.html