New townhouses in Santa Clara

Last weekend I went to Costco on Lawrence Expressway to buy some food and cheap gas and passed by the pail of ruins near the intersection Pruneridge avenue and Lawrence expressway. Not long ago in July the fire tore through abandoned office buildings at 3600 Pruneridge ave in Santa Clara and scorched nearby trees. The buildings were slated for development of residential property. The cause of the fire was considered suspicious and remains under investigation. The homebuilding firm Silverstone Communities (the same company which build Villagio condos in Cupertino) plans to build on the former commercial parcel 31 single family homes and two duplexes totaling 35 four bedrooms units with attached two-car garages on 2.43 acre parcel. The first homes are expected to be available for sale in fall 2007.

Lawson Middle School. API score.

The California department of education announced yesterday 2005-2006 Academic Performance Index (API) growth results. The API is the state's most comprehensive measure of public school academic performance. California's average Academic Performance Index score for 2006 is 720 on a scale that runs from 200 to 1,000 points. As expected the Cupertino school district scores highest in state test. The following chart shows API scores of five middle school in the district:

• Kennedy Middle - 960
• Lawson Middle school - 958 API score
• Miller Middle - 954
• Cupertino Middle - 907
• Hyde - 828

Lawson Middle School in the Cupertino Union School District posted API score of 958 in its first year of operation. One more reason to buy property in Sterling Square and Villagio complexes in Cupertino.