House For Sale (Cupertino Schools. Sunnyvale Convenience) 1084 Rembrandt Drive

Cupertino Schools.  Sunnyvale Convenience.

Quiet street yet in the heart of Sunnyvale and Silicon Valley with easy access to El Camino Real, Downtown Sunnyvale, Ranch 99, and New Vallco shopping, restaurants, and services. Easy commute in all directions with multiple routes available to 280, 101, 85, and 237.

Cupertino Schools. Stocklmeir Elementary. Remodeled kitchen with LED lighting, Quartz counters, stainless steel appliances, large cabinets for max kitchen storage with pull out drawers for easy access. Vertical tray cabinet for easy accessibility and dual slide out cabinet rack for pots and pans. Quiet close drawers. 15 inch peninsula overhang for added comfort and counter space. Kitchen wired for another decorative ceiling light. Under sink filter. New breaker box and electrical wiring. Gas fireplace. Gas outlet for BBQ. Living room wired for speakers. Central Heat/AC. Wood blinds. Large Master suite with walk-in closet and jet tub. Bay window in living room. Hardwood floors. Dual pane windows throughout. Semi-secluded front patio area. Private backyard with fruit garden (strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, pink lemonade blueberries, artichoke, pluot, plum, and guava trees.

This house is not on the MLS.  To see photos, check them out on craigslist:
http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/reb/5072671200.html

Robert Lei

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Century 21 M&M and Associates
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Cupertino, CA 95014
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Coming Soon : House For Sale ( Stocklmeir Elementary , Cupertino Middle , Fremont High )

Coming Soon : House For Sale

Excellent schools:  Stocklmeir Elementary , Cupertino Middle , Fremont High

Kitchen Recently Remodeled with Permits:
Wide open kitchen/dining room floorplan
Quartz countertops with 15 inch overhang
Extra long kitchen cabinets for increased storage space
Pull out drawers for easy access
Vertical tray cabinet next to garage

Quiet-close Kitchen Drawers

New breaker box
Appliances stay except Washer / Dryer
Under sink filter
Cap on filter to frig for ice
Filter in frig.

Gas Fireplace
Gas outlet for BBQ

House wired for Speaker system.  Controls in closet.
Speaker wires in living room.
LED lighting.  Wiring for another light in kitchen.
Central Forced-Air Heat.  Central Air Conditioning.
Cleanable filter in hall ceiling.
Drop-down ladder in back middle bedroom for easy attic access.
Furnace up in attic to make room for downstairs hall closet.

Corner room closet floor flips up for crawl space access.
Real wood horizontal blinds in master bedroom, kitchen, and dining room.
Sliding glass door which has vertical plastic blinds for convenient sideways opening.

Large walk-in closet in Master Bedroom equipped with multiple outlets.
Large Master Spa Tub in Master Bathroom.
Fans in both bathrooms.
Dual-pane windows throughout.  Even the sliding glass door is dual pane.

Stocklmeir expects to have enough space to accomodate all incoming kindergarteners

For the upcoming 2012-2013 school year, the CUSD expects everybody to get in. Stocklmeir has boosted its capacity to 8 kindergarten classes x 33 students per class. That's up from the previous total of 5 kindergarten classrooms x 33 students per class. Luckily, they have maintained the classroom sizes to 33 students per class.

Kindergarteners only go to school for half days. That helps because then schools can accomodate the kindergarteners in two sessions - morning and afternoon. (The morning and afternoon sessions overlap for approximately 40-60 minutes.)

The district expects 300 families to register for Stocklmeir. Most likely the numbers will work out because movement occurs. A certain percentage of parents will opt for another neighborhood school, such as Regnart, through open enrollment.

Nevertheless, the Cupertino Union School District will still hold a lottery for Stocklmeir for the reasons mentioned in my other blog post.

Stocklmeir's lottery system means parents don't have to camp out

The Cupertino Union School District will be running a lottery system for spots in Stocklmeir Elementary. Some people don't like to hear the word lottery for such an important issue, but the reason for the lottery makes sense. If the school district had offered spots on a first-come, first-served basis, then we'd see a long line of parents camping outside the office to ensure their kids got it. With kindergarten spots offered to Stocklmier Elementary through a lottery, all parents have an equal shot at getting their child in as long as they pick up their registration packet on time within the registration window of Jan 30th – Feb 16th. Parents don't gain any advantage by camping out for early registration.

Ramifications if you lose the Cupertino Union School District's Stocklmeir Elementary Lottery

The Cupertino Union School District (CUSD) will once again hold a lottery for kids entering kindergarten for families who live within the boundaries of Stocklmeir Elementary School.

However, this is no cause for alarm. The CUSD expects all (or at least most) of the students to get into Stocklmeir.

The unlucky parents whose kids don't get into Stocklmeir through the lottery have other options that aren't that bad.

They can apply to other elementary schools within the Cupertino Union School District. What distinguishes Cupertino from some other top school districts is that ALL the schools within the Cupertino Union School District are highly ranked. If you don't get into one high ranking school, you will find a place in another high ranking school. (Contrast this to Fremont Mission San Jose where if you don't get into Mission San Jose, you suffer a rather steep drop down.)

Surprising, other top elementary schools do have openings. Regnart Elementary (API 976) has an even HIGHER ranking than Stocklmeir (API 966), but does often have openings because most families cannot afford to buy a house in Regnart Elementary neighborhood.

Even if you don't get into Regnart Elementary (API 976)or any other alternative school, the "overflow school site" fallback this year for kids who don't get into Stocklmeir Elementary (API 966) is John Muir Elementary (API 944), a very good school in it's own right. If your child ends up having to go to John Muir, your child will get free transportation from Stocklmeir to John Muir. CUSD will provide transportation for you since they realize you would be inconvenienced by the extra driving distance.

Parents who didn't get into Stocklmeir are put on a waiting list. If and when space opens up at Stocklmeir, the CUSD will notify the next family on the waiting list and give them the option to either stay at their childs current kindergarten class (e.g. John Muir) or move to Stocklmeir.

However, as mentioned in my other blog post, for the upcoming 2012-2013 school year, the CUSD expects everybody to get in.