At the district's April 20 board meeting, Superintendent Cindy Ranii gave a report on residency issues within the district. The district is classified as a basic-aid district, meaning the majority of its revenue is generated from property taxes.

The district recently went through an investigative process headed by Ranii's secretary, Pat Salsman, to ensure that all students listed as residents of the district actually live in the district. Forty students have been "disenrolled" from the district because they were found to be using improper addresses or claimed to live in the district when they actually didn't, Ranii said. Twenty of those students were from Los Gatos, and 20 were from Saratoga.

Why the crackdown? It costs about $9,682 to educate a student in the district, Ranii said, which amounts to about $387,680 being drained from the district by students who don't live within its boundaries. As of April 30, she said, two more students will be asked to leave the district. There are five more open investigations.

"We do it respectfully, and we do it thoroughly," Ranii said. "As much as humanly possible, we try to make sure that the folks who attend our district live in our district or have been granted the appropriate transfers."

In other action, board members approved an agreement between the district and Saratoga High School Sports Boosters to install artificial turf on the school's football field. Principal Kevin Skelly said a sports boosters steering committee has been appointed to oversee the process.

The project is expected to cost about $1.6 million, and Skelly said approximately $1.7 has been secured from private donations. The deadline for completion is Aug. 1­10, which is the start of football season. Commencement ceremonies will be held on the baseball field this June, Skelly said, rather than the football field.