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Around The Glen
Information Night
Willow Glen Elementary School will offer an information night Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. to parents of preschool-aged children entering kindergarten.
Prospective parents are invited to visit the kindergarten classrooms, at 1425 Lincoln Ave. at Minnesota Ave., and meet members of the school's parents group to find out about the school.
For more information, call Mary Schorr, 408.275.9854, or Karen Potts, 408.998.3133.
--Kate Carter
New Airport Security
New federal regulations for airport security are scheduled for implementation beginning this month.
Jan. 18 was the deadline for airports to check all luggage--estimated at 1.3 billion pieces every year--for explosives either through security personnel, bomb-sniffing dogs, explosive-detection machines or luggage-passenger matches.
Beginning Feb. 1, passengers will pay new security fees: $2.50 per flight, not exceeding $5 for a one-way trip or $10 for a roundtrip. Fees are expected to total $900 million this year.
On Feb. 17, the new Transportation Security Administration, with 28,000 security screeners, thousands of air marshals and other personnel, will take over aviation security from the Federal Aviation Administration.
By Nov. 19, all new federal security screeners must be recruited, hired, tested, trained and deployed.
By Dec. 31, all airports must have explosive-detection machines--about 2,000 at a cost of $1.4 million each, paid for by the U.S. Department of Transportation--to screen all checked baggage.
--Kate Carter
Public Art Meetings
San Jose's Public Arts Program is holding three public meetings this month to solicit input on an artist-designed water feature at the new civic center development.
The Willow Glen meeting will be Feb. 13 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Willows Senior Center, 2175 Lincoln Ave. in Room 6. Meetings will also be held Feb. 7 at the Mexican Heritage Plaza and Feb. 19 at the George Shirakawa Community Center.
Project artists Anna Murch and Douglas Hollis will be present at the meetings to learn about the community's thoughts on the work.
For more information, call project manager Mary Rubin at 408.277.2808.
--Kate Carter
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Willow Glen, California Since 1992
