She said when the district redraws the attendance boundaries this fall, it may change the boundaries to include schools that don't fall within the Willow Glen neighborhood, like Washington Elementary School.

She added that with the district's voluntary integration or "choice" plan, students whose neighborhood schools are located downtown choose Willow Glen area schools because they are not as far south as Almaden schools. And with Lincoln High School over-enrolled and allowing students from outside the San Jose Unified District to attend, Willow Glen High School accepts more than its fair share of non-neighborhood students, Myers noted.

She reiterated the importance of returning students to their neighborhood schools and pouring funding into needy schools instead of magnets.

After listening to Myers, the association's board approved a motion to send a letter to San Jose Unified School District Superintendent Linda Murray and the board of education asking to keep Willow Glen's attendance boundaries the same and to allow a Willow Glen resident to be on the attendance-boundaries committee.