Committee recommends closing fewer San Jose schools

A committee tasked with recommending campus closures in San Jose’s largest school district is suggesting fewer schools should close than expected. The San Jose Unified School District Schools of Tomorrow Implementation Committee decided Tuesday to recommend shuttering five schools and moving a magnet program, rather than closing nine schools as initially planned. The school board will make the final decision March 26. The committee, comprised of 23 volunteers across the SJUSD community, recommended closing Canoas, Empire Gardens, Gardner, Lowell and Terrell elementary schools and relocating Hammer Montessori at Galarza Elementary to Gardner. The district is looking to close schools due…