The Santa Clara County Board of Education referred the request for an inter district release by a Gavilan district resident back to Gavilan, ordering the college to develop a program which would meet the educational needs of Carol Murphy.
The Gavilan Board of Trustees denied the November request of Murphy to attend the nursing program at the Anza because they felt that Gavilan could fulfill her general education requirements.
Murphy, who lives in the western most part of the school district is blind in one eye.
Gavilan was ordered to develop a program for Murphy in which she would be working with the enabler, Carol Ghilarducci, in the program for functionally limited students at Gavilan.
“I will be working with her high school counselor to find a program that helps her learn best,” said Ghilarducci.
She went on to explain that if Murphy attends Gavilan and transfers, she would be at an advantage because the college she chose “wouldn’t have to start from scratch.”
Ghilarducci pointed out that the original reason why Murphy’s parents requested the release was because they felt that studying under two different programs would be too difficult for her.
Murphy is a senior at Live Oak High School.
