🌱 Patch AM: Why a Belmont dyslexia school’s expansion plan faces neighborhood resistance

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• Why a Belmont dyslexia school’s expansion plan faces neighborhood resistance

Also on today's calendar: NFL Wild Card Weekend with Wine Tasting, Gourmet Food & Exotic Cars at AutoVino and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one pirate say to the other? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 58 and low of 40 degrees.
• Sunday: Sunny to partly cloudy, temps: high: 60, low: 39.
• Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 59 and low of 40 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Plans to expand school for dyslexia in Belmont hits pushback (smdailyjournal.com) — A proposed expansion of Belmont’s Charles Armstrong School for dyslexic students is drawing pushback from both Belmont and San Carlos neighbors, who worry about traffic, noise, and neighborhood character. The school wants to add 30 students and build new classroom, science, and gym facilities after two decades without major campus changes.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Belmont

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday January 10

• NFL Wild Card Weekend with Wine Tasting, Gourmet Food & Exotic Cars at AutoVino
  380 Industrial Rd, San Carlos
  12:00 pm

Sunday January 11

• San Mateo Cars & Coffee at AutoVino
  380 Industrial Rd, San Carlos
  10:00 am

Friday January 16

• John Rybak + Friends @ Freewheel Brewing
  Freewheel Brewing Company, 3736 Florence St, Redwood City
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Friday January 9

• Belmont Night Out with the Warriors!
  Chase Center , 1 Warriors Way , SF
  7:00 pm

Saturday January 10

• Human Trafficking Awareness
  655 Skyway Rd , San Carlos
  1:30 pm

Sunday January 11

• The Body Lab: Weekly Therapeutic Movement 1/11
  Mystic Flora Apothecary , 1501 El Camino Real Suite F , Belmont
  9:00 am
• Playtime Storytime
  San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
  10:30 am
• California Native Irises
  San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
  11:00 am
• Tech Tutor Drop-In
  San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
  1:00 pm
• Maker Hangout
  Belmont Library , 1110 Alameda , Belmont
  2:00 pm
• Zumba Party!
  Belmont Library , 1110 Alameda , Belmont
  2:00 pm

Monday January 12

• Kids Culture Club
  San Carlos Library , 610 Elm Street , San Carlos
  3:30 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Belmont-Redwood Shores Elementary School District posted a job opening for Special Programs District Coordinator-MGMT#5 in Belmont. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

San Carlos

• Masked Man Robs Residents At Gunpoint In SMC Home Invasion: Police (patch.com)
• Ex-Skadden Managing Partner Named Aetherflux's COO, CLO (law360.com)
• Factorial Bio, Honeycomb Forge Partnership to Commercialize Single-Cell DNA Assay (genomeweb.com)

San Mateo

• Masked Man Robs Residents At Gunpoint In SMC Home Invasion: Police (patch.com)

Foster City

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