Teachers in the pricey South Bay enclave of Los Gatos have moved into affordable housing apartments built just for them in a small development, but it could be the start of something much bigger.
For the first time in 11 years, middle school teacher Elizabeth Sharkey can commute to work and back in minutes instead of hours.'Yay! I'm home. Just five minutes from my school,' said Sharkey as she arrived at her new place near downtown Los Gatos.Sharkey is one of five lucky teachers who recently moved into the all-new apartments. She pays just over $1,900 a month for a 900-square-foot, one-bedroom, one-bath unit with an office.
She then persuaded construction firms to donate work and services and even obtained some free materials, left over from nearby luxury builds.'Basically, it was just an old-fashioned barn raising,' Chaffin said.Sharkey grew up in Los Gatos and teaches 6th-grade History at Raymond J. Fisher Middle School.
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