About this blog

I am currently a Governing Board Member of the San Carlos School District, elected November 2007. I created this site to keep in touch with folks who want to know more about what is happening in the District and what it's like to be a Trustee.

Please note that ANY OPINION EXPRESSED HERE IS PURELY PERSONAL AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT OFFICIAL POSITIONS OR POLICY OF THE SAN CARLOS SCHOOL DISTRICT NOR THE OPINION OF ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE BOARD.

I encourage everyone to visit the District web site as well as attend School Board meetings.

Note that I reserve the right to edit, reject, or delete posts based on spelling, grammar, readability, or my judgment of what is appropriate discourse.

 

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Rough Financial Times Ahead

Today the Superintendent published a bulletin on the state of the School District’s budget and a special Board meeting we are having tomorrow night (Tuesday, 12/16 at 7:30pm in the Central library). As it is quite thorough, I will let his note speak for itself:

We face a real and severe financial crisis and tomorrow [...]

In Memory

If you haven’t heard already, I’m very sad to report that my predecessor on the School Board, Eric Von der Porten, passed away last Tuesday. Eric was a fine man, and he inspired and encouraged me to run for this post. He was on the School Board for eight years, and he was [...]

Successful CSBA Conference

Last Thursday-Saturday, I attended the annual conference put on by the California School Board Association. All of my colleagues on the Board, as well as Superintendent Mitrovich, attended the conference. It was great having us all there, and particularly in this time of a difficult financial situation, it was great to learn best [...]

It’s official, unfortunately

As you may have heard, the county officially certified the election. The results are very similar to previous reports, with Measure S only getting 65.6% of the vote. The measure would have passed if only 153 people who had voted no, had voted yes. Another way to look at is that we [...]