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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Raising Revenue, Reducing Expenses

This was a big week for the school board. Tuesday night, we had a workshop where the administration presented the universe of ideas of how we can close our budget gap, which could be upwards of $2 million in the 2009-2010 school year. There was a long list of measures, which mostly included [...]

Location change for Budget meeting

The meeting to address this budget crisis and to review potential cuts is a different location then I previously posted. It will be at the Central School Multi-Use Room (the “old gym). It starts at 7:30pm, and I encourage all community members to be there to both voice their opinion as well as [...]

Board Workshop on Potential Budget Cuts

The Board meeting originally scheduled for January 15th to discuss potential budget cuts in the district due to our current financial crisis has been rescheduled to January 20th. It will be at 7:30pm at Central School library — I encourage everyone in the community to attend what will be the next in a series [...]