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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Enrollment Preferences Clarified

Last night we got some clarity around the District’s enrollment procedures and the legal parameters we work under given we are a charter school district. Without going into detail, suffice is to say we learned we have limited flexibility in how we can give enrollment preferences for our schools. This surfaced as an [...]

Hidden Valley still hidden, but no longer confusing

Last night we made a few decisions, the most important being that finally we changed the boundaries of the “Hidden Valley” area of San Carlos to be part of the Heather attendance area. It was formerly a “choice” area between Heather and Arundel, which caused a lot of confusion, enrollment issues at Arundel, and [...]

Packed Agenda — 2/12 Meeting

Tomorrow night’s School Board meeting (Thursday, 2/12 at 7pm, Central Library) is chock full of agenda items. Even though the budget discussions have dominated recent meetings, there are still a number of other matters to cover, including:

- A proposal to change the “Hidden Valley” attendance area to be for Heather only, and not a [...]

It’s back…and better than ever!

Last night the School Board passed a resolution, 5-0, to place a new local parcel tax on the ballot. This will be placed on an all mail-in ballot due May 5. It is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL that this measure be passed (with a 2/3 supermajority) if we have any hope of retaining so many [...]

New Parcel Tax Vote This Wednesday!

This Wednesday (7pm in the Central Middle School library) we’re having a special Board Meeting to vote on placing a new parcel tax measure on the ballot. If the School Board approves it — and I suspect it will — it will place the measure on a mail-in ballot in May. The current [...]