About this site

I am currently a Governing Board Member of the San Carlos School District, elected November 2007 and again in November 2011. 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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Leveling the Plane

At last night’s Board Meeting, the Superintendent and CBO outlined the current state of district finances, and specifically what happens to our reserve level under different scenarios. As most of you already know, the District by law is required to keep a 3% reserve (measured as a % of expenses). The recent letter [...]

Cause and Effect

Two interesting updates were juxtaposed today. The first was summarized in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about how a group of students, school districts, the California PTA, CSBA (California School Board Association) and ACSA (Association for California School Administrators) have filed a lawsuit arguing that elected officials in California have failed in [...]

Another Difficult Deadline

Two months ago I wrote about the preliminary layoff notices that had to be given to certificated teachers by the March 15th deadline. The next deadline in this process is May 15th, where effectively “final” termination notices are given to these certificated employees. Although the District could always hire employees back, as a [...]