Today the Superintendent mailed to parents a letter describing the current proposal to move elementary school boundaries in the San Carlos School District. This plan was presented to the Board on November 3rd, and the Board was generally supportive of the changes, which have been a long time in the making. This proposal [...]
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The following e-mail went out from the Superintendent today about a new “pre-registration” process for incoming Kindergartners. This is a good first step in refining the procedure for enrollment. ————————– The San Carlos School District has made it a priority to improve the kindergarten enrollment process, effective immediately. In an effort to make this process [...] Last night, the Board met to bring our new Superintendent up to speed specifically on our thoughts regarding the boundary discussion that has been going on for a year or so(note that Dr. Baker doesn’t actually officially start until August 1st, but he’s clearly dived into a few things already). We agreed to the [...] The community survey was completed last week, and I presented the results at the Board meeting last night. The survey is a vital part of a multi-step effort to get input from the community and better understand the potential tradeoffs we may need to make in the budget. For more background on the [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] 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 [...] |
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