Twenty one years ago I actually worked for Lehman Brothers. It’s one of those things that I tend not to highlight on the resume anymore (although, as I like to joke to my friends, “it was all downhill for them after I left”). Lehman now has a different connection for me as it [...]
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Last Friday marked a milestone as Sacramento officially now has the longest stalemate in California state budget history. And despite the requirement to complete its budget by June 30th (just like we have to do at the local level), each year the state operates under this big unknown, and unfortunately we feel the consequence [...] This week students returned to school in the San Carlos School District. It was great to see all of the eager faces running around campus and to meet some of the new parents. I hope everyone had an enjoyable summer! Despite the terrible financial crisis we have endured courtesy of the state of California, [...] One of the stranger concepts that I have been exposed to since taking public office is the notion of the “furlough” day. This essentially means that public agencies tell their employees not to come into work a certain number of days so that they can reduce their pay proportionally. Often such terms need [...] The following is a letter I sent to my personal e-mail list outlining a summary of this school year and what we look forward to next year: Dear Friends and Supporters, As another school year has ended, it seemed appropriate to give everyone an update on the state of the San Carlos School District, what we have [...] 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 [...] For the last few months, I’ve been contemplating putting together a video to explain how education finance works in California. It is an incredibly complex topic, and requires a bit of history and context setting. Doing this was partly inspired by a series of presentations done by SCEF, talks by Joe Simitian on [...] Last Fall I posted an entry about our schools’ API scores. As I pointed out then, all of our schools have both excellent and improving scores. I have also stated many times that, by design, our four K-4 elementary schools offer an equally excellent education. Although most parents and District staff understand [...] Unfortunately a good chunk of the remainder of the school year will be devoted to trying to solve our current budget mess, and this process kicked off in earnest with a Board study session we had on Tuesday, Janaury 26th. With the recently proposed State budget, our friends in Sacramento whacked education again. [...] Most folks in any way exposed to the workings of Sacramento know that it’s one of the most dyfunctional government systems we have in the country. It’s a systematic issue and not one related to specific legislators, as I actually admire many of our state elected representatives. However, they are paralyzed by a [...] |
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