Seth Rosenblatt - San Carlos School Board

The Burden of Transparency

Seth — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:25:31 +0000

Having spent two decades working in the private sector before running for our local school board, I was unaccustomed to a school district’s degree of openness. Like most public agencies, ours is essentially an open book — all of our board meetings are held in public (with limited exceptions), all of our contracts are [...]

Models for 21st Century Learning

Seth — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:38:22 +0000

Last night the district held it’s second of three community meetings this Fall to discuss “21st Century Learning” and what it means for San Carlos. The first meeting was with guest speaker Bernie Trilling, who gave the audience a foundation of the “why” we must look at a different paradigm for education.

The second meeting [...]

Two Great Survey Results

Seth — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:59:43 +0000

Among many interesting topics discussed at last night’s board meeting, we received the results of two surveys done by the district. The first was the poll we commissioned to better understand the feasibility of a potential bond measure for the November election. This bond measure would fund the building of new capacity at [...]

Momentum on New School(s)

Seth — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 00:12:30 +0000

At last night’s board meeting, we had some meaty topics with very productive conversations, particularly in three areas: (a) 21st Century Learning, (b) Middle School Electives, and (c) Facilities. All of these three areas are very much intertwined, as our goals around curriculum intersect with our goals around facilities, particularly in an environment where [...]

First Community Meeting on 21st Century Learning

Seth — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:55:39 +0000

This announcement was just sent out by the District — join us if you can on March 29th:

21st Century Learning: What is it? And what should it mean to San Carlos schools?

Parents, teachers, administrators, and San Carlos community members…

Please join us for the first in a series of community events and conversations focused on 21st [...]

A Weighty Formula

Seth — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:41:16 +0000

The state budget remains as uncertain as when the Governor first proposed his version in January. Although most of the press has been around the dependency upon his proposed tax measure in November and now the possibility of having up to three different tax measures on the ballot, the part of his proposal that [...]

Can We Make Some Investments?

Seth — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:16:32 +0000

Last night’s school board meeting was a single topic meeting — a study session on budget. As I wrote last month, the budget roller coaster may be very interesting this year. This is, once again, due to the uncertainty in the state budget. The Governor is proposing a budget that is based [...]

Congrats to Science Fair Winners

Seth — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:26:20 +0000

On February 1st at the Hiller Aviation Museum, there was an exhibition of all of the San Mateo County Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Fair for both Middle Schools and High Schools. This year there were over 300 projects from 54 schools, and San Carlos students were well represented. I had a [...]

The Education Competition Myth

Seth — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:58:28 +0000

The education publication eSchoolNews just published a second article of mine, entitled “The Education Competition Myth.” The genesis of this article was from all of the comments I received from parents and other school board members from my first article last year, “Why Education is Not Like Business.” Although this piece was somewhat [...]

Welcome to Our New Board Members

Seth — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:38:56 +0000

Last night we finished a process that we kicked off last month to appoint two new school board members from the vacancies created by Carrie Du Bois and Mark Olbert who each successfully ran for other political positions in the middle of their school board term. We had seven applicants for the appointments who [...]