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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Welcome to Our New Board Members

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 [...]

Rallying the Troops

It’s hard to attract a lot of folks to an event on a Monday night, in the rain, to discuss education finance. But this Monday night almost 200 people attended the Educate Me! event we held at Mustang Hall. Hosted by Educate Our State, a parent-led advocacy group, the night was about making [...]

It’s Official

Friends and Supporters,

Today I officially filed the paperwork to run for re-election to the San Carlos School Board. The filing period goes until August 12 (or potentially August 17), so there is no way to know who else may file. Two seats are up for election, so unless two or more other people [...]

End of Year Update

Friends and Supporters,

As has been my custom, I am sending an end-of-the-year update to summarize the happenings in the San Carlos School District. It has been a remarkable year in so many ways (and you may have read my periodic blog updates), but I will try to summarize most of it here. On a personal [...]

Org Changes at The District

Today the Superintendent announced a number of organizational changes among the leadership at three of our schools. I think this is a very positive step which will help move forward our District goals. Read his message below:

Superintendent Announces Administrative Reorganization
Posted on 06. Dec, 2010 in Uncategorized

To the San Carlos School District Community,

Today the District [...]

Patch Me In

Today a new online publication called San Carlos Patch launched to be a “community-specific news and information platform dedicated to providing comprehensive and trusted local coverage for individual towns and communities.”

Patch was started by AOL to create hyper-local publications across the U.S. They have a number of editions in towns both on the East [...]

Welcome Back to School

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, [...]

End of Year Update

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 [...]

The Ides of March

The following letter was sent out jointly from the Superintendent, School Board, and San Carlos Teachers Association today regarding the March 15th day for potential termination notices to teachers. The letter pretty much says it all.

To the San Carlos Community,
We are writing to inform you about a difficult step the San Carlos School District [...]

Boundary Changes are Finally Done

Last night the school board unanimously approved changing our elementary school boundaries. As I’ve written in earlier posts, this is a change that has been discussed for a number of years, and the Board made it a priority to complete this year. It was a complex problem and an involved process, but [...]