Seth Rosenblatt - San Carlos School Board » Volunteerism

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 [...]

First Step on New Kindergarten Enrollment Procedures

Seth — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 01:04:31 +0000

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.

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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 [...]

No school board election this year

Seth — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 02:53:06 +0000

The filing period for declaring oneself a candidate for the November’s school board election closed today, and only the current three incumbents up for re-election filed. So, there won’t be an election fpr school board, which will save the candidates the need to mount a campaign and will also save the District some money [...]

So you want to be a Board member?

Seth — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:04:03 +0000

It’s actually a lot more fun than it looks — I promise!

There are three slots up for election to the School Board on November 3rd. The filing period for candidates opens on July 13th and goes through August 7th.

There is a candidates resources page on the San Mateo County Elections Office website, [...]

Learn about being a school board member!

Seth — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:54:19 +0000

The superintendent sent out this bulletin yesterday:

Do you have any interest in knowing what it’s like to be a School Board member in San Carlos, or what’s the process for running for office? This November there will be an election for three of the five seats on the School Board. Current school board [...]

San Carlos Delivers Measure B for Its Kids

Seth — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:15:37 +0000

Although the results are only semi-official at this point, it looks like Measure B has an excellent shot of passing, with preliminary results posted last night showing 71.2% support. The San Mateo County Elections Office says it is planning to make an update on Friday. The math looks good — there were 8,070 [...]

On the November Ballot

Seth — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:55:18 +0000

Tonight at a special board meeting (where I actually dialed in from New Orleans — on a business trip), the School Board unanimously approved placing a measure on the November ballot to increase the existing parcel tax by $75 per parcel, for a total of $185. In addition, this measure would not have a [...]

Shaking the money tree

Seth — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 18:31:26 +0000

If it were only that simple. As we’re close to the end of the school year (and the school’s fiscal year at the end of June), the San Carlos Educational Foundation has been furiously fundraising to reach its goal of $1 million dollars raised for our schools — a truly amazing feat. They [...]

It takes a village

Seth — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:46:04 +0000

Last Wednesday I was able to attend the ceremony/reception honoring the hundreds of tutors who volunteer for the San Carlos Healthy Cities tutoring program. Also, yesterday I had the opportunity to sit through the Arundel PTA awards reception where the PTA honored many of the parent volunteers who work so hard day in [...]