Archive for May, 2009

This one may not be for everyone, but I’ll go ahead and share the (exciting for some of us) news:  The Legislative Analyst’s Office has just released a webcast/video that does a good job of explaining that complex beast at the center of school finance known as Proposition 98.
For those who dare, here it is. [...]

Lesson #9

I wish everyone would take a deep breath before heading into the public hearing at Tuesday night’s School Board meeting.
State law now requires that school districts have policies to prevent harassment and discrimination of students based on actual and perceived gender identification and sexual orientation.
The law (appropriately) gives local school districts some discretion about what [...]

As you may have read in today’s Alameda Journal or seen on Mike McMahon’s website or even noticed on AUSD’s own vastly improved (and improving) website, AUSD is launching a nine month master plan process.  The result of the process is to be a master plan setting AUSD’s long-term course for the coming years. 
For far [...]