Open session starts at 7pm in the LASD Board Room at 201 Covington Rd. The entire agenda can be found here.
Springer Elementary School will present at this board meeting. Through out the year, each LASD school presents to the board to highlight their unique accomplishments and programs. I just toured their campus on Thursday and saw first hand some amazing education in progress. I heard first hand from Principal Boskie how they implement personalized learning at Springer which includes, among other things, her taking on literacy instruction of one small group of Springer Bees. I look forward to their presentation. Randy Kenyon will present a Measure N Update to the board. This is an action item. A copy of his entire powerpoint presentation can be found at the agenda link above under agenda item I.1. Below are highlights of what happened at the Mountain View City Council's most recent meeting. On January 16th, the Mountain View City Council:
Staff recommends the Board take the following actions:
Additionally, staff seeks direction as to whether the Board approves Mountain View City Council’s stipulation that they be part of the public process of informing the board’s decision regarding the 10th site use. Randy Kenyon and LASD's auditor will present the Audited Financial Report for the 2016/2017 school year. The presentation and the audited financial report can be found at the link provided above under agenda item I.2. This is an action item. The staff recommends that the board approve the audited financial report. The auditor found no exceptions (that is, there were no disagreements with any item in the report or limitations to the extent of the audit). Randy Kenyon will present the 2018-19 State Budget and how it effects LASD's bottom line. This is a discussion item. His presentation can be found at the agenda item link above under agenda item I.3. Jeff Baier will present a preliminary draft of the charge and set up of the 10th Site Advisory Task Force. This is a discussion item. The preliminary draft can be found at the agenda link above under agenda item I.4. The prospective charge of the task force is to understand and analyze the complex issues and factors that must be considered to determine how the district can best use the 10th site. Sandra McGonagle and Greg Drummond will present a Curriculum Update on the English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum and instructional practices for literacy (reading and writing) in K-8. This is a discussion item to update the board on the implementation of the updated ELA curriculum. The presentation can be found at the link provided above under agenda item I.5. Jeff Baier will present the proposed 2018-19 District Calendar. This is a discussion item. The proposed calendar can be found at the link provided above under agenda item I.6. The calendar is usually made to match the MVLA (high school district) calendar as much as possible. It is important to note the proposed calendar starts classes a week later than the 2017/2018 school year and begins the December holiday break a week later also. Please note, this is just the highlights of what is on the agenda for 1/22/2018 meeting. You can inform yourself about the rest of the agenda at the link provided above. Feel free to email me with any questions. Come join us for a good time at 7pm in the LASD Board Room at 201 Covington Rd. The entire agenda can be found here.
Covington Elementary School will present at this board meeting. Through out the year, each school presents to the board to highlight their unique accomplishments and programs. Randy Kenyon will present a Measure N Update to the board. This is a discussion item, so there will be no action taken by the board. You can see his powerpoint presentation at in the agenda using the link above (see the attachment under agenda item I1). Sandra McGonagle will present a Fall 2017 California School Dashboard Update to the board. This is also a discussion item. You can see her presentation at the link provided above as attachment to agenda item I2. This presentation will inform the board on how the district has performed since Fall 2016 overall and among certain groupings of students. The Board will discuss and take action determining 2018 Board Committees and Appointments. This is an action item (that is, there will be a vote on this item). On this item, the board will discuss and determine who will be on what committee for 2018. The list proposed list of assignments can be found as an attachment below agenda item I3. Jeff Baier will be present on Student and School Safety at Egan. This is a discussion item. At the prior board meeting before the new year, the board directed LASD staff to do some research relating to student safety if the board is ever able to work with the City of Los Altos to open the back gate of Egan. Please note, this is just the highlights of what is on the agenda for 1/8/2018 meeting. You can inform yourself about the rest of the agenda at the link provided above. Feel free to email me with any questions. How do I find LASD Board Agendas? How can I watch a meeting from the comfort of my home? Where can I find the minutes?How to find an agenda. You can find the agenda (among other things) for school board meetings here.
How to watch a school board meeting from the comfort of your home. You can watch current and past meetings using this link or this one. Scroll down and you will see a list of meetings from most current to farther in the past. Pick the one you would like to see. Where to find the minutes from prior meetings. Finding board meeting agendas, minutes and videos just got a lot more easy thanks to Sandra Bush and Marcy Birnie. You can links to them for any given meeting here. My colleague Bryan Johnson will also be holding office hours. Here is his schedule. It is subject to change and will be updated at a later time.
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Jessica SpeiserThanks to your support, I joined the Los Altos School District (LASD) Board of Trustees in December 2016. I finished my tenure as Board President after serving as such from December 2018 to December 2019. I am currently Board Vice President. As usual, I will use this blog to continue updating you on upcoming Board meetings and make you aware of upcoming office hours and community events. Archives
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