Monthly Archives: November 2008

SUSD official answers parent’s SLC query

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 28, 2008 | Comments closed
Still feeling the effects of turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, jello mold, gravy, green beans, pumpkin pie and one two pieces of apple crisp, I’m turning this space over to two others and giving them a forum. Last week, a parent sent me a list of questions about SUSD’s plans for high-school small-learning [...]
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Tuesday’s SUSD meeting revisited

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 26, 2008 | Comments closed
Just less than one year ago, former Record reporter Rick Brewer was hired as the community relations officer for Stockton Unified, replacing another former Record reporter, Dianne Barth, who had left to take a job with the Council of Governments. Brewer had a one-year probationary period that was to end on Dec. 3, 2008. But [...]
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Change we can believe in

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 23, 2008 | Comments closed
A Long Island school board says, “Yes we can.”
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Committee meeting on high-school reform

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 21, 2008 | Comments closed
The SUSD school board’s curriculum committee has a 5 p.m. meeting scheduled in the district board room Monday. The topic: high-school reform (small-learning communities, career pathways, etc.). The district sent out public notice this morning. The committee is chaired by Trustee Beverly Fitch McCarthy. The other members of the committee are board members Sarah Bowden and [...]
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Q&A on SLCs

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 19, 2008 | Comments closed
An involved parent created a list of 14 very good questions about the planned small-learning communities at the SUSD high schools. Here are answers to half of them. Is there a proven success rate for SLC?Though not fantastic, the standardized scores are higher at Weber and IBML than at the comprehensives. According to Weber teacher Joel Blomenkamp, [...]
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Joe Martin suing SUSD board

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 18, 2008 | Comments closed
Former SUSD AD Joe Martin has filed a civil suit in superior court against the SUSD school board seeking damages in excess of $25,000. In April, Martin filed a claim for damages from the board in the same amount. The claim is believed to have not brought Martin the response he’d hoped for, which is why [...]
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More from Wednesday’s SUSD meeting

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 13, 2008 | Comments closed
Below, there’s more on the situation involving longtime SUSD human-resources chief Allyn Bulzomi, whose contract was not renewed at Wednesday night’s meeting. First though, a few other odds and ends: *At the beginning of the meeting, board president Daniel Castillo introduced the three new trustees who were elected last week. All were in attendance and there [...]
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One and done for Dillon Delvo

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 7, 2008 | Comments closed
Less than 11 months ago, Dillon Delvo was appointed as Area 1 trustee for SUSD, replacing Ed Garcia, who had stepped down. The board meeting at which Delvo was chosen was brimming with emotion. He and five other hopefuls answered a series of questions about their goals for the district. The boardroom was packed, many [...]
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SUSD’s new look; Canepa, To-Cowell lead in LUSD

By Roger Phillips | Published: November 5, 2008 | Comments closed
The results are in, and the changes for the SUSD board are big. Jose Morales edged Anthony Silva in Area 3.Gloria Allen beat Dillon Delvo in Area 1.Colleen Boardman won the Area 4 seat, which belonged to Sarah Bowden, who did not seek reelection. Thus, three of the seven board members will be new in SUSD. And [...]
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