Category Archives: SUSD Live

Live covering of SUSD meetings

SUSD Live — Education items

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Item 9.1 – The Edu.Phoria Charter School petition has been rejected for the second time in recent months. The vote was 7-0. District administration reviewed the petition and recommended rejection. And, believe it or not, that is at (at 9 p.m.) By the way, Taylor has a new name: Taylor Leadership Academy. It’s part of [...]
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SUSD Live — Board comment

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Steve Smith: no comment Bill Ross: He appreciates the “great start” to the school year. He praised Carl Toliver. “His calendar is full from early in the morning to late at night. … We have a great staff of people. We need to appreciate and understand how important they are. We want to work together with [...]
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SUSD Live — Federal money

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Jason Willis: California will get $1.2 billion from the recently signed federal education jobs bill, which totaled $10 billion. SUSD will get $5-$7 million. The money may arrive by November or December. As he has previously stated, administration wants to hold onto the money to help with the 2011-12 budget. The district faces another $20 [...]
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SUSD Live — Committees

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Curriculum (Gloria Allen): Kirk Nicholas, Scott Traub and Mark Hagemann presented at the last meeting. The date of the next meeting is to be determined.
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SUSD Live — Awards

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
After a recognition ceremony for Junior League of San Joaquin, Fremont Elementary 7-8 special-day class teacher Elizabeth Coffey was honored for her efforts on behalf of special-needs students, and Franklin High head custodian Don Ortega was honored for the job he has done at his school.
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SUSD Live — Closed session

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Here’s the agenda for you to follow again. Item 1.1 — 7-0; Item 1.2 — 7-0; Item 1.4 — discussion only; Item 1.5 — no action on one, direction to legal counsel by 7-0 on the other; Item 1.6 — direction to legal counsel regarding a settlement, 7-0; Item 1.7 — approval to counsel to settle [...]
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SUSD Live — Signs of life

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
Closed session has finally ended (at about 7:30). Trustees are beginning to drift in. When last we checked in, the board room was nearly empty. That’s not the case now. It’s close to full, though there are a few seats available if anybody has nothing else to do and figures attending the local school board [...]
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SUSD Live — Not very lively

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
The pre-closed session period lasted about two minutes — the length of time it took Colleen Boardman to read the closed-session agenda. There was no public comment. In fact, there were fewer than 10 people in the audience when the board headed to its conference room. The audience remains sparse. The meetings with 500 screaming [...]
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Blogging live tonight

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 24, 2010 | 0 Comments
I’ll be at the SUSD meeting tonight, as usual. The agenda is here. Facebook. Twitter.
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SUSD Live — Wonders never cease

By Roger Phillips | Published: August 10, 2010 | 0 Comments
We are done — at 8:53 p.m.
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