Here’s Tuesday’s agenda. New board member David Midura is scheduled to be sworn in, but there probably will be other additions, too. According to pages 43-44 of the link, the district may hire a deputy superintendent for the first time in years. The candidate, the agenda says, is Sheree Audet. Who is she? Who knows? [...]
So here is what Larry Hernandez, husband of the late Sara Cazares, said during public comment tonight. And at the end, there are responses from the two unsuccessful board candidates tonight, Bill Ross and Naveed Ahmed. Hernandez: “I am here tonight to remind you of the memory and legacy of my wife. Sara Cazares was [...]
The decision actually came about 15 minutes ago. After a brief Q&A session, the board voted 5-1 for Midura, a local businessman. The no vote came from Sal Ramirez. David Varela made the motion that led to the vote.
Larry Hernandez was one of two speakers during public comment during the meeting to replace his late wife, Sara Cazares. He utterly torched two candidates, Bill Ross and Naveed Ahmed. He was furious. He and son Ricardo are seated in the front row. Will post comments later but right now, the meeting is in full [...]
Tonight is the night SUSD’s board picks a replacement for the late Sara Cazares, assuming one of the four candidates can muster four votes. Included in the board packet sent out by the district Tuesday was the first page of a letter of support for Bill Ross from former Stagg Principal Jessica Anderson. A sharp-eyed [...]
The agenda and numerous letters of support for former board member Bill Ross can be found here. His supporters include former Mayor Ann Johnston and former Superintendent Carl Toliver. The public meeting to choose a replacement for the late Sara Cazares is at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the district office.
Stockton Arena hosts tonight’s visual and performing arts event, which is free to the public. Saturday’s “faire” is at Barnes & Noble.
Details here. The event is tomorrow (May 17) so if you’re interested, sign up your young Boris Spassky.
Here’s the agenda. Everything was approved. The Merlo kids are heading to Kansas City and a bunch of other field trips were approved. I’m now heading off on a field trip to my sofa. Good night at 8:30 p.m.
Risk manager Bill Shook said full implementation of “Obamacare,” once it occurs, will be costly for the district. He said, “Don’t shoot the messenger.” Steve Smith asked for a “ballpark figure” of the cost to SUSD. Shook said providing such a number is complicated and did not provide a guess. As for board comments:
