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Programs at Risk: Take 1
I haven’t gotten the materials to be presented by staff at next Tuesday’s Board meeting on addressing the fiscal crisis yet. But I do have the original list of programs and activities staff suggested be evaluated a few weeks ago.
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Addressing the Budget Crisis
Next Tuesday, January 20th, staff will begin its presentation on the cost saving and educational impact of various alternative budget cuts and revenue enhancement opportunities. I’ll post more information on what will be evaluated over the next few days. This … Continue reading
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The House Is On Fire
At this past Thursday’s Board meeting we reviewed the updated financials for the next three years. It’s bad. Very bad. I was on the Board during the District’s “financial crisis” in the 2002-2003 school year. That crisis was essentially home-grown; … Continue reading
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Eric Von der Porten, RIP
I’ve been putting off writing this entry because, well, because I never would have thought in a million years that I would need to write it. Eric passed away last Tuesday.
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Measure S: Voting Oddities Redux
The Elections Office has an explanation for the apparent undercount in precinct 3626 which I wrote about in an earlier post. Apparently, they merged two precincts — 3626 and 3631 — into one “temporary” precinct for this particular election. Precinct … Continue reading
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Measure S: Why Did It Fail?
So, after sharing such information as is currently available on what happened, and writing about some odd things that took place on Election Day, it’s time for the main event: trying to answer the question “Why did Measure S fail?” … Continue reading
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Measure S: Voting Oddities
I mentioned in an earlier post on voting patterns that one precinct, 3626, had an unusually low level of voter turnout compared to the rest of the precincts that voted on Measure S. This is the precinct that covers most … Continue reading
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Measure S: Voting Patterns
While the election hasn’t been officially certified yet, it looks likely Measure S will end up failing. It didn’t miss by much — the latest count shows it getting 65.5% of the vote — but there are probably so few … Continue reading
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Demographic Report
The Board will be discussing the results of a demographic study tonight. You can view a PDF of the report here.
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Op Ed Piece on the County Pool Fund
The title pretty much says it all. You can find the article I wrote (which was published in the San Mateo Daily Journal) here.
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