It’s been a bit quiet on the superintendent search front, at least from the public’s perspective. That might soon change.

At a short meeting tomorrow (Wednesday) night that begins at 6 p.m., the Oakland school board settles on a timeline and process for the selection of the next OUSD leader. (That information wasn’t posted a few minutes ago, but I’ll link to it once it becomes available).

The board was once hoping to have someone lined up by April or May. From what I know about these searches, that doesn’t seem too realistic anymore. Read the rest of this entry »

photo from magnetbox’s site at flickr.com/creativecommons

Tomorrow might seem like any other Tuesday. But to a small group of math enthusiasts, it’s a day that only comes along once every five — or seven, or nine, or 23 — years. That’s because it’s March 3, 2009 (3/3/09, if you will) — and, as I’m sure most of you are well aware, three is the square of nine. Read the rest of this entry »

I made the most of my mandatory unpaid vacation days last week by driving down to Joshua Tree National Park. Here’s a souvenir from the trip, photos of a one-room school house that rancher/miner/gunfighter Bill Keys built on his property in the mid-1900s for his kids and others who lived in the area. Read the rest of this entry »