Comments on: MDUSD seeks input on draft CVCHS waivers

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 20:27:09 +0000

Info night for incoming CVCHS freshmen is tonight: http://bit.ly/GJSzAx
Freshman course request forms are due March 28 and are also available in the offices of Diablo View MS and Pine Hollow MS.
CVCHS intends to hold its public lottery at 6:30 p.m. April 2 in the multiuse room.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:27:47 +0000

MDUSD Parent: Here is the link to the list of CVHS teachers who are resigning and retiring: http://esb.mdusd.k12.ca.us/attachments/d8b9db25-4cc0-4ee2-a36c-1f0581612d59.pdf
Teachers who are remaining in the district are not listed, since the board did not have to approve their decision to stay.

Dr. J: I didn’t hear Hansen mention the missing agenda items during the meeting. Perhaps she mentioned them before I arrived.

Also, the district has already posted the audio from the meeting: http://www.mdusd.org/boe/Pages/boe-sam.aspx

By: MDUSD Parent

MDUSD Parent — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:00:50 +0000

Where can I find the link, to the teachers resigning from MDUSD? ( teachers that are currently at CVHS) Also, would that have the 11 teachers that are staying with MDUSD ? There is a reference to the link above. However, I can’t seem to find it

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:49:34 +0000

Did Cheryl raise the issue of her Agenda items being censored again ?

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:48:56 +0000

The problem with audio back-up is several fold. Its not foolproof and we have more failures so far than success. Second, Board policy only requires it be kept for 30 days, not permanent like Board minutes are required by law to be kept. Why wasn’t Loreen at the meeting ? She got a Gang of Five raise for this very duty — yes it was the least amount of the five, but she is paid for this duty. Afterall, it was a “Public Hearing” !

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:40:51 +0000

It will really boost Steven’s ego to address him as the “Board Secretary”.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:28:23 +0000

Yes, the secretary said I should speak to Lawrence to find out what happened at the meeting. So, I assume he is the one preparing the minutes.

The rationale for the abbreviated minutes, according to Trustee Gary Eberhart, is that there is audio backup. Without audio backup, however, it is very surprising that the superintendent did not ask his secretary to at least attend the public hearing portion of the meeting to take notes. She told me there were three speakers on the waiver. I will call her today to find out who they were. Too bad there’s no record of what they said or what trustees had to say about the waiver.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:21:36 +0000

@TH#58: Supt Lawrence is the “Board Secretary” and I guess he gets to type up the minutes ! LOL he can’t even keep his commitment to do “bi monthly newsletters”. Frankly, I don’t call what we get from the regular meetings “substantive minutes” compared to what the CCC Board of Education or the State Board of Education publishes, and certainly a couple of notches below what we used to get a few years ago.

By: Theresa Harrington

Theresa Harrington — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:15:41 +0000

Very surprisingly, I found out that the district did not record the Feb. 22 meeting. Also, the superintendent’s secretary told me she was not required to attend the meeting, so there will not be substantive minutes. Considering that the meeting was a required public hearing regarding the CVHS waiver, it’s very unusual to have no public record of it. I wonder if the SBE will ask for the minutes from the meeting.

Apparently, the board sat around a table due to the rest of the meeting being a “study session,” and the district hasn’t figured out how to record trustees when they sit in this format.

When I covered the city of Walnut Creek, they simply placed microphones in front of the city council members when they sat around a table for their study sessions. I’ll bet the students in the MDHS Digitial Safari could figure out how to do that.

By: Doctor J

Doctor J — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:28:35 +0000

The CVHS 11, that will remain in MDUSD, has JMB announced the procedure for “bumping” yet ? I wonder if it will parrot the “closing procedure” used last year ? Did any of the teachers at MDHS submit requests to transfer to another school ?