This handout (on Mike McMahon’s site) caught my eye at the Alameda for Better Schools (ABS) meeting last week. It’s a graph showing the Base Revenue Limit for each school in Unified School District in Alameda County. The Base Revenue Limit is the amount per student that the schools get from the state, and it […]
When I got home from work this evening, there was an email from “bewarethesilentspin@yahoo.com” in my inbox with a couple of videos linked to it.
The name appears to be a play on “bewarethesilentslate,” a copycat youtube.com site that hosts Don Roberts recent video magazine stories. (He’s got a permanent link to it on his site […]
Life’s been a little too busy to actually post anything recently. But I didn’t want to drop the school budget as an issue, being that it is burning hot right now and decisions are going to be made in the coming weeks.
With all the discussion about Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funding from the state. I […]
On Friday afternoon, the ARRA staff report concerning the developer RFQ was posted. The report includes a staff summary of the process and explanation of the criteria (7 separate items ranked as weak/moderate/strong). The report also includes a detailed explanation as to why each team was ranked the way they were.
[Unfortunately, as the city is […]
If the sleeve of your shirt catches fire, don't wave it around to put it out. Stop, Drop and Roll.
Mindfulness in the face of a challenge.
