So I quickly ran a comparison between the Existing Language and the proposed of the AUSD Administrative Policy 5116.1 that will be discussed tonight. Below I have highlighted the proposed changes which amount to two things:
Higher prioritization for families with older kids already attending Edison. This [...]
So here’s the thing. I want to give a huge shoutout to Mike McMahon for the time and effort that he puts into his website and in the same breath suggest that the School District should be providing much of the information that Mike provides. I find it odd that as of yesterday at 12:00pm, [...]
At the end of June, the Alameda School Board postponed a decision about a proposed new policy for enrollment in Kindergarten. (We covered it here) The recommendation comes on the heels of 60+ parents spending the night on the concrete outside of Edison School in order to make sure their children got into Edison’s kindergarten [...]
I really would like to write a bit about the recent ruling on the Howard v. White lawsuit which, if you haven’t heard, I won. But I’m having a hard time stopping my happy-dance and so am going to limit myself to Mr. David Howard’s most recent letter to The Don, attempting to spin his [...]
The jury is no longer out (actually it was a pro-tem judge) on the nail-biter (not really) case:
Howard v. White
The short story: KNOX WHITE WINS!
Andrew Dosa, Pro Tem Judge, found that “a reasonable person would have understood the word ['stalker'] was not used in a defamatory manner. Thus, the Defendant’s [that’s me] us of the [...]
For those just joining us, here’s this week’s conceit. Standing in a group of 5-8 people on Friday night at Rhythmix Cultural Works, I actively listened (as opposed to stood in a corner and craned my neck) to a conversation about traffic in Alameda. During the course of the chat, it was announced (and seconded) [...]
Yesterday, I mentioned listening in on a conversation about how it is that we cannot expect to deal with transportation issues and therefore we should not develop any more, unspoken was the Barbara Kerr-ism “unless we build more bridges and increase our road capacity.”
Friday night, at Rythmix Cultural Works, I had the opportunity to listening in on some great conversations about issues around town. (It’s not as creepy as it sounds, I was in the discussion group, not craning my neck to overhear something being discussed, and I just kept my mouth uncharacteristically closed). The conversation ranged from [...]
Today’s Alameda Journal announces a number of awards that the paper has recently won. Including Editor Jeff Mitchell for his story which uncovered the issue the AP&T inter-agency fund loans last fall. Recently, there appears to be a growing drumbeat, growing out of the place called “Action Alameda” (which I use to indicate a [...]
Whence last we left this story, former city councilmember Barbara Kerr was about to school us on why people care about Measure A….we return to the story as she succinctly breaks it all down for us unknowing plebes:
“There are three issues which come up when Measure A is discussed. They are affordability, open space and [...]
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.
