Highlights from the November 9, 2011 School Board Meeting

• Salary and Benefits contract provisions to be opened with APT – public input requested prior to January 5 – see details on input timeline
• State funding of $6-8 million to finish Beach construction may show up soon!
• completion of Beach prior to 2012-13 school year is “probable”
• The School Calendar is being negotiated now – may be approved at December 14 Board meeting – parent survey from February being used as input
• Filing deadline for school board candidates is November 14, 2011

and more . . . see the full report by June Monach, Board Member

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Numbers of Non-Resident Students in Piedmont Schools

The Piedmont School District has released statistics on existing inter-district students in anticipation of a November 1, 2011 review of its administrative regulations regarding inter-district transfers, including grandchildren of residents. > Click to read more…

Highlights from the October 26, 2011 School Board Meeting

Report provided by the Piedmont Unified School District > Click to read more…

Enrolling Grandchildren of Piedmont Residents And CA State’s New “Open Enrollment” Policies 

The Piedmont Unified School District (PUSD) Board will hold a special meeting Tuesday, November 1 to discuss the District’s policies on student enrollment of grandchildren of Piedmont residents, as well as new state policies for “Open Enrollment” of other students who do not reside in Piedmont.  The meeting will begin at 7 pm in City Hall and end at 9 pm. > Click to read more…

Inter-district transfers for various student classifications will be considered. Will priority be given to resident’s grandchildren?

The Piedmont School Board plans to hold a special meeting on Tuesday, November 1, from 7 – to 9 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers.  The Board will review the State requirements of the Open Enrollment Act and also consider amending its current policy in order to allow grandchildren of Piedmont residents to enroll in Piedmont schools.  According to the School District notice, “other requests have surfaced to expand the criteria for inter-district attendance. Conversely, requests to oppose expanding inter-district attendance have been received.” > Click to read more…

Highlights from the School Board Meeting

• Mid-year budget cuts
• Student test scores
• Nov. 1  special meeting on inter-district transfers, grandchildren and others
• New Director of Special Education Services Cece Lasky
• Candidate filing for School Board opens October 17

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• STAR Test results for 2011
• Budget updates
• Construction Update:  applying for more funding
• Interdistrict transfer policy and regulations based on Open Enrollment Act
• Margaret Ovenden and Mark Aikawa appointed to the Citizens’ Oversight Committee
• Renewal of Superintendent Hubbard’s contract through 2013-14
• Board of Education Election coming up February 17, 2012

And more – read the full report from June Monach

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On Wednesday, August 24 the Piedmont Unified School District begins the 2011-12 academic year.

Students attending Beach Elementary School will be transported via buses to Emeryville during the retrofit process of their school.   Beach Schoolmates will be held at the Havens Schoolmates facility during the one year construction period.

Big changes await students at Wildwood Elementary School where seismic upgrades are complete, along with new carpet, paint and flooring.  The Piedmont Educational Foundation has invited the community to celebrate the completion of  Wildwood  renovation work at an open house on Sunday, August 28 from 4 to 6pm .

Following publication on this site of the Opinion: A New Educational Resource for Piedmont Kids?, Mary Kelly, former vice President and incoming President of the Piedmont Middle School Parents Club noted, “I am using my role as president, and the access to the administration it gives me, to focus on the issue of making sure that PUSD has a successful process for pulling in valuable new ideas.”  As a beginning, she has communicated with the PUSD administration regarding a presentation on the Khan Academy.  She is suggesting that PUSD professional educators take a look at the free Math, Physics, and History YouTube videos and computer-supported exercises, as part of the District’s efforts for continuous improvement.

The Khan Academy provides free instruction on a myriad of subjects to anyone with Internet access.  Currently, a million students each month use the site and during the past year the Los Altos, California School District incorporated the Khan videos into the 5^th and 7^th grade curricula.

• For those interested in running for School Board, forms will be available on October 17, 2011.   Three seats will be available, with one incumbent termed out and one incumbent announcing she is “unlikely” to rerun
  

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