IAE, WCCUSD, College Planning & Teen Mental Health

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Gaucho supporters!

In addition to the regular IAE meeting next week, there is a WCCUSD Board Meeting that is important to attend. Please read below for details and share with your networks. 

I tucked in information about our next college planning seminar and something about teen mental health, too. Jenni Mangel, IAE Chair 2024-2025

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IAE Monthly Meeting Monday March 10, 2025 7:00pm Via Zoom. As always the community is invited to join us for our monthly meeting. You may use this link to view the agenda. Use this link to join the call. 

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WCCUSD Board Meeting Wednesday March 12, 2025 6:30pm DeJean Middle School. The board is planning major budget cuts without an active budget committee. The board is looking for parent engagement and our presence and participation at next week's board meeting is important. See the Ed Source article below and the attached flyer for more information or use this link to join this Google Group for more information.  

Ed Source 2/6/2025. West Contra Costa school board slashes staffing to avoid deficit

List of planned staffing cuts.

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Class of 2026: College & Careers Planning Advice Seminar with Michael Trevino, April 29th, 2025, 7:00-9:00pm by Zoom. Registration required by April 26, 2025.
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Improving Teen Mental Health - In this podcast episode, clinical psychologist Lisa Damour and organizational psychologist Adam Grant have an important conversation about teen mental health. We recommend a listen for anyone who works with, or lives with, teens!

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Investing in Academic Excellence (IAE) is a parent and community group created in 2010 to advance academic excellence at ECHS. This committee meets roughly once/month on Zoom and all members of the ECHS community are invited to participate in our planning meeting and activities. You may learn more about our work here. 

Donations to IAE can be made via PayPal.

IAE is a sponsored group committee of the ECHS Student Activities Fund (SAF), 501(c)(3), Tax ID #91-1935426.

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