FW: OUSD Board Schedule for Boundaries Item

[Rhonda Woo]

The Special Committee on Admission, Attendance and Boundaries will not make its recommendation to the Board of Education at the upcoming December 10, 2008 meeting as was originally planned.  The new date will be December 17, 2008.  Please mark your calendar.

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From: Jody London [mailto:oakla...@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:28 PM
To: Charles Pelton; Mike Allison; darcy.br...@gmail.com; thef...@gmail.com; Rhonda Woo; Tamara Morrish; Lexi Rhorer; kf...@cca.edu; Joaquin Alvarado; Ron Kriss
Cc: Kerry Hamill - OUSD; Beverly Rothenberg; Jonatha...@ousd.k12.ca.us
Subject: OUSD Board Schedule for Boundaries Item

I just want to make sure that those of you who have been most active on the boundaries issue are aware, and can communicate with others, that the item from the Special Committee on Boundaries and Attendance will be heard only on Dec. 17, there will be no hearing on Dec. 10.  I've been in communication with Board Chair David Kakishiba and Director Gary Yee about the scheduling issue.  They have explained why the item will be heard only on Dec. 17:

1.  The meeting Dec. 10 is a special meeting of the Board, not a regular meeting.  The agenda for the meeting is already very long and they expect the meeting to go until 11 even without this item.  One of the items for Dec. 10 is a report from the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) that recommends returning OUSD to full local control.  You can see the FCMAT report by following the link for the Dec. 10 agenda at http://ousd.legistar.com/Calendar.aspx.

2.  The boundaries subcommittee item can be both read and heard on Dec. 17.  It is not a policy change, but a recommendation/ direction to staff. 

I realize that many of you have been planning your calendars around attendance at these two meetings, based on the discussion at the 11/21 subcommittee meeting.  I apologize for the relatively late notice, but I have asked and been informed that this is the plan.  I do hope you will attend on Dec. 17 on this specific issue.  But I also hope you will be mindful of the important issue that will be discussed this Wednesday.  There also will be this Weds an update on the budget and what we can expect out of Sacramento (another lengthy item even though we can't expect much). 

A priority that we might all consider working on together is the State budget and overall funding for education.  It's really very grim over the next several years, and I believe there are systemic changes statewide that must be made to restore our educational system.

Thanks for your commitment to public education in Oakland.
- Jody

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Jody London
Director-Elect, District 1
Oakland Unified School District
510-459-0667

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