As a neighbor of Marshall School I am very upset that they made the decision to add portables on the campus of Marshall School. No one did a study of the traffic impact of adding more students therefore adding more parents this would cause on Marshall Street. I do not have a student at Marshall School. But I am inconvenienced everyday by traffic going to the school waiting to drop there kids off and after school picking their kids up and stopping in the middle of the street to drive into the very narrow car limited spot. I talked to the principle and she told me she had a plan to ease this problem. Well nothings been done to help with traffic. Today someone decided to stop in the middle of the street hazard lights on to do whatever. Its very frustrating when you are just trying to drive up and down the street that belongs to everyone not just Marshall parents.
Castro Valley Unified appoints new superintendent
- By : Michael Kusiak
- Category : Education, Featured Story
- Tags: Castro Valley Unified School District, CVUSD
The Castro Valley Unified School District Board of Education has appointed Parvin Ahmadi as its new superintendent at tonight’s school board meeting.
In the employment contact between Ahmadi and CVUSD that was released Friday morning, Ahmadi’s base salary is listed as $256,000. That is an increase over the $220,000 that she currently makes as superintendent at Pleasanton Unified School District, but less than the $278,550 that Jim Negri currently makes as CVUSD superintendent. The contract is for three years, starting on July 1,2015 and ending on June 30, 2018.
Negri, who has served as CVUSD superintendent since May 2009, announced in January that he would retire at the end of this school year.
Dot Theodore, elected to the board this past November and participating in her first superintendent search, said “I am very excited about our new superintendent. We had amazing pool of candidates and the one we chose is a perfect match for our district.”
Alicia Gholami, President of the Castro Valley Teachers Association (CVTA), said “Castro Valley’s educators are eager to work with Parvin Ahmadi as we prepare for a new school year, especially with such a positive state budget. It will be important for our new Superintendent to invest in highly-qualified educators and programs that will directly benefit our students.
According to CVUSD Human Resources, the district has about 1,000 employees. During the 2013-2014 school year, 9,317 students were enrolled in CVUSD’s schools.
Updates
- Ahmadi’s employment contract with CVUSD was released to Castro Valley Matters on Friday morning.
- CVUSD’s press release on Ahmadi’s appointment includes this statement from Board President John Barbieri:
The Castro Valley Board of Education is proud that after a long and extensive search, which included approximately twenty highly qualified candidates of both current superintendents and assistant superintendents, we narrowed them down to six. Candidates were interviewed in depth as to their strengths, commitment to education, high student achievement for all students, an understanding of a kindergarten to adult education system, the ability to articulate a clear vision, and work effectively with well educated and dedicated teachers,
administrators, classified employees, parents, and community members. From the final two candidates, we found a new superintendent who meets and surpasses the above said qualifications.”
- Ahmadi’s email announcing her resignation as Pleasanton Unified School District’s Superintendent is included in this PleasantonWeekly.com article posted this morning: “Pleasanton’s school superintendent quits to take top post in Castro Valley school district“
