The Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI) Education Working group met for the fourth time on Tuesday, August 19, 2014, in this second phase of the EALI II process. The following goal rose to the top from the charrette in November: Advocate and provide avenues for increasing resources and opportunities for …
On Wednesday, July 29, the Eden Area Livability Initiative (EALI) Joint Leadership met to give the community an update on the progress of each working group. Each update was followed by a chance for Q&A with the attendees. There were also updates on a few of the Phase I EALI …
Tonight (Thursday, May 22) at 7:00 the Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) Board of Education will discuss the school district’s plan to relocate the Alma Pre-School from its current location on Seven Hills Road to a new location on the Marshall Elementary campus, next to the baseball fields on Omega Avenue. Marshall …
The Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) made its decision to move and expand the Alma Pre-School to the lower Marshall baseball field without adequate prior notice to Alma or Marshall School parents, or to the impacted community around the Marshall campus. Given the impact to the schools and surrounding …
On April 9th, the CVUSD LCAP (Local Control Accountability Plan) Steering Committee met for the first time. This 30+ member committee is comprised of parents, teachers, administrators, classified staff, community members and students. The main focus of the LCAP Steering Committee is to review the 3-year LCAP, to be written …
Summary of the CVUSD school board meeting from February 27,2014. Here is a link to the board packet and agenda. The items that were of interest to me were the discussion on LCFF/LCAP and the public comments from members of the Castro Valley classified union, CSEA. Superintendent Jim Negri gave …
On Saturday, March 1 the CVEF Scholarship Committee asked me to speak for a few minutes about the new CVLegends scholarship. Below I have attempted to organize my notes into a coherent transcript of that speech: Thank you for being here, my name is David Ashton, I run a small …
The Castro Valley Unified School District held a special “study session/workshop” board meeting to go over the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP). No action was to be taken. Here is a link to the board packet. Background: There is a new ‘simplified’ formula for funding public education in California. …
Castro Valley is a friendly town, a close-knit community of about 63,000 people that can still get excited about a homecoming game. But getting around Castro Valley can be complicated, and it’s not just because Strobridge suddenly stops south of 580. We are governed by a hodgepodge of distinct and …