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President’s Corner

The highlight of the month of March was the Legislative Brunch, which was a great success. State Board of Education President Michael Kirst gave us insights on Common Core, the second year of the LCAP, and provided the just released California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress form. Our local State Assembly and Senate members also gave us an update on the improving state budget, possible remedies to address the loss of Prop 30 revenues, the LCFF and the reserve cap.

Adequate funding was an important point highlighted by Assemblyman Rich Gordon. He expressed that, although we have a better funding model in the LCFF, ‘we missed the opportunity to provide a funding model that provides adequacy’. Senator Jim Beall talked about the state aspiring

to reach the median national funding level, but I believe that most school board members would want funding to be adequate, which would require an amount greater than the average. As for the reserve cap, we still have work to do to stress the importance of the need for a repeal, since some of our local legislators do not believe that a trigger leading to its implementation will occur. One piece of legislation that was not addressed and is under the radar is AB1750 by Assemblyman Luis Alejo. This bill would require the State Department of Education to commission a report that identifies model programs, standards, and curricula pertaining to ethnic studies at the high school level, which is related to our roundtable discussion later this month.

~ Albert Gonzalez

Roundtable Discussion on “Race in Our Schools”

Wednesday, March 26, 7:00 PM (Note earlier start)

Milpitas Room 2nd Floor North, SCCOE

Special Guest: Jesús Holguín 2015 CSBA President

Election of Officers

During the first half hour, President Holguín and David DeLuz, CSBA’s Director for Strategic Initiatives and Development will talk about the Reserve Cap Issue, Visual and Performing Arts, LCFF, and key CSBA initiatives aimed at shaping the future for our state’s 6.2 million students. They will also report on CSBA’s iCount census and ask those trustees who have not filled it out to do so. (See Holguin’s bio on Page 3.)

All school board members and administrators are welcome to

join us for a discussion about race in our schools!

Bob Benevento

Reid Myers

2015 Officers Albert Gonzalez, President and Region 20 Director Bob Benevento, Vice President Danielle Cohen, Treasurer

District Representatives, Alternates, and Delegates Alum Rock USD Dolores Marquez Alum Rock USD Andres Quintero, Hospitality

Chair Berryessa USD Thelma Boac Cambrian SD Randy Scofield Campbell UHSD Matthew Dean Campbell USD Danielle Cohen, Delegate Cupertino USD Anjali Kausar, Awards Co-Chair and Delegate East Side UHSD Frank Biehl, Delegate East Side UHSD Pattie Cortese (new) Evergreen SD Bonnie Mace, Alternate Evergreen SD Jim Zito Franklin-McKinley SD George Sanchez, Delegate Fremont UHSD Nancy Newton, Delegate and

Alternate Fremont UHSD Bill Wilson Gilroy USD Linda Piceno Lakeside Joint SD Theresa Bond Loma Prieta JT.Union Paula Lacey Los Altos SD Tamara Logan Los Gatos USD Alex Potts Los Gatos/Saratoga Cynthia Chang, Delegate Los Gatos/Saratoga Kathrine Tseng Luther Burbank SD Meghan Francis Metro ED/CCOC Matthew Dean Milpitas Unified SD Chris Norwood Milpitas Unified SD Bob Nunez. Alternate Moreland SD Brian Penzel Morgan Hill Unified SD Bob Benevento, Delegate Morgan Hill Unified SD David Gerard, Alternate Mount Pleasant SD Bob Ramirez Mtn. View/Los Altos UHSD Joe Mitchner Mountain View Whisman SD Ellen Wheeler, Awards Co-Chair Oak Grove SD Carolyn Bauer Oak Grove SD Mary Noel, Alternate Orchard SD Karl Jacobson Palo Alto Unified SD Ken Dauber San Jose Unified SD Susan Ellenberg San Jose Unified SD Pam Foley, Delegate San Jose Unified SD Paymon Zarghami, Alternate SCC Board of Ed Darcie Green, Delegate SCC Board of Ed Anna Song, Alternate Santa Clara Unified SD Jodi Muirhead, Alternate Santa Clara Unified SD Michelle Ryan Saratoga USD Patty Buchanan Sunnyvale SD Reid Myers, Legislative Brunch

Chair Sunnyvale SD Nancy Newkirk Union SD Cindy Goodsell

Rose Filicetti, Executive Director

Executive Director’s Report

At the March 25th Executive Board meeting, we will hold the Election of Officers for the 2015-2016 School Year. Thanks to past presidents, Frank Biehl (East Side UHSD), Josephine (Jo) Lucey, Chair (Cupertino), and Nancy Newton, (Fremont Union HSD) for their nominations! Our nominee for President, Bob Benevento of Morgan Hill Unified has served as Vice President and chaired the Legislative Brunch. In that capacity, he rejuvenated the event, taking it from a series of monologs by elected officials to a series of lively conversations and moderated panel discussions. After appointment in January 2011, Bob was elected in 2012 to full four year term. This year, he serves as President of the MHUSD Board. Bob was appointed to Delegate Assembly, in 2013, and re-elected, in 2014. Bob was also appointed to the Santa Clara County Committee on School District Organization. Bob and his wife have four children, including two in college, and they are expecting their first grandchild in June 2015.

Reid Myers, nominee for Vice President, has been an active member of the SCCSBA since her election to the Sunnyvale Elementary school board in 2011. She is passionate about the value of the SCCSBA and has organized the Fall Dinner, co-chaired the Hoffmann

Awards, twice, and organized this year’s Legislative Brunch. She is currently a candidate for Delegate Assembly. Reid is a leader in her community where she facilitates quarterly meetings of neighborhood association leaders, volunteers weekly at Sunnyvale Community Services, and leads activities in schools across Sunnyvale. Her professional experience includes marketing, program management, and corporate branding. She feels blessed to have two

Danielle Cohen

Jesús Holguín

Myers, Continued seemingly well-adjusted, busy middle-schoolers, two well-behaved dogs, and one supportive husband. Danielle Cohen has agreed to serve a third year as Treasurer. She previously co-chaired the Hoffmann Awards for three years and served as the co-chair of our Candidates’ Workshop. Danielle is currently President of the Campbell Union School Board, where she has served since February 2004 and has served as a CSBA Delegate in Region 20 since 2008. She is a member of the Grant Review Committee for the 100 Women Charitable Foundation that gives grants to local 501C3 organizations that focus on under-served populations in Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties in the areas of Education, Family, and Health and is a registered VITA volunteer providing free income tax preparation to low-income individuals and families. Danielle works as a Principal Software Engineer for Oracle. She and her husband, Adam, have three children, ages 16 to 23.

Jesús Holguín, 2015 CSBA President (Moreno Valley USD) will be a guest speaker at our March 25 meeting. He became an officer of CSBA in December 2012 and has been serving on the Board of Directors since May 2010. He was a member of the Delegate Assembly from 2002 to 2010. An active member of his local education

community, he has been a member of the Moreno Valley Unified School District since 2002 and has served as president of the Riverside County School Boards Association, president of the Moreno Valley Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and board member of ACCESS to the Future. In addition, he has been an officer of the California Latino School Board Members Association for a number of years. Holguin has spent over 17 years involved in school and district-level parent groups and also provides translation services for Spanish-speaking audiences at board meetings. Employed by the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools for 29 years, Holguín has extensive experience in school finance. He earned his BS in Business Administration/Accounting from CSU, San Bernardino.

Calendar Dates to Remember

Tuesday, March 10 CSBA Legislative Action Day Continue the dialogue – meet with members of the Legislature at the State Capitol and BE HEARD! Register on the CSBA website www.csba.org Sacramento CSBA Director Region 20 Albert Gonzalez reminds all districts that ballots for Delegate Assembly elections are due by Monday, March 16! Wednesday, March 25 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM (note earlier start) Regular Executive Board Meeting Presentation by Jesús Holguín 2015 CSBA President Roundtable Discussion on Race in Our Schools Election of Officers Milpitas Room 2nd fl. North, SCCOE Wednesday, April 29 (Fifth Weds.) 31st Annual Hoffmann Awards Dinner 6:00 Social Hour 7:00 Dinner Michaels at Shoreline Mountain View (See page 4, for details)

Look for your invitation to all school board members And Superintendents to attend:

Hoffmann Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 29

Michaels at Shoreline 2960 N Shoreline Blvd, Mountain View

(North Bayshore, North of Highway 101)

Complete Dinner with Choice of Entrée only $40 per person (including fees and free parking)

For Entrée, seasonal greens, fresh vegetables, potato du jour, French rolls, coffee, and dessert

Breast of Chicken Florentine

Broiled Salmon, Lemon Beurre Blanc

Grilled Vegetable Brochette with Wild Rice

6:00 Social Hour, with student entertainment | No Host Bar 7:00 Dinner and Presentation Videos of the 2015 Award Winners

The Invitation will include an Eventbrite link to purchase tickets.

Thanks to Frank Biehl of East Side UHSD for these great photos of Saturday’s Legislative Brunch! Executive Director Announcement After 18 years of dedicated service, our Executive Director, Rose Filicetti, will be retiring at the end of June. SCCSBA is looking for applicants to fill this critical role. The Executive Director (ED) supports the organization by ensuring smooth operations, providing outreach activities, tracking records, conducting outbound communications, and assisting with events. The ED acts as Secretary of the organization and, in that capacity, keeps minutes of meetings, bylaws of the organization, and stores records of the association members. The ED will perform other tasks as the board requires. If you are interested, please send an email to asglez@gmail.com with the subject line "SCCSBA ED", stating your interest, vision, and motivation for applying for this position. Please attach you resume.

Our Chefs from Metro ED

Assemblymembers

Low, Campos, and Chu

John Fensterwald with Senators

Beall, Hill, and Wieckowski