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Melissa Caswell
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Max McGee
Board members photos
Wednesday, December 03, 2014 11:37:37 PM
Hi Kathleen,
took the last set of Board photos.
perhaps she would be willing to come take photos of our new
board members.
Melissa
No redactions necessary for this document
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Camille Townsend
Max McGee; Charles Young
Kathleen Ruegsegger
BPRC Materials to include
Monday, December 08, 2014 8:56:06 AM
0212 final Guidelines.pdf
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS.pdf
GuidelinesDevLargeScaleAltPrograms.pdf
Hi Max,
Can we make sure to include all three documents attached here in our BPRC materials for
Thursday on alternative programs. These will help our discussion.
Thank you.
Camille
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Melissa
From: Cathy Mak
Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 10:36 AM
To: Gene Bregman; Charles Heath; Melissa Caswell
Cc: Max McGee
Subject: FW: Poll draft
Just one update from our latest enrollment projection: Q7d …..is projected to increase by another
700 students over the next five years…….
This looks goods.
Thanks,
Cathy
From: Gene Bregman
To: Max McGee; Cathy Mak
Cc: Charles Heath
Subject: Poll draft
Good morning Max and Cathy,
Attached is the latest draft of the poll. It includes all the changes from your meeting last
month and a new question that Charles and I have put together as Q.6k. Please review so we can finalize by the end of the day today.
Also, we should set up a conference call for next week (Tuesday or Wednesday) for the 4 of
us to review the initial results. Please let Charles and me know what would be good times
for that call.
Thanks,
Gene
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Scott Bowers
Melissa Caswell
Contacted Parent
Thursday, December 04, 2014 5:33:42 PM
Hi Melissa,
Just wanted you to know that I followed up with Mrs
chance to chat by phone about her concerns with a teacher. Cheers,
Scott
and we had a
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Max McGee
Angela Ruggiero; Dave Price; board
Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; Brenda Carrillo; Charles Young
CORRECTION NEEDED - You did not report cyberbullying facts correctly
Thursday, December 11, 2014 9:04:48 AM
slide 21.pptx
Dear Dave and Angela,
In today's Daily Post you wore, "students reported they had more frequently been subjected to cyberbullying, when other students "spread mean rumors or lies about yo on the Internet." Among 11thgraders, the percentage of those reporting they were targeted by cyber-bullies rose from 77% in 2011
to 87% in the 2013-14 survey." Your facts are wrong, and I trust you will be more careful in the
future.
I have attached slide 21 from the Board presentation. If you read carefully, you will see that the
prompt was:
"During the past 12 months, how many times did other students spread mean rumors or lies about you
on the internet (0 times)?"
The percentages indicate the students who say they were NEVER cyber-bullied (because NEVER = 0). So the percentage of students reporting they were NEVER cyber-bullied has increased from 77% to
87%. This is a DECREASE in cyber-bullying, not an INCREASE as you reported.
Please make the correction immediately. Thank you.
SIncerely,
Glenn W. "Max" McGee, Superintendent of Schools
224.234.6129
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From: Angela Ruggiero <aruggiero@padailypost.com>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 5:47 PM
To: Max McGee
Cc: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
Subject: Anti-cheating programs-Daily Post
Hi Max,
I believe Tabitha might be off this week which is why I'm emailing you
directly. I was curious to see if Paly and/or Gunn high schools were
working with Challenge Success, part of Stanford University. In
particular, their help has been useful to St. Francis High School in
Mountain View, and other local schools in the area, with implementing
anti-cheating plans for specific high schools.
I know that JLS worked with Challenge Success on creating a homework
policy at that school, and I've heard that Paly might be working with
them this year. I know they only take on about 10 schools a year.
I would like to hear more about what sorts of changes Paly might be
looking at? Is there someone at Paly I can speak to about this? I know
this week is a bit busy with the holiday, but a push in the right
direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your time Max. Happy Holidays.
Best,
--Angela Ruggiero
Reporter
Palo Alto Daily Post
(650) 328-7700
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Camille Townsend
Max McGee; Kathleen Ruegsegger
CSBA itinerary
Greetings,
My guess is that we already have an itinerary of events for CSBA and I'm
not locating it. Was Heidi also pulling together the receptions? At some point could you let me know if
there is an itinerary of our events? Thanks! ct
Sent from my iPhone
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Camille Townsend
board; Max McGee
Dec. 3 to Dec. 5, 2015 CSBA Annual Education Conference
http://www.nsba.org/events/calendar/california-school-boards-association-annualeducation-conference-0
California School Boards Association
Annual Education Conference
December 3, 2015 (All day) to December 5, 2015 (All day)
San Diego, Calif.
- See more at: http://www.nsba.org/events/calendar/california-school-boards-association-annualeducation-conference-0#sthash.Vscn7dIq.dpuf
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Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
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District Carolers
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Thanks for the music! J
Tabitha Kappeler-Hurley
Communications Coordinator
Palo Alto Unified School District
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
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Robert Golton
board; Max McGee
Cathy Mak
Follow-up question on portables on the Paly Campus
Tuesday, December 09, 2014 8:08:17 AM
Hi All,
Follow-up question:
Are the portables on the central quad at Paly the ones that will stay for PE classrooms? If
not will they also stay through the Gym construction?
Response:
Half are Science classrooms, (4) and the others are for PE (Gym), so they will all stay at least
through construction of the gym, with the Science portables being removed after
construction of the Science Addition.
Best wishes,
Bob
Bob Golton
Manager, Strong Schools Bond
25 Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94306
rgolton@pausd.org www.pausd.org
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Max McGee
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Charles Young; Katherine Baker; Brenda Carrillo
Fw: Board Questions on PARC Survey
Friday, December 19, 2014 7:17:14 PM
PARCS 2008-2014.docx
ATT00001.htm
StudentConnectedness-Jordan.doc
ATT00002.htm
Student Connectedness Write Up.docx
ATT00003.htm
ClimateDates14.15v2[1].pdf
ATT00004.htm
PARCS 2008-2014.docx
Dear Board Members,
A Board member asked the following:
1. The first page of the spreadsheet, "PARC bullying," demonstrates that all 3 middle schools
are reporting lower levels of bullying than in 2008, which is great. However, there are
significant differences among the schools that I would like to hear you address at the board
meeting. JLS and Terman have shown a greater rate of improvement since 2008, and lower
absolute levels of bullying responses. For example, at Jordan reports of verbal bullying at least
once or twice in the last year have declined by 11%, but during the same period declined by
approximately 25% at the other two schools. The same pattern is repeated throughout these
data. Jordan also reports higher absolute levels of bullying than the other two schools.
I responded: We will need to obtain information from the principals to provide a thorough
answer to this question. We will not have time to do so before the Board meeting, but our
goal is to provide the answer in the 12/19 weekly message from the Superintendent. I am
asking Katherine to take the lead in answering this question.
Katherine Baker has done a very thorough job of answering the question. Please read her
message below and review the attached data. Warm regards,
Max
From: Katherine Baker
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 6:01 PM
To: Max McGee
Cc: Charles Young
Subject: Board Questions on PARC Survey
Hi Max, I met with the three middle school principals on 12/15/14, and we discussed the questions raised by a
board member about the PARC Survey results. All three middle schools have been working hard to reduce
bullying incidents at their school sites and to improve student connectedness. Although it is true that
Jordan's reduction in bullying incidents is occurring at a slower rate than JLS and Terman, the results have
been steadily improving each year since 2008. The 2014 figures show that all three middle schools have
improved since 2008, and most of their 2014 numbers are not very part apart. One area that hasn't
significantly decreased is the area of electronic bullying. As we all know, this is an especially challenging
area as students have access to smartphones and computers both on and off campus.
I've attached the breakdown of Jordan's PARC Survey results over the past seven years, focusing on two
questions on the survey: 1) In the past 12 months, how often have you been bullied by other students?
and 2) In the past 12 months how often have you seen or heard students bullied by other students?
Responses cover physical, verbal, social, and electronic bullying. I included comparisons to JLS and
Terman data for 2008, 2009 and 2014. The data show that students who never experienced physical
bullying improved 12% at Jordan from 2008-2014, 14% at JLS, and 18% at Terman. In the same time
frame, students who never experienced social bullying improved by 6% at Jordan, 11% at JLS, and 18% at
Terman. It is difficult to pinpoint the reason(s) for some discrepancy in the numbers between the three schools.
Each school has many interventions and proactive safeguards in place. All three schools have sixth grade
transition camps for rising sixth graders, as well as a form of "rewind" or "revisiting" social kindness and
behavior expectations in seventh grade. Jordan's "Solution Team" response to bullying incidents is modeled
after a marketed program, while JLS and Terman staff studied various programs to create their own version
tailored to their site needs. The principals find that staff members have more buy in when they help create
and refine their anti-bullying program, and students benefit from more relevant lessons and interventions
when sites have the autonomy to tailor their program to their specific site needs. I'm attaching information we gathered a few years ago on what each middle school is doing, as well as
current information specific to Jordan that explains the program in place to address bullying and create a
safe and warm culture of student connectedness. Let me know if you need more information. Hope you have a safe and easy trip east, and enjoy a wonderful holiday season!
Katherine Please let me know if you receive this. I'm having problems with internet and outlook connections and just
transferred my original email to webmail. No redactions necessary for this document
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Kathleen Ruegsegger; Camille Townsend
Fw: BPRC Materials to include
0212 final Guidelines.pdf
ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS.pdf
GuidelinesDevLargeScaleAltPrograms.pdf
Will do! Also, I'm tracking down our named buildings and spaces.
From: Camille Townsend
Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 8:56 AM
To: Max McGee; Charles Young
Cc: Kathleen Ruegsegger
Subject: BPRC Materials to include
Hi Max,
Can we make sure to include all three documents attached here in our BPRC materials for
Thursday on alternative programs. These will help our discussion.
Thank you.
Camille
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Cathy Mak
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Max McGee; Robert Golton
FW: Demographic report for board meeting
Tuesday, December 09, 2014 12:41:57 PM
I received the following comments and questions. See my responses in earlier emails to similar
comments/questions.
Dear Cathy,
I wanted to let you know a few questions that I will be raising at the board meeting about
the demographer's projection. These aren't questions that you need to answer, rather points
that you may want to comment on given your knowledge.
First, I looked at a few other projections, for comparison sake:
ABAG projects 33% job growth in Palo Alto between 2010 and 2040, which is a 30% increase
in households.
California Dept of Finance Demographic Research Unit projections:
2.4% increase in K-12 enrollment in Santa Clara county between 2012-13 and 2022-23,
versus 0.7% statewide.
0.8% population increase in Santa Clara county 2015-2020, 2.4% increase between 2020 and
2025.
The demographer's enrollment projection assumes 20 new enrollments per year beginning
in 2019 as a result of new development, which is a substantial decrease from the
immediately previous years. I wonder if that is based on a projection of actual construction
over that period, or just a lack of concrete information about future development plans.
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Melissa Caswell; Heidi Emberling
Fw: Draft 2
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 12 55:56 PM
fyi
From: Nana Chancello
Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:57 AM
To: Max McGee
Cc: Lydia Kou; Bijal Shah; Cathy Mak; Sara woodham-johnsson; Grace Yu; Al Yuen; Jonathan Foster; Elizabeth May
Subject: Re: Draft 2
Dear Max,
We just finished a two hour meeting with the 4 chairs, our treasurer, and our campaign fundraising chair. We had a lengthy
discussion about the talking points. To summarize:
**Wellness is of higher priority to us than STEM. Especially in light of the recent suicides and discussions around too much
academic pressure/two many APs/student stress/mental health problems, etc., we do not feel comfortable asking for an increase
to offer more college-level classes to a small portion of high achievers. Rather, we would like to put a priority on creating a
more effective whole child approach, better social-emotional learning infrastructure, more/better professional counseling
services available from K-12. We want to invest in new ways to enhance resiliency, empathy, & community skills in our students.
**We agree that closing the achievement gap & "adding support staff to help at-risk students who are struggling with the
basics" are of utmost importance.
**If STEM is added as an earmark for the increase in parcel tax revenue, it needs to be at a broader level benefitting everyone K12 (best teachers/smaller class size) as supposed to only benefiting a select few at a college level.
By the way, we want you to be aware that the survey results as far as an appetite for an increase is disconnected from what we
hear from our communities (friends, neighbors, PTAs). The perception we are hearing is that there is not a need for an increase
(which is consistent in the survey) and that the district is sitting on large reserves that should be spend before asking for more
money. FYI, Lydia has received strong feedback from the Chinese community that they will not support an increase. Others
speak of "donor fatigue." We are very concerned that it may be too risky to ask for any increase, but are particularly
uncomfortable with an amount in excess of $100. We would like to be provided with the following information:
- A plan for how the district plans to spend down the reserves to it's board policy limit
- Timelines and budget for each proposed program Thank you. We look forward to seeing you at 4pm.
Warmly,
The Parcel Tax Team
On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 6:21 PM, sara woodham
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Max,
I'm assuming these notes are addressing a proposal to request $120 increase in parcel tax: 1) I'm glad draft 2 gives justification for the tax in general and the need for an increase. But I think we need to reframe the
$10M loss. People will get the pension fund and Cubberley loss, but the $7M state grab since 2008 is less compelling to me. I
hear that we've lost $$, but that $6-7M loss hasn't impacted our reserves (consistently about $6-7M above our 10% board
policy), and we've continued to perform (and not perform) in the same areas as we have since 2008. It seems like if we really
had a dire need to use that $$ we should point to evidence of doing so. I admit I may be missing something....
I also think it would be good to explain that even if property tax grows in the way people believe it will over the next few years
(i.e., not a flat 3%), this will cover ##? of students over the next few years, and we are projecting ##? of students. What's the gap there? How much does it cost us to educate 100 extra students with no new programs - ~$1.4M? Cathy mentioned that basic cost of living increases to teachers already in the system costs an extra $2M per year (if I recall
correctly). Can we match generally optimistic views of property tax revenue with known expenditures given the only
moderate drop-offs in state funding even with the economic crisis? From what I pull from the budget reports --- 2008/9 to
2014/15: $16.9M, $12.8M, $13.9M, $10.5M, $14M, $16.1M, $14.2M (incl. for the last 3 years "one time $$")
2) I like the idea of condensing the original list (what's not to love) but it is hard to create focus. For purposes of messaging
and giving hooks that I think people can readily relate to, the buckets I had in the order of priority were:
2.1) Global Readiness For All: This encapsulates all your bullets from Item 1 (Achievement Gap) and Item 6 (Early Learning)
and to some extent Item 8 (Prof. Dev) and Item 4 (Authentic Research). It also includes Item 5 (World Language). 2.2) Attract and Retaining Talented Teachers (i.e., No better place to work): This includes building a robust inclusion model, so
Item 7 (Special Ed Supports), Item 8 (Prof. Dev), and to some extent Items 4 (Adv. Authentic Research), Item 3 (Managing
enrollment growth), Item 9 (STEM)
2.3) Wellness - I feel this is the 3rd critical area bucket, but I don't think this has been as well fleshed out in Draft 1 as some of
the other areas. Certainly, building more and consistent touch points for students with teachers and Counselors in the
academic counseling process is necessary. However, we need more than nurses in elementary. Kids/families need
professional counseling services there too, and better social-emotional learning infrastructure. This is the place where parents,
teachers and students are most connected to each other and that is the place to build social skills, resilience, empathy, and
community skills that they can carry forward (imho - Ohlone has been developing practices around social-emotional learning
for years, what can we learn there?). Re Item 9 - You can hardly get more pro-STEM than me, but I was taken aback by the STEM examples. Half of those courses
were courses I took in Grad school on my way to a Ph.D. Obviously, one can teach them at a lower level, but when the
surveyed Residents were asked about supporting STEM, I *absolutely* do not think this was what they had in mind. It's not
what I was thinking. As a priority for a parcel tax raise this Item in this form seems like the lowest priority. I understand
(having been part of many such discussions), that there is a zero-sum-gain logic that prevails in many quarters that says if you
invest in at-risk students, you are picking the pockets of the gifted kids. So besides the political value, this Item had least
actual value for purposes of a parcel tax increase. Some of the items made sense, such as programming (which everyone should have some competence in), and STEM pathways
built around current offerings or some other high demand requests (do we have data on that?). If I had been surveyed, I would have been thinking of STEM as courses and programs in our schools K-12. I don't know much
more beyond the rave reviews I heard early in the year, but Barron Parks Maker Space program seems like the kind of thing to
build on in all of our elementary schools, and general hands on science, and science integrated with math. I would have been
thinking of programming projects and other work around science/math themes being applied at every grade level. Re Item 10 - Not worth the effort to clarify the confusion in a 3 month campaign. For the layperson, me included, PiE isn't
going anywhere and I don't know what the difference would be if PIE funded art or we did it in-house. This seems like a
potential source of great confusion, given that people are confused anyway about what PIE funds vs PTA. If we went down
this road, we'd have to have very clear messaging about the added value, and coordinated messaging with PIE. Sorry for the late input. Very hard to find quiet moments to collect thoughts.
take care,
sara
On Dec 16, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Max McGee wrote:
Hi Everyone,
Cathy, could you please fill in the numbers where I have shaded in yellow? Also, Melissa and Heidi recommended
that we reduce the number from Nana's four to these two (which combine some of the original 10 points). Melissa also thought it was better to be less specific and not list the bullet points. I told her that I thought it
might be better to have them on hand. In any case, I am eager to hear what all of you think.
Max
From: Nana Chancellor
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Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2014 9:31 AM
To: Sara woodham-johnsson; Julie Schwardt; Bijal Shah; Max McGee
Subject: Fwd: research one pager
Thanks a bunch, Max, for getting this to us so quickly. Sara, Julie, & Bij are on here so that you now also have their email addresses :)
We look forward to our next meeting with you.
Warmly,
Nana
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Date: Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 5:35 PM
Subject: research one pager
To:
How does this sound, Nana? Please distribute and THANK YOU!
<Draft 2 Parcel Tax Increase - Rationale.docx>
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Heidi Emberling
Fw: first grader password reset process
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From: Derek Moore
To: Max McGee
Subject: first grader password reset process
Hi MaxI spoke with Ignacio about the question from Heidi about first grade password resets.
Currently as it exists now, student use iPads do not have a 4-digit screen lock on them.
Students do have an account to the student portal located at http://my.palo-alto.edu, which is the
same as the Google account. This functions in the same was as Bob/Google work for staff single-sign
on.
Both the Tech Lead (teacher) and the site technician at each school site have access to reset passwords
for students. As a backup, if neither of these two people are available at the site, our central office IT
staff can also handle it.
I'm not sure if this answers the question, or if it was specifically directed towards another piece of
software. I'd be happy to elaborate if there are further questions on this.
Thanks,
Derek
-Derek Moore
Chief Technology Officer
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Scott Bowers
Terry Godfrey
FW: ORG CHART for Terry Godfrey
HR OrgChart 2014.pdf
Hi Terry,
Max asked me to send you an org chart. I have attached the up-to-date HR org chart
with this email. All of the district org charts are on BOB (the staff intranet web site) in the Directory
tab. They need to be updated them with our new hires for this year—Amanda, my
secretary, is working with IT to get that done asap. Here is the link to all the charts https://bob.pausd.org/apps/Directory/
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers,
Scott
From: Max McGee <mmcgee@pausd.org>
Date: Monday, December 8, 2014 9:26 AM
To: Scott Bowers <sbowers@pausd.org>
Cc: Kathleen Ruegsegger <kruegsegger@pausd.org>
Subject: ORG CHART for Terry Godfrey
Hi Scott,
Please send her one!
Thanks,
Max
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Cathy Mak
board; Max McGee
FW: parcel tax
Hi all,
Just FYI, LASD has a permanent tax of $597.
Cathy
From: Randy Kenyon [mailto:rkenyon@lasdschools.org]
To: Cathy Mak
Subject: RE: parcel tax
2 taxes –
· $597, permanent (no sunset)
· $193, 6 year tax (sunsets on June 30, 2017)
· No COLA adjustment for either
-- Randy Kenyon
Los Altos School District
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Max McGee
FW: Poll draft
PaloAltoUSD2014.doc
This looks goods.
Thanks,
Cathy
From: Gene Bregman
Cc: Charles Heath
Subject: Poll draft
for that call.
Thanks,
Gene
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Cathy Mak
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Robert Golton
FW: Projected new dwelling units
Monday, December 08, 2014 3:38:07 PM
Hi all,
I have received the following question:
In the enrollment report, are the projected dwelling unit numbers and graph based ONLY
on constriction that has been approved at this point in time. If it is, this is probably not
consistent with what will really happen based on the comprehensive plan projection for the
city. The City has said that it will be identifying and adding more housing to fufill ABAG
requirements, especially around the transportation corridors of University Ave, California
Ave, and El Camino. How does our projection line change if we project new housing to be
approved at the rate that it has been over the past 5 and 10 years?
Answer:
Yes, the enrollment projection ONLY included new housing projects that have been approved by the
City at this point. Any potential housing developments along the major transportation corridors have
not been included in the projection. One of our next steps is to understand the student generation
rates from new housing projects in the past few years in order to do some rough projection beyond
what the demographer has done (practically projection through 2019). The five year projection is
valid because the projection included new housing projects but the 10 year projection is
understated. I would expect the 10 year projection to be a flatter line rather than declining after 5
years. If I have to put a number beyond 2019 for now, I would add another 250 students (what the
demographer projected for new housing projects from 2015 to 2019).
Thanks,
Cathy
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Cathy Mak
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Max McGee; Robert Golton
FW: Projected new dwelling units
A follow up comment and question:
Why would you expect the 10 year projection to be a flatter line? Why would we not expect
this to rise at at least around 2% ( the same as the straight line growth over the past 20
years)? Stanford has plans to continue to grow and the city of Palo Alto is being pressured
by the state to add more housing units to accomidate an expected growing population in
the Silicon Valley. These two trends do not look like they are going to change. Is there some
additional data that you know about that needs to be considered? Answer:
I didn’t mean to say growth is flat. My point is I don’t expect enrollment to drop after 2019.
Whether it will continue to grow at the 2% rate based on the straight line growth over the past 20
years or at a slower pace as seen in the past 2-3 years is unknown. We do know there will be more
new housing projects beyond what the demographer has included in the projection. We will be
doing an in-depth analysis of new housing projects completed in the past 4-5 years to understand
the student generation rates for the different types of units. With that information and more
specific plans from the City, we can do some “what if” projections for long range planning.
I have attached the kindergarten enrollment history. As explained by the demographer, the trend
has shifted from the rapid growth between 2008-09 to 2010-11 to the slower growth in the last
couple of years. This slower growth trend is one of reasons why the projected growth is lower than
the projection 3 years ago. These decreases are complicated by the impact of the new kindergarten
age law. 2015-16 is the first year that the growth will be back to a full 12 month cycle. We will have
preliminary data in late February to see if the kinder enrollment growth continues to slow down or
not.
Thanks,
Cathy
From: Cathy Mak
Sent: Monday, December 8, 2014 3:38 PM
To: board; Max McGee
Cc: Robert Golton
Subject: FW: Projected new dwelling units
Hi all,
Answer:
Thanks,
Cathy
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Melissa Caswell
FW: reminders
Friday, December 12, 2014 9:54:49 AM
FYI
From: Kimberly Diorio <kdiorio@pausd.org>
Date: Friday, December 12, 2014 at 9:46 AM
To: Max McGee <mmcgee@pausd.org>, Charles Young <cyoung@pausd.org>, Katherine Baker
<kbaker@pausd.org>
Subject: FW: reminders
FYI
From: KDiorio <kdiorio@pausd.org>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014 2:48 PM
To: palyteachers <palyteachers@pausd.org>
Subject: reminders
Hi everyone,
As we prepare for finals, a few gentle "reminders" to ensure a great end of the semester:
1) Friday 12/12, Monday 12/15 and Tuesday 12/16 are review days. This means no
new assignments, no new material, no tests or quizzes on these days (here's the
specific language in page 23 of the student handbook): "There will be no field trips and activities that interrupt class time, excluding
athletics, during the week before final exams. Teachers should not remove
students from classes other than their own during review days or finals week.
Major projects should not be due during finals. At a minimum, there will be two
class periods set aside for review before finals, and no major tests at least two
class periods before finals begin. Sophomores and juniors who are enrolled in classes
with seniors, will not be expected to take their final exam during "Senior finals week" second
semester. For first semester, review days will be Friday, December 12th , Monday,
December 15th , and Tuesday, December 16th. For second semester, review
days will be Thursday, May 28th , Friday, May 29th , and Monday, June 1st.
(Definition of a final is a quarter or semester’s worth of work; a unit test is not a
final.)" 2) If you gave an assessment this week, please review results before the final. This is
good practice. 3) If a student has 3 finals in a day, please work with your students so they know they
can rearrange for another day. As in the past, teachers give this option to their classes
and some students will pre-arrange with their teacher another day to take the final. 4) A reminder that no work shall be given over the holidays. This is a time for allschool PDF – play time, down time, family time. 5) Monday, January 5th is a "Staff Work Day" for all of the secondary schools. The
purpose of this day is for teachers to work on completing their first semester grading
so you do not have to work over the winter break and for other staff members to
work on anything they might need to wrap-up before we begin the second semester
with our students. This is your work day. We will not be planning any school-wide
meetings or lunches on this day. A reminder that grades are due on Wednesday,
January 7th at 5:00 pm. Finally, I want to thank all of the teachers who made adjustments for not giving work over
the Thanksgiving break. Many parents have reported to me that their families enjoyed a
stress-free break and greatly appreciated your flexibility and compassion. Great job!
Take care,
Kim
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Max McGee
Fw: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
Hi Max,
Until today I did not know that our students got these world language
proficiency Seals of Biliteracy on their diplomas. (Thanks for the
info Tabitha) Very nice though. Judy A. pulled together the Gunn/Paly numbers
on student recipients and their world language below. Impressive.
And of course, PAUSD's being acknowledged tonight by the County as a partner
in this initiative is wonderful too. Wish I had a chance to join Judy tonight but I
know she'll represent the district well. It is such a gift to be bi-literate. Wish I
were.
Best,
Camille
'In 2010, the Seal of Biliteracy Consortium in Santa Clara County was established
by seven Local Education Agencies, including the Santa Clara County Office of
Education (SCCOE), to support school districts in providing multiple
opportunities for the study of world languages, while also recognizing students
who attain proficiency in two or more languages.
The Seal of Biliteracy was designed to be awarded by a school, district or county
office of education to those students who attain proficiency by high school
graduation, while a separate Pathway Award program was established to honor
elementary and middle school students who meet the requirements of
demonstrating proficiency in a language in addition to English.
“We are thrilled to acknowledge the leadership demonstrated by our 13
partners with this initiative,” said Board President Leon Beauchman. “They
understand that the next generation of students will need to possess bilingual
skills in order to engage with a rapidly changing world and communicate
effectively with their peers around the globe.”
From: Judy Argumedo
To: Camille Townsend
Subject: Re: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
Hi Camille,
Yes,
Gunn 26 Spanish
15 French
10 Chinese
8 Japanese
2 German
1 Korean
Paly
106 Spanish
31 Chinese
27 Japanese
25 French
Hebrew 1
Best,
Judy Jaramillo Argumedo
Coordinator, Educational Services
BTSA
English Language Learners
Categorical Funds
Voluntary Transfer Program (Tinsley)
Office 650-329-3736
Fax 650-329-3798
From: Camille Townsend <ctownsend@pausd.org>
Date: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 10:33 AM
To: Judy Argumedo <jargumedo@pausd.org>
Judy - do we know how many in each language? C
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 10, 2014, at 10:21 AM, "Judy Argumedo" <jargumedo@pausd.org> wrote:
Hello Camille,
The languages that PAUSD students received the Seal for are:
Spanish
French
Japanese
Mandarin
German
Hebrew Italian
Best,
BTSA
Categorical Funds
Office 650-329-3736
Fax 650-329-3798
To: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley <thurley@pausd.org>
Cc: Judy Argumedo <jargumedo@pausd.org>
Subject: Re: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo
Alto Unified
Wow! Thanks Tabitha & Judy. Do we know what languages our students (and
County students) have fluency? This is wonderful!
From: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
To: board
Cc: Judy Argumedo
Subject: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto
Unified
Good morning –
Attached and below is a press release from the Santa Clara County of Education
regarding the new Wall of Honor to be unveiled for the Seal of Biliteracy and
Pathway Awards at tonight’s SCCOE Board meeting. Palo Alto Unified
implemented this program in the 2013-2014 school year and put seals on 251
senior diplomas and transcripts last May. Gunn gave out 62 seals with 6 students having 3
languages. Paly gave out 189 seals. We are extremely proud of the students who have
earned these seals for their hard work. Ed Services Coordinator Judy Jaramillo Argumedo
will be at the event this evening to accept this recognition on behalf of PAUSD. I have cced.
Judy on this email in case you have any follow up questions for her about this wonderful
program.
<image001.jpg>
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release Contact: Ken
Blackstone, SCCOE
December 5, 2014 (408) 453-6514
Wall of Honor to be unveiled for Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway
Awards
Board of Education to honor district partners at Dec. 10 meeting
SAN JOSE, CA – The Santa Clara County Board of Education (SCCBOE) will honor
12 county school districts and one charter school as partners in the Seal of
Biliteracy and Pathway Awards program on Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. during a special
recognition agenda item. At this time, the board will also unveil a new Wall of
Honor installation designed to commemorate the initiative and commitment of
the SCCOE’s partners to the promotion of language assets for all students. In 2010, the Seal of Biliteracy Consortium in Santa Clara County was established
The SCCBOE has actively supported the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards
program since its inception as it underscores the organization’s goal to improve
educational equity and reduce access discrepancies to high-quality education for
all students.
During the Dec. 10 meeting, the Board of Education will also honor two SCCOE
programs that have been chosen as recipients of the prestigious Golden Bell
Award, which is presented by the California School Boards Association.
###
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
<image001.jpg>
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Judy Argumedo; Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
Fw: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2014 5:44 PM
To: Max McGee
Subject: Fw: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
Hi Max,
Until today I did not know that our students got these world language
proficiency Seals of Biliteracy on their diplomas. (Thanks for the
info Tabitha) Very nice though. Judy A. pulled together the Gunn/Paly numbers
on student recipients and their world language below. Impressive.
And of course, PAUSD's being acknowledged tonight by the County as a partner
in this initiative is wonderful too. Wish I had a chance to join Judy tonight but I
know she'll represent the district well. It is such a gift to be bi-literate. Wish I
were.
Best,
Camille
'In 2010, the Seal of Biliteracy Consortium in Santa Clara County was established
From: Judy Argumedo
To: Camille Townsend
Hi Camille,
Yes,
Gunn 26 Spanish
15 French
10 Chinese
8 Japanese
2 German
1 Korean
Paly
106 Spanish
31 Chinese
27 Japanese
25 French
Hebrew 1
Best,
BTSA
Categorical Funds
Office 650-329-3736
Fax 650-329-3798
To: Judy Argumedo <jargumedo@pausd.org>
Judy - do we know how many in each language? C
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 10, 2014, at 10:21 AM, "Judy Argumedo" <jargumedo@pausd.org> wrote:
Hello Camille,
The languages that PAUSD students received the Seal for are:
Spanish
French
Japanese
Mandarin
German
Hebrew Italian
Best,
BTSA
Categorical Funds
Office 650-329-3736
Fax 650-329-3798
To: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley <thurley@pausd.org>
Cc: Judy Argumedo <jargumedo@pausd.org>
Subject: Re: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo
Alto Unified
Wow! Thanks Tabitha & Judy. Do we know what languages our students (and
County students) have fluency? This is wonderful!
To: board
Cc: Judy Argumedo
Subject: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto
Unified
Good morning –
Attached and below is a press release from the Santa Clara County of Education
regarding the new Wall of Honor to be unveiled for the Seal of Biliteracy and
Pathway Awards at tonight’s SCCOE Board meeting. Palo Alto Unified
implemented this program in the 2013-2014 school year and put seals on 251
senior diplomas and transcripts last May. Gunn gave out 62 seals with 6 students having 3
languages. Paly gave out 189 seals. We are extremely proud of the students who have
earned these seals for their hard work. Ed Services Coordinator Judy Jaramillo Argumedo
will be at the event this evening to accept this recognition on behalf of PAUSD. I have cced.
Judy on this email in case you have any follow up questions for her about this wonderful
program.
<image001.jpg>
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release Contact: Ken
Blackstone, SCCOE
December 5, 2014 (408) 453-6514
Wall of Honor to be unveiled for Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway
Awards
SAN JOSE, CA – The Santa Clara County Board of Education (SCCBOE) will honor
12 county school districts and one charter school as partners in the Seal of
Biliteracy and Pathway Awards program on Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. during a special
recognition agenda item. At this time, the board will also unveil a new Wall of
Honor installation designed to commemorate the initiative and commitment of
the SCCOE’s partners to the promotion of language assets for all students. In 2010, the Seal of Biliteracy Consortium in Santa Clara County was established
The SCCBOE has actively supported the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards
program since its inception as it underscores the organization’s goal to improve
educational equity and reduce access discrepancies to high-quality education for
all students.
During the Dec. 10 meeting, the Board of Education will also honor two SCCOE
programs that have been chosen as recipients of the prestigious Golden Bell
Award, which is presented by the California School Boards Association.
###
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
<image001.jpg>
6255 Deliberative Process Privilege
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Robert Golton
board; Max McGee
Attached you will find priveleged and confidential memos from our attorney related to the
closed session item on the Board agenda tomorrow.
Bob
Bob Golton
From: Cameron Ward
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 5:02 PM
To: Robert Golton
Cc: Ron Smith; Mark Kelley; Lauren M. Charneski
Subject:
Bob,
Cam
From: Cameron Ward
To: 'Robert Golton'
Cc: Ron Smith; Mark Kelley; Lauren M. Charneski
Subject:
Bob,
Attached is our proposed Board Memorandum regarding the settlement, and last week's
Memorandum.
Cam
Cameron Ward
Attorney at Law
DANNIS WOLIVER KELLEY
275 Battery Street, Suite 1150
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: (415) 543-4111
Fax: (415) 543-4384
www.dwkesq.com
This email message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). It may contain confidential and privileged
information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended
recipient(s), please alert the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message. Thank you.
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Charles Young; bcarillo@pausd.org
Max McGee
Information item 12 CKS and PARC surveys
Hi Charles and Brenda,
Thank you for sharing this data. It is particularly interesting to see the results year to year. A couple of questions: Can you provide year to year comparison data on the reason for absences?
Can you provide data these questions presented broken out by the sub groups that we
track? And if so, is there a meaningful difference in student answers?
On the question about 1) teacher or other adult who wants me to do my best and 2) the
question about teacher or other adult who cares about me at school there is a small decline
at every grade level. Is this decline statistically significant? If it is not, what % change would
be statistically significant?
On the drug and alcohol questions, given the growth in use of marijuana edibles across the
country, is there a plan to change the question about Marijuana from smoking to consuming
(smoking, ingesting, eating, etc)?
Melissa
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Max McGee
Jan 20 meeting
Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:39:18 PM
Hi Dennis,
I like your initial thoughts and I suggest these as well:
1) The summary statement in the evaluation has not yet been reviewed by the Board, so I recommend
that it is stated as a summary as noted by the facilitator and not a letter signed by the Board
2) On the Venn diagram slide that we discussed, can you include the overlap areas noted by CSBA:
Strategic Goals and Success Indicators.
3) As we discussed, can we include staff evaluation as an item before the Superintendent evaluation?
Melissa
Sent from my iPad
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Cathy Mak
;
Melissa Caswell; Max McGee
Schroeder
Meeting to discuss survey results
; Heidi Emberling
;
;
; Kathy
Hi all,
The meeting tomorrow is postponed to next Friday, December 12, at 1pm. It will be in Room A at
the District Office. Gene will go over the survey results with us. In addition, a special board meeting
is planned on December 17, Wednesday, from 4pm to 6pm to discuss the survey results with the
board.
Thanks,
Cathy
From: sara woodham
To: Charles Heath
Cc: Cathy Mak; Barb Mitchell; Melissa Caswell; Max McGee;
; Kathy Schroeder
Subject: Re: Draft Survey
;
Charles et al
We (parcel tax folks) have on our calendar that we are meeting tomorrow at 11 to discuss
survey results. Is this still on track for tomorrow?
Thanks.
Take care.
Sara
Sent from my iPhone
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Max McGee
;
; Heidi Emberling; Melissa Caswell
notes for parcel tax meeting
Parcel Tax Increase - Rationale.docx
Dear Nana, Sara, Heidi and Melissa,
Attached are draft speaking notes for tomorrow's meeting. Since we will likely need to
produce a written document, I am asking you to please review, edit and make suggestions
so I will have something to distribute following the meeting.
With appreciation,
Max
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
board
Press Release - PAUSD Announces Settlement in Construction Law Suit
Press Release -District Announces Settlement in Construction Law Suit 12.17.14.pdf
Hello –
Below and attached please find our press release regarding the construction law suit settlement with
Taisei Construction Corporation.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2014
Contact: Robert Golton
Strong Schools Bond Manager
(650) 329-3980
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Announces Settlement in Construction Law Suit
PALO ALTO, CA – PAUSD Board of Education President, Melissa Baten Caswell, announced at a
meeting of the Board held on December 17, 2014, that a settlement has been reached in the lawsuit
filed by Taisei Construction Corporation. The recommended settlement was related to the
construction of the Paly Media Arts and Classroom Building Project by Taisei.
The lawsuit against the District, the architect DLM, and the construction manager Gilbane was in the
amount of $3,793,000. The District will pay a settlement to Taisei in the amount of $570,000. The
settlement includes the other parties, with both DLM and Gilbane also making payments.
The settlement includes agreement that Taisei will indemnify the District against all potential claims
brought by subcontractors and also that Taisei will remain responsible for warranty claims and latent
defect claims.
“These buildings opened this past fall and are exceptional additions to the Palo Alto High School
Campus. This settlement puts an end to the legal process and attorney fees,” said Superintendent
Glenn “Max” McGee. “Even after paying the settlement amount, this project came in under budget
and the remaining amount can be put to further improvements on the campus.” A formal settlement agreement will be available when executed by the parties.
This project included a spectacular high-tech Media Arts Center with nine classrooms, other
instructional spaces, and a classroom building with 27 classrooms currently housing mathematics,
history, and social science instruction. This project is a part of the $378 million Strong Schools Bond Program. More information regarding
the Strong Schools Bond Program is available in the most recent Annual Report.
# # #
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Cathy Mak
Max McGee
Projected new dwelling units
Cathy,
Can you clarify something for me? In the enrollment report, are the projected dwelling unit numbers and graph based ONLY
Melissa
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Terry Godfrey
Max McGee
Prop 13 reform and Buena Vista
Max
Camille mentioned last night that the prior board passed a resolution regarding the
closing of th Buena Vista mobile home park. Did I hear that correctly, and if so, can
you point me to where I can find that?
Also do you know if the prior board took any position on making changes to Prop
13? Similarly if so, where can I get updated on that?
Thank you
Terry
Terry Godfrey
Board Member, Palo Alto Unified School District
tgodfrey@pausd.org | 650.387.3210
6254c Private Contact Iformation
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Robert Golton; Cathy Mak
Max McGee
Prop 39 Clean Energy Jobs Act
Saturday, December 13, 2014 3:11:58 PM
Hi Bob & Cathy,
I'm sitting here listening to a presentation on Prop 39, California Clean Energy Jobs Act, passed in
November 2012. School districts can apply for the money to support energy efficiency and alternative
energy projects that contribute to reduced operating costs and improved health and safety conditions in
public schools. Given our construction projects and energy focus, has PAUSD applied for any of this
money for buildings or say, for a solar project? Is it appropriate to do so?
Thank you! No rush. Camille
Sent from my iPhone
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Robert Golton
board; Max McGee
Cathy Mak
Question on Portables
Hi All,
What is the plan for the remaining portable classrooms at Gunn and Paly? Will they be
removed at some point in the construction plan? If so, when is that in the current plan?
Response:
Paly
Some of the portables are currently housing interim Science classrooms, and will soon house interim
PE facilities. They and the other portables are planned to be removed after completion of
the Science Bldg Addition and Gym.
Gunn
The portables are currently housing three Social Sciences/History classes, and some other programs.
Some of these portables are leased and others are owned by the District. All are planned to be
removed once the Central Project is finished.
Bob
Bob Golton
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Kevin Floyd
Constance Haynes; Teresa Contreras; Linda Lenoir; Diane Lund; I-Ying Wang; Phyllis Smith; Janine Penney;
Victoria Geen-Lew; Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; Roxana Valdez; Elizabeth Lopez; Thien Le
Re: A new member of DOFF... :)
Wednesday, December 03, 2014 10:34:02 AM
How beautiful!
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On Dec 3, 2014, at 10:18 AM, "Kevin Floyd" <kfloyd@pausd.org> wrote:
Kevin Floyd
Project Specialist
PAUSD IT
Direct: (650) 329-3762
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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Heidi Emberling; Max McGee
Re: Agenda setting
Not sure that will work for me. I could do end of day on Thursday though.
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 23, 2014, at 9:08 AM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger" <kruegsegger@pausd.org>
wrote:
Hi Melissa, Max has a meeting in the city on Friday. He probably wouldn’t be back
before 2:30 p.m., but he is free if you and Heidi can make 2:30-4:00 p.m. work. Kathleen
From: Melissa Caswell
To: Kathleen Ruegsegger
Cc: Heidi Emberling; Max McGee
Subject: Re: Agenda setting
Would it make sense to do the Friday before Jan 20?
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 22, 2014, at 2:17 PM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger"
<kruegsegger@pausd.org> wrote:
The first couple of dates would be a little wonky because of conflicts on
Max’s calendar and/or holidays. Here is what would be suggested to stay
on Mondays (mostly):
January 5 12:30-2:00 p.m.
January 20 Tuesday (Monday holiday), 8:30-10 a.m., before closed
session for Max’s eval
February 2 1:30-3:00 p.m.
February 17 Tuesday, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
March 3 1:30-3:00 p.m.
March 16 1:30-3:00 p.m.
April 13 1:30-3:00 p.m.
May 4 1:30-3:00 p.m.
May 18 1:30-3:00 p.m.
June 1 1:30-3:00 p.m.
June 15 1:30-3:00 p.m.
The 1:30-3 time on Monday still works for me. Heidi, does it work
for you?
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 22, 2014, at 1:07 PM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger"
Hi Melissa, It does not appear that they are. I can set them
up and run them past you and Heidi, or I can see what works
best for the two of you. My only concern is that the
meetings have to be on Monday afternoon after Cabinet or
on Tuesday morning before noon in order for me to meet
the deadline of delivering board packets on Thursdays. I’ve
copied Heidi and Max so we are all thinking about the same
thing. Kathleen
Subject: Agenda setting
Kathleen,
Are our agenda seating meetings all scheduled for the
rest of the year?
Melissa
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Heidi Emberling; Max McGee
Re: Agenda setting
The 1:30-3 time on Monday still works for me. Heidi, does it work for you?
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 22, 2014, at 1:07 PM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger" <kruegsegger@pausd.org>
wrote:
Hi Melissa, It does not appear that they are. I can set them up and run them past you
and Heidi, or I can see what works best for the two of you. My only concern is that the
meetings have to be on Monday afternoon after Cabinet or on Tuesday morning before
noon in order for me to meet the deadline of delivering board packets on Thursdays. I’ve copied Heidi and Max so we are all thinking about the same thing. Kathleen
Kathleen,
Are our agenda seating meetings all scheduled for the rest of the year?
Melissa
6254c Personnel Information
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Heidi Emberling
Kathleen Ruegsegger; Melissa Caswell
Max McGee
Re: Agenda setting
Hi Kathleen and Melissa,
Just got back into town. Sorry for delay in responding to your e-mails. I can do Mondays,
although I would prefer 1pm-2:30pm if possible.
Jan. 5th 12:30pm-2pm is fine and I put it on my schedule.
Jan. 20th 8:30am-10am before retreat is fine for me as well, although like Melissa, I would
prefer to do it the previous week so we're not rushed before the retreat. I am available the
afternoon of Fri. 1/16, or the afternoon of Thurs. 1/15 AFTER the BPRC mtg. from 1-3pm.
Thanks for organizing all this!
Best,
Heidi Heidi Emberling, MA
PAUSD School Board Member
From: Kathleen Ruegsegger
To: Melissa Caswell
Subject: RE: Agenda setting
The first couple of dates would be a little wonky because of conflicts on Max’s calendar and/or
holidays. Here is what would be suggested to stay on Mondays (mostly):
January 5 12:30-2:00 p.m.
January 20 Tuesday (Monday holiday), 8:30-10 a.m., before closed session for Max’s eval
February 2 1:30-3:00 p.m.
February 17 Tuesday, 1:30-3:00 p.m.
March 3 1:30-3:00 p.m.
March 16 1:30-3:00 p.m.
April 13 1:30-3:00 p.m.
May 4 1:30-3:00 p.m.
May 18 1:30-3:00 p.m.
June 1 1:30-3:00 p.m.
June 15 1:30-3:00 p.m.
The 1:30-3 time on Monday still works for me. Heidi, does it work for you?
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 22, 2014, at 1:07 PM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger" <kruegsegger@pausd.org> wrote:
Hi Melissa, It does not appear that they are. I can set them up and run them past you
and Heidi, or I can see what works best for the two of you. My only concern is that the
meetings have to be on Monday afternoon after Cabinet or on Tuesday morning before
noon in order for me to meet the deadline of delivering board packets on Thursdays. I’ve copied Heidi and Max so we are all thinking about the same thing. Kathleen
Kathleen,
Are our agenda seating meetings all scheduled for the rest of the year?
Melissa
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Re: BP6181_AlternativePrograms
Whoops. Forgot to include Max. C
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2014, at 11:35 AM, "Camille Townsend" <ctownsend@pausd.org> wrote:
This may be one of those that actually did not get changed but we'll see.
The virtue of seeing them all together.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2014, at 11:30 AM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger"
Yes, they will be posted, as will your suggested changes.
To: Max McGee
Subject: Re: BP6181_AlternativePrograms
Please post the three attachments sent electronically this morning for our
BPRC packet. Thks. C
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2014, at 11:07 AM, "Kathleen Ruegsegger"
Notes from Max re: discussion with Camille: “6181 (6142.94) Find and include the current AR for
6142.94. Also find and include history of procedures for
determining “choice programs.” Camille thinks Marilyn Cook
has these.”
Camille and Max: If you look at the note at the top of 6181
(attached), our policy on Alternative Programs/Curriculum
was listed as BP 6142.94 in error (6142.94 is actually a BP for
History/Social Sciences and is part of the group of policies
given to you for October 16 and for the upcoming meeting). 6142.94 has nothing to do with alternative programs. 6181 is a CSBA update from April 2014. The AR was never
adopted, although CSBA does have one. Kathleen
<BP6181_AlternativePrograms.doc>
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Max McGee
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Re: BPRC Materials to include
Max & Katheen. So posting the electronic materials sent to you this morning is good
and Max, whatever else you can include from our agenda setting last week. Thks. C
Sent from my iPhone
wrote:
Also, I am just now working on your notes and do not believe I have time to contact
and receive information from Marilyn Cook regarding BP 6181.
To: Max McGee
Subject: Re: BPRC Materials to include
Hi Max & Kathleen,
All of These materials do need to be available to the public so they do need to be
included under the right BPRC number and posted on line with the materials
today.
Hard copy can be inserted into our existing packets for sure so you don't have
to recopy all of my packet. Materials should be included under the proper BPRC
number so the public can meaningfully access them.
Could someone make certain that Heidi is aware there are additional materials
included online both for "Facilities, "New programs" and the like. And check if
she needs this printed out?
Thanks a bunch.
Camille
Sent from my iPhone
wrote:
Per our meeting on October 16, it is not my intention to recreate the
packet of BPs and ARs; I will only change the agenda. I will also print up
separately the suggested changes from you, Camille, the documents you
just sent, and anything Max determines from his facility search. Kathleen
From: Max McGee
To: Kathleen Ruegsegger; Camille Townsend
Subject: Fw: BPRC Materials to include
Hi Max,
Can we make sure to include all three documents attached here in
our BPRC materials for Thursday on alternative programs. These
will help our discussion.
Thank you.
Camille
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Max McGee
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Hi Max & Kathleen, All of These materials do need to be available to the public so they do need to be
included under the right BPRC number and posted on line with the materials today.
Hard copy can be inserted into our existing packets for sure so you don't have to
recopy all of my packet. Materials should be included under the proper BPRC
number so the public can meaningfully access them. Could someone make certain that Heidi is aware there are additional materials
included online both for "Facilities, "New programs" and the like. And check if she
needs this printed out?
Thanks a bunch.
Camille
Sent from my iPhone
wrote:
Per our meeting on October 16, it is not my intention to recreate the packet of BPs and
ARs; I will only change the agenda. I will also print up separately the suggested
changes from you, Camille, the documents you just sent, and anything Max determines
from his facility search. Kathleen
From: Max McGee
Hi Max,
Can we make sure to include all three documents attached here in our BPRC
materials for Thursday on alternative programs. These will help our discussion.
Thank you.
Camille
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Max McGee
The copies I sent are already in electronic format. You can check with Max if his
materials are more then one page. Thanks so much KR.
Sent from my iPhone
wrote:
Camille, I will do what I can, however, these have to be posted by 1:00 p.m. today to
meet the 72 hour rule. Kathleen
To: Max McGee
Subject: Re: BPRC Materials to include
Hi Max & Kathleen,
All of These materials do need to be available to the public so they do need to be
included under the right BPRC number and posted on line with the materials
today.
Hard copy can be inserted into our existing packets for sure so you don't have
to recopy all of my packet. Materials should be included under the proper BPRC
number so the public can meaningfully access them.
Could someone make certain that Heidi is aware there are additional materials
included online both for "Facilities, "New programs" and the like. And check if
she needs this printed out?
Thanks a bunch.
Camille
Sent from my iPhone
wrote:
Per our meeting on October 16, it is not my intention to recreate the
packet of BPs and ARs; I will only change the agenda. I will also print up
separately the suggested changes from you, Camille, the documents you
just sent, and anything Max determines from his facility search. Kathleen
From: Max McGee
Hi Max,
Can we make sure to include all three documents attached here in
our BPRC materials for Thursday on alternative programs. These
will help our discussion.
Thank you.
Camille
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Cathy Mak
Alaee, Khashayar; Heidi Emberling
Kathleen Ruegsegger
RE: City Liaison
Thanks.
From: Alaee, Khashayar [mailto:Khashayar.Alaee@CityofPaloAlto.org]
Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2014 10:26 AM
To: Cathy Mak
Subject: RE: City Liaison
No news from Liz so it seems that we are on….
Khashayar “Cash” Alaee | Sr. Management Analyst
250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301
D: 650.329.2230 | E: khashayar.alaee@cityofpaloalto.org
From: Cathy Mak [mailto:cmak@pausd.org]
To: Alaee, Khashayar
Subject: FW: City Liaison
Hi Cash,
Is this a problem?
Thanks,
Cathy
From: Kathleen Ruegsegger
To: Cathy Mak
Subject: FW: City Liaison
Cathy, There is no assigned second Board rep for the next meeting. Is that a problem. Kathleen
From: Heidi Emberling
Subject: Re: City Liaison
It's ok, except that Liz might not be there and we need three to make a quorum. Check with Cathy?
Best,
Heidi
On Dec 10, 2014, at 4:13 PM, Kathleen Ruegsegger <kruegsegger@pausd.org> wrote:
Hi Heidi, After talking to Melissa, there will only be you at the next Liaison meeting. If
that is not okay, can you let me know. Difficult to pick someone for one meeting in the
middle of assigning next rep(s). Kathleen
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent
650.329.3737 www.pausd.org
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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Max McGee
Kenneth Dauber ; Scott Bowers
I'd be fine
if you can point me to where we've
documented our guidelines on what is and is not part of closed session.
Or Scott can brief me.
Cheers
tg
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:20 PM, Max McGee <mmcgee@pausd.org> wrote:
Dear Ken and Terry,
We will be havin
our "orientation" session at
the CSBA Conference on Saturday 12/13 they will be covering basics of Closed Session. Also, we will arrang
to brief both of you on what and what does not
constitute Closed Session
Max
From: Kenneth Dauber
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2014 12:00 PM
To: Max McGee
Cc: Scott Bowers
Subject:
Hi Max,
Thank you. It would be helpful to me
the basi
of this item,
Best,
Ken
From: Max McGee
to help to clarify for me
To: Kenneth Dauber; Terry Godfrey
Cc: Scott Bowers
Subject:
Hi Ken (and Terry),
Thanks for asking. Scott
can add more detail if necessary; please let me
know if you would like to have them contact either or both of you.
Max
To: Max McGee
Subject:
Dear Max,
I received a copy of Scott Bowers' "Confidential Weekly" of Friday, November 21, and I am
not clear about
the second item
. Could you explain that to me?
Best,
Ken
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Scott Bowers
Re: Contacted Parent
Thank you for your follow-up
From: Scott Bowers
Sent: Thursday, December 4, 2014 5:33 PM
To: Melissa Caswell
Subject: Contacted Parent
Hi Melissa,
Just wanted you to know that I followed up with Mrs
chance to chat by phone about her concerns with a teacher.
Cheers,
Scott
nd we had a
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Heidi Emberling
Max McGee
Re: CORRECTION NEEDED - You did not report cyberbullying facts correctly
Thanks for writing to the Daily Post, Max. I do have to admit that I also found some of the slides difficult to understand because of the way the
questions were phrased. I had to read SEVERAL of them multiple times to understand them
completely. For example: on the slide titled "Data indicated trend towards less reported alcohol and drug use", the
question is "during the last 30 days, how many days did you use..." and the number in the Grade 11
category is "29" for 2011 and "27" for 2013. At first, I thought that meant that out of the last 30 days,
kids tried alcohol on 29 or 27 days! Then, I realized it is a percentage. But that was initially confusing. Also, sometimes we clarify the question in parentheses (like 0 days for cyber-bullying) and sometimes
we state the clarification in a sentence (like "Students who report 'never'") in the following slide on
bullying incidents. Or, on the slide about feeling hopelessness and sadness, we used both! The
question is: "Did you EVER feel so sad and hopeless ALMOST EVERY day for 2 WEEKS or more that you
stopped doing some usual activity?" Then, we have (12 mos) AND "Students reporting, 'yes.'" The next slide about reporting attempting suicide, we put the "students responding yes" statement in a
green box. This may be breeding some confusion, not only for newspaper reporters, but also for our community. Let's pick one way of reporting the context of the slide (I like the green box because it's very clear--my
2 cents) and stick to that format for all slides. Thanks for reading my comments.
Best,
Heidi
Heidi Emberling, MA
________________________________________
From: Max McGee
To: Angela Ruggiero; Dave Price; board
Cc: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; Brenda Carrillo; Charles Young
Subject: CORRECTION NEEDED - You did not report cyberbullying facts correctly
Dear Dave and Angela,
In today's Daily Post you wore, "students reported they had more frequently been subjected to cyberbullying, when other students "spread mean rumors or lies about yo on the Internet." Among 11thgraders, the percentage of those reporting they were targeted by cyber-bullies rose from 77% in 2011
to 87% in the 2013-14 survey." Your facts are wrong, and I trust you will be more careful in the
future.
I have attached slide 21 from the Board presentation. If you read carefully, you will see that the
prompt was:
"During the past 12 months, how many times did other students spread mean rumors or lies about you
on the internet (0 times)?"
The percentages indicate the students who say they were NEVER cyber-bullied (because NEVER = 0). So the percentage of students reporting they were NEVER cyber-bullied has increased from 77% to
87%. This is a DECREASE in cyber-bullying, not an INCREASE as you reported.
Please make the correction immediately. Thank you.
SIncerely,
Glenn W. "Max" McGee, Superintendent of Schools
224.234.6129
________________________________________
From: Angela Ruggiero <aruggiero@padailypost.com>
To: Max McGee
Cc: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
Subject: Anti-cheating programs-Daily Post
Hi Max,
I believe Tabitha might be off this week which is why I'm emailing you
directly. I was curious to see if Paly and/or Gunn high schools were
working with Challenge Success, part of Stanford University. In
particular, their help has been useful to St. Francis High School in
Mountain View, and other local schools in the area, with implementing
anti-cheating plans for specific high schools.
I know that JLS worked with Challenge Success on creating a homework
policy at that school, and I've heard that Paly might be working with
them this year. I know they only take on about 10 schools a year.
I would like to hear more about what sorts of changes Paly might be
looking at? Is there someone at Paly I can speak to about this? I know
this week is a bit busy with the holiday, but a push in the right
direction would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks so much for your time Max. Happy Holidays.
Best,
--Angela Ruggiero
Reporter
Palo Alto Daily Post
(650) 328-7700
aruggiero@padailypost.com
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Re: Dennis Smith, Melissa, and Max by phone
Kathleen,
This date/time will work for me. I am not available the week of Dec 22. If we can't find a time this
week, I will need to wait for the first week of January.
Thanks,
melissa
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 15, 2014, at 12:00 PM, "Max McGee" <mmcgee@pausd.org> wrote:
> Hi Melissa and Dennis, Can you please let me know if this time slot works. If it does, we can work on
logistics for the call. Otherwise, I will have to look at Monday, December 22 (Max will be in Chicago),
and I’m not sure if Melissa is traveling. Kathleen
>
> <meeting.ics>
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Re: District Carolers
Fa la la!
Sent from my iPhone
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On Dec 17, 2014, at 3:34 PM, "Tabitha Kappeler Hurley" <thurley@pausd.org> wrote:
Thanks for the music! ☺
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
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From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Derek Moore
Heidi Emberling
Re: first grader password reset process
Hi HeidiYes, I agree, the current setup for account/password management is less than ideal.
This is definitely something that has already been identified, and changes will be
coming in soon, most likely over the summer. I have a lot of experience in this area
and look forward to improving this process for both students and employees.
I've been doing the "Ask the CTO" meetings informally as I've been visiting our
schools and meeting with principals and teachers. I'm down 4 elementary sites that I
haven't visited yet! I'll make it out to the remaining four in the next couple weeks
(by the end of January).
I've gotten quite a bit of feedback from our "Tech Leads," definitely a group of
teachers that have high expectations of how technology should function in our
schools and are not afraid to share! I love the feedback and think we have had
some very good conversations already.
I'm excited about all the innovative ideas happening in our classrooms, and have
seen some very impressive work this week around the Hour of Code events. We'll
continue to improve our operational processes (like account/password management)
so the focus remains around teaching and learning as much as possible.
Thanks,
Derek
-Derek Moore
On Dec 11, 2014, at 12:42 PM, Heidi Emberling
<hemberling@pausd.org> wrote:
Hi Derek,
Thanks for your thoughtful response to my inquiry. Unfortunately, I
didn't get the full details from the 1st grade teacher at Hays. She
mentioned that the Site Tech Lead is also a teacher and therefore is
often teaching when she has this problem unlocking a student's
password. She could probably call the central office help line, but she is
in the middle of teaching a lesson, I presume, and therefore can't really
step away. It would be great to think about a way for teachers to help students right
in the moment--possibly the creation of a password-protected file listing
the student's passwords on the school's internal website?--in case a child
gets stuck in the middle of a lesson. I was also thinking since you are new, that it would be a great idea (and
you've probably already thought about this!) to go around and do a "Ask
the CTO" roundtable discussion during lunchtime at all the schools, so
you can hear directly from the teachers at each site what the issues are. I know there are 17 schools (18 with Greendell!), but it would be a great
way to get to know the campuses and I feel confident that the teachers
would MUCH appreciate the opportunity to share their ideas, questions,
and concerns about improving technology services for students.
Thanks very much!
Warmly,
________________________________________
From: Derek Moore
To: Max McGee
Hi MaxI spoke with Ignacio about the question from Heidi about first grade
password resets.
Currently as it exists now, student use iPads do not have a 4-digit screen
lock on them.
Students do have an account to the student portal located at
http://my.palo-alto.edu, which is the same as the Google account. This
functions in the same was as Bob/Google work for staff single-sign on.
Both the Tech Lead (teacher) and the site technician at each school site
have access to reset passwords for students. As a backup, if neither of
these two people are available at the site, our central office IT staff can
also handle it.
I'm not sure if this answers the question, or if it was specifically directed
towards another piece of software. I'd be happy to elaborate if there are
further questions on this.
Thanks,
Derek
-Derek Moore
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Heidi Emberling
Max McGee; Derek Moore
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Re: first grader password reset process
Hi Derek,
Thanks for your thoughtful response to my inquiry. Unfortunately, I didn't get the full details from the
1st grade teacher at Hays. She mentioned that the Site Tech Lead is also a teacher and therefore is
often teaching when she has this problem unlocking a student's password. She could probably call the
central office help line, but she is in the middle of teaching a lesson, I presume, and therefore can't
really step away. It would be great to think about a way for teachers to help students right in the moment--possibly the
creation of a password-protected file listing the student's passwords on the school's internal website?-in case a child gets stuck in the middle of a lesson. I was also thinking since you are new, that it would be a great idea (and you've probably already
thought about this!) to go around and do a "Ask the CTO" roundtable discussion during lunchtime at all
the schools, so you can hear directly from the teachers at each site what the issues are. I know there
are 17 schools (18 with Greendell!), but it would be a great way to get to know the campuses and I feel
confident that the teachers would MUCH appreciate the opportunity to share their ideas, questions, and
concerns about improving technology services for students.
Thanks very much!
Warmly,
________________________________________
From: Derek Moore
To: Max McGee
Hi MaxI spoke with Ignacio about the question from Heidi about first grade password resets.
Currently as it exists now, student use iPads do not have a 4-digit screen lock on them.
Students do have an account to the student portal located at http://my.palo-alto.edu, which is the
same as the Google account. This functions in the same was as Bob/Google work for staff single-sign
on.
Both the Tech Lead (teacher) and the site technician at each school site have access to reset passwords
for students. As a backup, if neither of these two people are available at the site, our central office IT
staff can also handle it.
I'm not sure if this answers the question, or if it was specifically directed towards another piece of
software. I'd be happy to elaborate if there are further questions on this.
Thanks,
Derek
-Derek Moore
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Barb Mitchell
Max McGee; Kathleen Ruegsegger; Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
Re: FYI - thank you emails to committee members
Hi Barb,
Thank you for following up on this. I would agree with your suggestion and plan for formal
thank you letters in June.
Melissa
From: Barb Mitchell
To: Melissa Caswell
Cc: Max McGee; Kathleen Ruegsegger; Tabitha Kappeler Hurley
Subject: FYI - thank you emails to committee members
Hi Melissa,
After our last meeting I mentioned that I would initiate thank you letters to the bond and
parcel tax oversight committee members from all of us before I go off into the sunset, but
then realized that Tabitha had provided this very helpful communication support last June.
At any rate, whichever way you and Max will want to handle this recognition going forward,
there’s probably no need to do so more than once a year!
Happy holidays!
Barb Begin forwarded message:
From: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley <thurley@pausd.org>
To: Kevin Skelly <kskelly@pausd.org>, Barb Mitchell <bmitchell@pausd.org>
Subject: Thank you emails for your review and feedback
Date: June 16, 2014 at 1:52:50 PM PDT
Hi Kevin and Barb,
Attached are the drafts of the thank you emails for the district committees. We sent a
thank you to the Calendar committee earlier in the year, so you will not see them
included in this list. Could you please look over these letters and let me know if you
would like any changes made to them prior to my sending them out in the couple of
days?
Thanks very much,
Tabitha Tabitha Kappeler-Hurley
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Re: Important Storm Information
Okay. Good.
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 10, 2014, at 4:28 PM, "Tabitha Kappeler Hurley" <thurley@pausd.org>
wrote:
Dear PAUSD Colleagues,
Below is a message that we will be sending out to all PAUSD parents shortly. I wanted
you to have it as well in case questions arise. We are currently planning to have
schools open tomorrow, but will continue to monitor the weather throughout the
evening. Please contact me or your supervisor if you have any questions. Please be
safe as you travel during this stormy weather. Thank you for helping students adjust to
the weather over the next few days.
Here is the note that will go out to parents shortly:
December 10, 2014
Dear Parent/Guardian:
As you may be aware, a powerful rainstorm is forecast for tonight through Thursday,
and the National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning and flash flood watch
for our area. The storm is expected to bring heavy rain through Thursday and could
overwhelm waterways and roadway drainage systems. Winds of 20 to 40 mph are also
expected, with gusts up to 60 mph.
We are aware that several school districts in the North Bay are closing, but most South
Bay school districts are remaining open as is Palo Alto Unified. The California Governor's Office of Emergency Services is warning that the storm could
trigger flash flooding and debris slides, particularly in areas that have been burned by
wildfires in recent months. Some helpful tips on flood preparedness are available at
their website.
For local information, the City of Palo Alto has a great flood and winter information
page on their website filled with various resources for monitoring and planning for
inclement weather. We encourage you to read these, if you are looking for more
information.
Please be aware of the changing weather and plan appropriately to be safe as you
travel in our community over the next few days. We will be in communication with
you if the status of schools changes, so please continue to monitor your IC account. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Glenn “Max” McGee, Ph.D.
Superintendent
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Max McGee
Re: Jan 20 meeting
Great!
Sent from my iPad
On Dec 22, 2014, at 10:04 AM, "Max McGee" <mmcgee@pausd.org> wrote:
> Here is the Venn Diagram from CSBA!
>
> ________________________________________
> From: Melissa Caswell
> Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2014 9:39 PM
> To:
> Cc: Max McGee
> Subject: Jan 20 meeting
>
> Hi Dennis,
>
> I like your initial thoughts and I suggest these as well:
>
> 1) The summary statement in the evaluation has not yet been reviewed by the Board, so I
recommend that it is stated as a summary as noted by the facilitator and not a letter signed by the
Board
>
> 2) On the Venn diagram slide that we discussed, can you include the overlap areas noted by CSBA:
Strategic Goals and Success Indicators.
>
> 3) As we discussed, can we include staff evaluation as an item before the Superintendent evaluation?
>
>
> Melissa
>
> Sent from my iPad
> <CSBA Venn Diagram.pptx>
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
board
Kathleen Ruegsegger; Max McGee
RE: Media reports
Media Coverage Tracker 12.8.2014.xlsx
Good Afternoon,
Attached is the requested document. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to
discuss any of these pieces.
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
From: Max McGee
To: Kenneth Dauber
Cc: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; Kathleen Ruegsegger
Subject: Re: Media reports
Good Afternoon, Ken,
Certainly. Tabitha has a running list and we will email it to all Board members. As far as
criteria, they are more subjective than objective, and I trust Tabitha's judgement. This is our
first year of tracking information in this manner.
Max
To: Max McGee
Subject: Media reports
Dear Max,
I noted this item in your goals update: "Creation of a baseline of positive, neutral, and
negative media reports related to the
District. (Communications Coordinator). Tabitha is completing this on a weekly basis. The
positive and neutral articles far outweigh
the negative ones. As of November 22, there have been 50 positive, 10 negative, and 42
neutral stories."
Please send me the reports that Tabitha has prepared so far, along with a description of
whatever criteria she is using to categorize the articles, ahead of the board meeting.
Thank you,
Ken
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
board
Kathleen Ruegsegger; Max McGee
RE: Media reports
Hello Board Members,
My apologies for not following the normal protocol in my note below. In my hurry to share the
information and be responsive, I missed removing Ken’s name. Sorry about this, Ken!
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
To: board
Cc: Kathleen Ruegsegger; Max McGee
Subject: RE: Media reports
Good Afternoon,
Attached is the requested document. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to
discuss any of these pieces.
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
From: Max McGee
To: Kenneth Dauber
Cc: Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; Kathleen Ruegsegger
Subject: Re: Media reports
Good Afternoon, Ken,
Certainly. Tabitha has a running list and we will email it to all Board members. As far as
criteria, they are more subjective than objective, and I trust Tabitha's judgement. This is our
first year of tracking information in this manner.
Max
To: Max McGee
Subject: Media reports
Dear Max,
I noted this item in your goals update: "Creation of a baseline of positive, neutral, and
negative media reports related to the
District. (Communications Coordinator). Tabitha is completing this on a weekly basis. The
positive and neutral articles far outweigh
the negative ones. As of November 22, there have been 50 positive, 10 negative, and 42
neutral stories."
Please send me the reports that Tabitha has prepared so far, along with a description of
whatever criteria she is using to categorize the articles, ahead of the board meeting.
Thank you,
Ken
From:
To:
Bcc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Jennifer Kleckner
Max McGee
Re: New policy on food in class
Hi Jennifer,
Thank you for sharing this with me. Has this been shared with the PTA Presidents at each
school? It is important to have them in the loop if you want to make sure this protocol is
followed.
Melissa
From: Jennifer Kleckner
To: Melissa Caswell
Subject: FW: New policy on food in class
Hi Melissa,
Attached is a copy of the District's new protocol regarding food allergies in the secondary schools. Since it
is a protocol, it is not something that requires board approval, apparently. I've also forwarded the e-mail I
sent to our staff to alert them to the efforts they are encouraged to follow in their classrooms.
Thank you for your generous work through the PTA and on the board in helping our students to make their
way through the academic and emotional hurtles of high school.
Best,
Jennifer Kleckner
Paly Health Office
From: Jennifer Kleckner <jkleckner@pausd.org>
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2014 11:34 AM
To: palystaff <palystaff@pausd.org>
Cc: Linda Lenoir <llenoir@pausd.org>
Subject: New policy on food in class
Hi all,
The District has just approved a new protocol to protect students who are at risk for anaphylaxis,
particularly from a food allergy. Please review the attached protocol, especially the section regarding
Classroom Procedure and Management. Of particular importance are the following new points:
Teachers are encouraged to designate classrooms as "nut free zones"
All students are encouraged to refrain from eating in the classroom
If students eat in the classroom, or food activity occurs, teacher will encourage students to wipe
down desks and wash hands with soap and water
Empower students to tell a staff member if they are bullied or harassed because of their allergy
Use non-food items to reward good work
Given the weather today, there will be lots of folks eating indoors. Please do all you can to ask people to
clean up afterwards.
Many thanks,
Jennifer Kleckner
Paly Health Office
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Max McGee
Re: notes for parcel tax meeting
Do you have time to talk on the phone? Your written handout needs to be clear about what has been
approved and what you would like to explore.
Sent from my iPhone
> Dear Nana, Sara, Heidi and Melissa,
>
>
> Attached are draft speaking notes for tomorrow's meeting. Since we will likely need to produce a
written document, I am asking you to please review, edit and make suggestions so I will have
something to distribute following the meeting.
>
>
> With appreciation,
>
> Max
> <Parcel Tax Increase - Rationale.docx>
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Max McGee
Re: notes for parcel tax meeting
I think the number of programs described is potentially misleading. For a couple of $M more we will not
feasibly be able to fund more than cost increases over time and 1-3 new efforts.
I suggest an outline that is more limited. Here is what I suggest:
1) We need to continue the parcel tax in order to have an ongoing funding source for the items that the
community has already said are important to fund and we are currently using the parcel tax for.
2) Since our last parcel tax was passed, our per student operating funding has risen slower than the
CPI. (State the exact %s) Although property taxes have risen, we have had a more than 1000(?) increase in students and a more than $10m reduction in our general operating funds; as the result if
reductions in funding from the state, a reduction in our lease revenues and substantial increase in
annual pension costs
3)You would like consider a higher parcel tax so staff can explore the possibility of investing in some
new programs that the community has indicated are important and valued, particularly in the areas of:
1) increased STEM programs/opportunities for all students and 2) support for programs recommended
by our minority achievement and talent task force to reduce the achievement gap.
Sent from my iPhone
> Between noon and two would be great to talk. I don't think we have committed to any of these, and
they are all basically exploratory. >
> ________________________________________
> From: Melissa Caswell
> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 8:29 AM
> To: Max McGee
> Subject: Re: notes for parcel tax meeting
>
> Do you have time to talk on the phone? Your written handout needs to be clear about what has been
approved and what you would like to explore.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Dec 16, 2014, at 8:06 AM, "Max McGee" <mmcgee@pausd.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear Nana, Sara, Heidi and Melissa,
>>
>>
>> Attached are draft speaking notes for tomorrow's meeting. Since we will likely need to produce a
written document, I am asking you to please review, edit and make suggestions so I will have
something to distribute following the meeting.
>>
>>
>> With appreciation,
>>
>> Max
>> <Parcel Tax Increase - Rationale.docx>
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Terry Godfrey
Scott Bowers
Re: ORG CHART for Terry Godfrey
Thanks
tg
Terry Godfrey
On Dec 9, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Scott Bowers <sbowers@pausd.org> wrote:
Hi Terry,
Max asked me to send you an org chart. I have attached the up-to-date
HR org chart with this email. All of the district org charts are on BOB (the staff intranet web site) in
the Directory tab. They need to be updated them with our new hires for
this year—Amanda, my secretary, is working with IT to get that done
asap. Here is the link to all the charts https://bob.pausd.org/apps/Directory/
Let me know if you have any other questions.
Cheers,
Scott
From: Max McGee <mmcgee@pausd.org>
Date: Monday, December 8, 2014 9:26 AM
To: Scott Bowers <sbowers@pausd.org>
Cc: Kathleen Ruegsegger <kruegsegger@pausd.org>
Subject: ORG CHART for Terry Godfrey
Hi Scott,
Please send her one!
Thanks,
Max
<HR OrgChart 2014.pdf>
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Re: Paul Kandell"s Verde magazine students
Thanks, Terry. This is fun!
PAUSD
On Dec 18, 2014 5:11 PM, Terry Godfrey
wrote:
Tabitha
These are Paul Kandell's Verde magazine students http://youtu.be/5lk531lNiX8
So fun!
tg
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Max McGee
Re: Paul Kandell"s Verde magazine students
This is CLASSIC!! Thanks so much for sharing, Terry. Now the song is stuck in my head!
From: Terry Godfrey
To: Max McGee
Subject: Paul Kandell's Verde magazine students
Max
These are Paul Kandell's Verde magazine students http://youtu.be/5lk531lNiX8
So fun!
tg
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
;
Max McGee; Cathy Mak
Re: Poll draft
Hi Gene and Charles,
Several weeks ago when Gene was out, Charles, Max and I had agreed that we should to
mention counseling in the inital ballot statement language, but I do not see it now. I know it
is reflected in later questions, but as we discussed, after the recent suicide and related
discussions in our District, not having the word counseling in the sample ballot language
could appear tone deaf to our constituents.
My suggested changes to include it without increasing word count:
“To preserve excellence in core academic programs, including reading, writing, math and
science with locally controlled funds that cannot be taken by the state; attract and retain
qualified teachers; maintain smaller class sizes; support counseling and advanced programs
in math, science and technology programs; and protect student electives, including arts and
music, shall Palo Alto Unified School District renew its expiring parcel tax for six years,
increase the rate by $120, with an exemption for seniors, annual two percent escalation
adjustments, and independent oversight?”
The rest looks good.
Thank you!
Melissa
From: Cathy Mak
Cc: Max McGee
This looks goods.
Thanks,
Cathy
From: Gene Bregman
Cc: Charles Heath
Subject: Poll draft
for that call.
Thanks,
Gene
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
;
Max McGee; Cathy Mak
Re: Poll draft
It looks good. Thank you!
From: Gene Bregman
To: Melissa Caswell; Charles Heath
Cc: Max McGee; Cathy Mak
Subject: Re: Poll draft
Hi Everyone,
Here is the revised ballot language, with counseling included. Please let me know as soon as
you can that this is now ok. I did not take “reading” out – it is too important. Although we
are slightly over the 75 words right now, as we were in the previous version, this can easily
be fixed for the actual election language.
Thanks,
Gene
To:
Cc: Max McGee ; Cathy Mak
Subject: Re: Poll draft
Hi Gene and Charles,
Several weeks ago when Gene was out, Charles, Max and I had agreed that we should to
mention counseling in the inital ballot statement language, but I do not see it now. I know it
is reflected in later questions, but as we discussed, after the recent suicide and related
discussions in our District, not having the word counseling in the sample ballot language
could appear tone deaf to our constituents.
My suggested changes to include it without increasing word count:
“To preserve excellence in core academic programs, including reading, writing, math and
science with locally controlled funds that cannot be taken by the state; attract and retain
qualified teachers; maintain smaller class sizes; support counseling and advanced programs
in math, science and technology programs; and protect student electives, including arts and
music, shall Palo Alto Unified School District renew its expiring parcel tax for six years,
increase the rate by $120, with an exemption for seniors, annual two percent escalation
adjustments, and independent oversight?”
The rest looks good.
Thank you!
Melissa
From: Cathy Mak
Cc: Max McGee
This looks goods.
Thanks,
Cathy
From: Gene Bregman
Cc: Charles Heath
Subject: Poll draft
for that call.
Thanks,
Gene
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Robert Golton
Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; board
Re: Press Release - PAUSD Announces Settlement in Construction Law Suit
Hi All,
Just an update. I ended up accelerating this notice and sending it out this evening instead
of tomorrow. Reason: Angela from the Post was at the meeting and we wanted to give her
the full information set for her story rather than just what was read out at the meeting.
Thanks.
Bob
Bob Golton
To: board
Subject: Press Release - PAUSD Announces Settlement in Construction Law Suit
Hello –
Below and attached please find our press release regarding the construction law suit settlement with
Taisei Construction Corporation.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2014
Contact: Robert Golton
Strong Schools Bond Manager
(650) 329-3980
Palo Alto Unified School District (PAUSD) Announces Settlement in Construction Law Suit
PALO ALTO, CA – PAUSD Board of Education President, Melissa Baten Caswell, announced at a
meeting of the Board held on December 17, 2014, that a settlement has been reached in the lawsuit
filed by Taisei Construction Corporation. The recommended settlement was related to the
construction of the Paly Media Arts and Classroom Building Project by Taisei.
The lawsuit against the District, the architect DLM, and the construction manager Gilbane was in the
amount of $3,793,000. The District will pay a settlement to Taisei in the amount of $570,000. The
settlement includes the other parties, with both DLM and Gilbane also making payments.
The settlement includes agreement that Taisei will indemnify the District against all potential claims
brought by subcontractors and also that Taisei will remain responsible for warranty claims and latent
defect claims.
“These buildings opened this past fall and are exceptional additions to the Palo Alto High School
Campus. This settlement puts an end to the legal process and attorney fees,” said Superintendent
Glenn “Max” McGee. “Even after paying the settlement amount, this project came in under budget
and the remaining amount can be put to further improvements on the campus.” A formal settlement agreement will be available when executed by the parties.
This project included a spectacular high-tech Media Arts Center with nine classrooms, other
instructional spaces, and a classroom building with 27 classrooms currently housing mathematics,
history, and social science instruction. This project is a part of the $378 million Strong Schools Bond Program. More information regarding
the Strong Schools Bond Program is available in the most recent Annual Report.
# # #
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Cathy Mak; Max McGee
Robert Golton
Re: Projected new dwelling units
Cathy,
Why would you expect the 10 year projection to be a flatter line? Why would we not expect
this to rise at at least around 2% ( the same as the straight line growth over the past 20
years)? Stanford has plans to continue to grow and the city of Palo Alto is being pressured
by the state to add more housing units to accomidate an expected growing population in
the Silicon Valley. These two trends do not look like they are going to change. Is there some
additional data that you know about that needs to be considered? Thanks,
Melissa
From: Cathy Mak
To: board; Max McGee
Cc: Robert Golton
Subject: FW: Projected new dwelling units
Hi all,
Answer:
Thanks,
Cathy
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Terry Godfrey
Max McGee
Re: Prop 13 reform and Buena Vista
Sunday, December 14, 2014 9:43:19 AM
You can disregard this. I found them on my own. tg
Terry Godfrey
On Dec 10, 2014, at 6:41 PM, Terry Godfrey <tgodfrey@pausd.org> wrote:
Max
Camille mentioned last night that the prior board passed a resolution
regarding the closing of th Buena Vista mobile home park. Did I hear that
correctly, and if so, can you point me to where I can find that?
Also do you know if the prior board took any position on making changes
to Prop 13? Similarly if so, where can I get updated on that?
Thank you
Terry
Terry Godfrey
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Cathy Mak
Camille Townsend; Robert Golton;
Max McGee
RE: Prop 39 Clean Energy Jobs Act
I will provide a status update in the weekly this week.
-----Original Message----From: Camille Townsend
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2014 3:12 PM
To: Robert Golton; Cathy Mak; Walter & Kay Hays
Cc: Max McGee
Subject: Prop 39 Clean Energy Jobs Act
Hi Bob & Cathy,
I'm sitting here listening to a presentation on Prop 39, California Clean Energy Jobs Act, passed in
November 2012. School districts can apply for the money to support energy efficiency and alternative
energy projects that contribute to reduced operating costs and improved health and safety conditions in
public schools. Given our construction projects and energy focus, has PAUSD applied for any of this
money for buildings or say, for a solar project? Is it appropriate to do so?
Thank you! No rush. Camille
Sent from my iPhone
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Cathy Mak
board
Max McGee
RE: Question on PERS rate
Hi all,
I have received the following questions
1. The interim budget item on the board agenda includes a statement that the PERS
rate is projected to rise "steadily" from 11.771%. Do you have an estimate of future
increases, and the budget impact?
The estimates for PERS rate increases are:
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Employer
Contribution
Rate
11.442% 11.771% 12.6%
Estimated
Increase
15.0%
16.6%
18.2%
19.9%
20.4%
$82,000 $207,000 $609,000 $412,000 $418,000 $451,000 $135,000
The estimates for STRS rate increases are:
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
Employer
Contribution
Rate
Estimated
Increase
8.25%
8.88%
10.73%
12.58%
14.43%
16.28%
18.13%
19.1%
$0.6M
$1.67M
$1.69M
$1.72M
$1.74M
$1.77M
$0.9M
2. Do you think the 3% projection for future property tax increases is realistic for 201516? If not, in general terms can you identify a more realistic base for projections?
The 3% increase is NOT realistic and really is not a projection. We have a long history of using a
conservative number just enough to cover the “roll-over” workload budget from year to year
primarily due to the lack of good reliable data to project property tax growth and the fact that the
employee groups don’t start negotiations until the fall. Any additional revenue would be used for
negotiations and program enhancements in the current year and the following year.
In the past two years, we have addressed some critical program needs by including program
additions in our adopted budget based on input from the Board, Leadership Team, PAEA, CSEA, PIE
and PTA. We will continue this process as long as budget condition allows.
I will go over more information on property tax revenue, assessment, county data/system etc. with
the two new board members when we meet.
Thanks,
Cathy
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Robert Golton
Re: Question on Portables
Are the portables on the central quad at Paly the ones that will stay for PE
classrooms? If not will they also stay through the Gym construction?
Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 8, 2014, at 2:32 PM, "Robert Golton" <rgolton@pausd.org> wrote:
Hi All,
What is the plan for the remaining portable classrooms at Gunn and Paly? Will
they be removed at some point in the construction plan? If so, when is that in
the current plan?
Response:
Paly
Some of the portables are currently housing interim Science classrooms, and will soon
house interim PE facilities. They and the other portables are planned to be removed
after completion of the Science Bldg Addition and Gym.
Gunn
The portables are currently housing three Social Sciences/History classes, and some
other programs. Some of these portables are leased and others are owned by the
District. All are planned to be removed once the Central Project is finished.
Bob
Bob Golton
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Holly Wade
Re: Reminder - 2015 Hoffmann deadline this Friday Dec 12th by midnight
We will!
Thank you. Sent from my iPad
On Dec 8, 2014, at 12:42 PM,
wrote:
"
>
Hi Holly,
I'm sure you know about this, but I remembered our recent conversation
about how nice it would be to receive one of these for our special
education efforts. Have we applied??
Best,
Heidi
----------------------------------------
There is still time to get your Hoffmann Awards applications in,
deadline extended to Friday, December 12 by midnight!
This is a reminder from Hoffmann Awards Co-Chairs Anjali
Kausar and Ellen Wheeler that applications are due this Friday
by midnight. The applications and supporting documents are
posted on our Website at www.sccoe.org/sccsba
<http://www.sccoe.org/sccsba>
The Hoffmann awards are a great opportunity for districts to
showcase your successful programs and offer a special
opportunity to share in best practices among districts. In addition
to a cash prize, four free dinners will be given each winning
team.
Applications will be accepted as a PDF or Word attachment via
e-mail to
<
> The Deadline for submitting
applications for the 2015 Hoffmann Awards is this Friday,
December 12 by midnight! Site visits will be made in February
and March of 2015.
Winners will be notified at the end of March. The 2015
Hoffmann Awards will be presented at the Association’s
Hoffmann Awards Dinner on April 29th, 2015.
Thanks
Anjali Kausar and Ellen Wheeler
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Camille Townsend
Judy Argumedo
Re: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
Wow! Thanks Tabitha & Judy. Do we know what languages our students (and County
students) have fluency? This is wonderful!
To: board
Cc: Judy Argumedo
Subject: SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
Good morning –
Attached and below is a press release from the Santa Clara County of Education regarding the new
Wall of Honor to be unveiled for the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards at tonight’s SCCOE Board
meeting. Palo Alto Unified implemented this program in the 2013-2014 school year and put seals
on 251 senior diplomas and transcripts last May. Gunn gave out 62 seals with 6 students having 3
languages. Paly gave out 189 seals. We are extremely proud of the students who have earned these seals
for their hard work. Ed Services Coordinator Judy Jaramillo Argumedo will be at the event this evening to
accept this recognition on behalf of PAUSD. I have cced. Judy on this email in case you have any follow up
questions for her about this wonderful program.
NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release Contact: Ken Blackstone,
SCCOE
December 5, 2014 (408) 453-6514
Wall of Honor to be unveiled for Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards
SAN JOSE, CA – The Santa Clara County Board of Education (SCCBOE) will honor 12 county
school districts and one charter school as partners in the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway
Awards program on Dec. 10 at 5 p.m. during a special recognition agenda item. At this time,
the board will also unveil a new Wall of Honor installation designed to commemorate the
initiative and commitment of the SCCOE’s partners to the promotion of language assets for
all students. In 2010, the Seal of Biliteracy Consortium in Santa Clara County was established by seven
Local Education Agencies, including the Santa Clara County Office of Education (SCCOE), to
support school districts in providing multiple opportunities for the study of world languages,
while also recognizing students who attain proficiency in two or more languages.
The Seal of Biliteracy was designed to be awarded by a school, district or county office of
education to those students who attain proficiency by high school graduation, while a
separate Pathway Award program was established to honor elementary and middle school
students who meet the requirements of demonstrating proficiency in a language in addition
to English.
“We are thrilled to acknowledge the leadership demonstrated by our 13 partners with this
initiative,” said Board President Leon Beauchman. “They understand that the next
generation of students will need to possess bilingual skills in order to engage with a rapidly
changing world and communicate effectively with their peers around the globe.”
The SCCBOE has actively supported the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards program since
its inception as it underscores the organization’s goal to improve educational equity and
reduce access discrepancies to high-quality education for all students.
During the Dec. 10 meeting, the Board of Education will also honor two SCCOE programs
that have been chosen as recipients of the prestigious Golden Bell Award, which is
presented by the California School Boards Association.
###
Sincerely,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
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To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Max McGee
Brenda Carrillo
Re: Survey data for tomorrow"s BoE mtg
Hi Terry,
Thank you for your kind note and thorough reading of the materials. Brenda and I just
finished meeting, and she has several questions so we may not be able to answer them until
tomorrow evening, and I am not sure if we have all the information available at this time for
each question, e.g. student sleep time at Paly vs. Gunn. That said, your questions are
excellent, and if they cannot be answered now, we should pursue mining existing data or
start asking questions on forthcoming surveys.
Max
From: Terry Godfrey
To: Brenda Carrillo; Charles Young; Max McGee
Cc: Terry Godfrey
Subject: Survey data for tomorrow's BoE mtg
Good day,
First, thanks for pulling together these data for tomorrow and for adding "headlines" to help
focus the discussion. I have a few questions which you can answer in advance or tomorrow
evening.
Sleep: On pg 5 sleep is listed as one of the main reasons students miss class. I would be
interested to know if you see any differences between Gunn and Paly on sleep and if you
see any changes over time at Paly. I believe part of the benefits of moving to the block
schedule at Paly was to help students get more sleep by moderating the number of classes
in which they get homework daily. I'm curious to know if that played out by showing
improvements over time and any differences vis a vis Gunn.
Student connectedness: This report done in Feb 2012 had goals in it for the 2013 CHKS results related to student
connectedness, youth voice and caring adults. I love that we took goals back then and
would like to see the results against those goals reported.
The comment in the Summary that we need to "strengthen" student connectedness
understates the issue in my opinion. On slide 6 (bottom half) I was disappointed to see that
the % of students who feel like they have a caring adult on campus has dropped. I thought
perhaps that the 2011-12 data were high due to the heightened awareness of the
importance of caring adults when we launched PSN and perhaps those %s were a blip. I
went back and looked at 2009-10 data and it was virtually identical to 2011-12 so we are
now lower than we were during the suicide cluster of 2009-10. I think you should add
2009-10 to the slide (and to the previous slide) to provide more context. (Also, I think you
should footnote the question #s and/or tables from which these data are sourced.) I'm
starting to feel like caring adults on campus are Job 1 from a student social/emotional
health perspective.
Pg 7: That page makes me feel like the social kindness work at the elementary schools is
working and that they are kinder and gentler places, and I believe some of that has carried
over into the middle schools as well.
Hopelessness/Sadness: On pg 13 I also went back to the 2009-10 data and found that for
the high schoolers these results really do look like a positive trend. The 2009-10 %s are 17%
(7th), 27% (9th) and 30% (11th). Suicide attempts: On pg 14, I again added the 2009-10 figures which were 18% for both 9th
and 11th graders. This gives more context to what looks like a negative trend; it is actually
very good news.
Given the size of Brenda's staff (i.e. none) I'll guess that she did this work with very little
lead time. I would hope we could develop a template that makes this much easier
(including year on year comparisons)
Again, thanks for your work on this.
Terry
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Terry Godfrey
Robert Golton
Max McGee
6254b Pending Claims and Litigation
Hi Bob
Thanks for sending this along. See you tomorrow.
Terry
Terry Godfrey
On Dec 16, 2014, at 5:43 PM, Robert Golton <rgolton@pausd.org> wrote:
Attached you will find
the closed session item on the Board agenda tomorrow.
Bob
Bob Golton
From: Cameron Ward
To: Robert Golton
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
; Max McGee
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Re: Upcoming Board Session
Dennis,
I look forward to speaking with you and Max tomorrow. I have this call on my calendar for
10 am. Did something change?
Melissa
From: Dennis Smith
To: Max McGee; Melissa Caswell
Subject: Upcoming Board Session
Hello Max and Melissa,
It was good seeing both of you at CSBA. I am looking forward to our conference call this
Friday at 11:00 a.m. and the Board session on January 20. I am attaching below some
potential agenda topics that may help us as we look at building the agenda for January 20. Possible agenda items generated by the board at the November 12 session
Topics discussed by Max and me at CSBA
Topics generated by Melissa
Hopefully, this will be a good starting point for us when we talk on Friday
Dennis
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
; Max McGee
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Re: Upcoming Board Session
I meant Friday, not tomorrow.
Melissa
To: Dennis Smith; Max McGee
Subject: Re: Upcoming Board Session
Dennis,
I look forward to speaking with you and Max tomorrow. I have this call on my calendar for
10 am. Did something change?
Melissa
From: Dennis Smith
To: Max McGee; Melissa Caswell
Subject: Upcoming Board Session
Hello Max and Melissa,
It was good seeing both of you at CSBA. I am looking forward to our conference call this
Friday at 11:00 a.m. and the Board session on January 20. I am attaching below some
potential agenda topics that may help us as we look at building the agenda for January 20. Possible agenda items generated by the board at the November 12 session
Topics discussed by Max and me at CSBA
Topics generated by Melissa
Hopefully, this will be a good starting point for us when we talk on Friday
Dennis
From:
To:
Subject:
Date:
Melissa Caswell
Re: Updated schedule for Hour of Code Activities
Hi Tabitha,
Thanks for this update. I will try to come to some of these. What does the yellow hight
mean?
Melissa
To: board; Terry Godfrey; Kenneth Dauber
Cc: Derek Moore; Nancy Pang; Smita Kolhatkar
Subject: Updated schedule for Hour of Code Activities
Good Morning Hope you had a great weekend. Attached is an updated schedule for this week’s activities.
Hope to see you at some of the schools,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
6254k Attorney Client Privilege
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Max McGee
board
Charles Young; Holly Wade; Tabitha Kappeler Hurley; Kathleen Ruegsegger; Scott Bowers; Cathy Mak
request from a Board member re: agenda item on OCR update
Related to the OCR agenda item on our attorney’s response to OCR’s phone call seeking
clarification on the PAUSD FOIA request, a board member asked:
"For the board meeting on Tuesday, I would like to have copies of all of our outstanding
FOIA requests available for board members and the public, to facilitate our discussion."
I will ask Kathleen to pull the letters. Here is a summary from our attorney regarding the
specific requests:
.
From:
To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Terry Godfrey
Kathleen Ruegsegger
Reschedule our meeting ?
Hi Terry,
I hope you are doing well and keeping dry in the storm. Please let me know when you would like to
reschedule our appointment.
Thanks,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
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To:
Cc:
Subject:
Date:
Attachments:
Max McGee
board
Charles Young; Katherine Baker; Holly Wade; Brenda Carrillo; Kimberly Diorio; Denise Herrmann; Gregory J.
Barnes; Sharon Ofek; Pier Angeli La Place
Response to questions from a Board member regarding CHKS and PARC
CHKS and PARC data.xlsx
A member of the Board of Education asked the following questions (italicized) and made the
following comments regarding the agenda item related to the CHKS and PARC survey. Responses to questions and comments are not italicized and are shaded in yellow. The
Board member also included a spreadsheet which I have attached.
Dear Brenda,
Thanks for providing the CHKS and PARC data. I have attached an Excel spreadsheet that
highlights some of the data that I would like to discuss at the board meeting.
Spreadsheet is attached.
In general, given the scope of the CHKS and PARC data, I think the best future use of these
data may be to to address specific substantive topics and goals, rather than as a standalone
item. I think this is consistent with the Superintendent's mentioning of CHKS and PARC data
in connection with bullying in his goals update.
I found the data most obviously useful in looking at three district goals: bullying, the
achievement gap, and connectedness in our high schools particularly at Gunn.
1. The first page of the spreadsheet, "PARC bullying," demonstrates that all 3 middle schools
are reporting lower levels of bullying than in 2008, which is great. However, there are
significant differences among the schools that I would like to hear you address at the board
meeting. JLS and Terman have shown a greater rate of improvement since 2008, and lower
absolute levels of bullying responses. For example, at Jordan reports of verbal bullying at least
once or twice in the last year have declined by 11%, but during the same period declined by
approximately 25% at the other two schools. The same pattern is repeated throughout these
data. Jordan also reports higher absolute levels of bullying than the other two schools.
We will need to obtain information from the principals to provide a thorough answer to this
question. We will not have time to do so before the Board meeting, but our goal is to
provide the answer in the 12/19 weekly message from the Superintendent. I am asking
Katherine to take the lead in answering this question.
The desire for a single, evidence based district anti-bullying curriculum has been raised
repeatedly at the board level and in the community. This evidence potentially supports that
concern. Consistent outcomes for our schools is a very important goal. I would like to hear
what is being done to move in that direction.
Because Charles and Katherine and some of the secondary principals are out of town, we
will have to wait until later in the week or next week to get a comprehensive answer to this
question. I am asking Charles to take the lead in responding.
2. The second page of the spreadsheet is entitled "CHKS," and it highlights two areas:
discrimination and mental health. Regarding the first, I was surprised to see that
approximately 20% of our middle schoolers (a number that continues through high school at
both high schools, see page 3 of the spreadsheet) report that they feel that they have been
disrespected by a teacher based on race at school. This raises concerns for me about
whether the equity training professional development for staff has been sufficient or whether
we need to do more. I would like to discuss that possibility at the board meeting and I would
like to see district staff to track this item as a metric on our achievement gap work, and hear
it reported to the board as a goal to reduce that number.
The data raise concerns with me, and I have made it clear on earlier occasions that I think
we need to do more in the way of comprehensive, systemic equity training. I have a
meeting with a connection to a potential new provider later this week. In any case, the
MATD Advisory Committee is in the process of identifying critical issues and potential
solutions. I expect that unconscious bias and equity training will emerge in their
recommendations. When we discuss goal setting for next year and future years, I think we
should pay attention to this measure. I also note that the students reporting sexual harassment seems to be quite high in middle
school at least at Jordan and JLS. It remains high in high school (25% at Paly and 30% at
Gunn) pointing to another area for growth. Given that there are ongoing OCR investigations
into Title IX compliance at both schools, I would like to hear about what is being done to
address this issue, for example by implementing age-appropriate anti-sexual harassment
curricula for students and staff in the district both at the middle and high schools.
Charles responded that we created a list last year as part of our response to the OCR
investigations outlining the work we are doing in this area. Linda Dillon will work on
locating this list tomorrow.
Regarding mental health, I note that the "suicidal thoughts" numbers have declined in the
past 2 years which is encouraging to see. However, they do increase again once students are
in high school and I want to keep that front and center in our conversations about this data
given the recent tragedies. In particular, suicidal thoughts more than double between 7th
grade and 9th grade. For example, only 4% of Terman 7th graders are reporting suicidal
thoughts but 21% of Gunn 9th graders, which is a five-fold increase (see page 3 of
spreadsheet). I would like to hear about why that is and what more can be done to increase
school based mental health in secondary schools.
We will ask our counselors, Dr. Joshi and other experts about the increase in suicidal
thoughts between seventh grade and ninth grade. My sense is that the increase likely
parallels state and national data. I will ask Brenda to gather information from Dr. Joshi,
HEARD, and our own school psychologists and counselors. We will provide a detailed
response once we receive additional information.
3. The third page of the spreadsheet is entitled "CHKS high school." In addition to the issues
with race and sex and mental health discussed above, I want to highlight the fact that only
58% of Gunn 9th grade students, compared with 65% of Paly 9th graders agree that there is
an adult at school who really cares about them. Other Gunn connectedness numbers are also
lower. This highlights the ongoing concern over whether Gunn offers comparable resources in
terms of adult connections to those at Paly. As in prior studies, it appears that the service
gap is most pronounced in the earlier grades. I would like to hear about how we can ensure
that comparable services are being provided to the students in our two schools.
I will ask Charles to take the lead in meeting with the principals and preparing a thorough
response to this question. I think that we probably need more work in identifying the
problem. In other words, while perhaps some of the difference may be explainable by
services, there are likely other factors, e.g. scheduling, professional development, etc., that
we should explore with students and staff. Also, I am interested in examining and sharing
with you both current and historical trend data as well as understanding whether the
difference is statistically significant now and has been over time.
Finally, I noted that you characterized the survey data as demonstrating that students
“continue to report strong rates of resiliency.” I’m not sure that resilience is the characteristic
that is being measured by these particular surveys, though it is obviously a critical strength to
develop. CHKS has a Resilience and Youth Development module that we don’t administer.
Yes, resiliency is important, and it is a part of our vision statement. I will ask staff about
administering the Resilience and Youth Development module since it may provide some
important metrics for us as we strive to make our aspirational vision a reality for every
student. I will let you know what we recommend.
Thanks,
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SCCOE Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards Recognition Includes Palo Alto Unified
SCCOE Press Release for Biliteracy and Pathway Awards.pdf
Good morning –
NEWS RELEASE
SCCOE
December 5, 2014 (408) 453-6514
to English.
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Sincerely,
Tabitha
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Good morning –
NEWS RELEASE
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December 5, 2014 (408) 453-6514
to English.
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Tabitha
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Wall of Honor to be unveiled for the Seal of Biliteracy and Pathway Awards at tonight¹s SCCOE Board
NEWS RELEASE
SCCOE
December 5, 2014 (408) 453-6514
SAN JOSE, CA The Santa Clara County Board of Education (SCCBOE) will honor 12 county
initiative and commitment of the SCCOE¹s partners to the promotion of language assets for
to English.
³We are thrilled to acknowledge the leadership demonstrated by our 13 partners with this
initiative,² said Board President Leon Beauchman. ³They understand that the next generation
of students will need to possess bilingual skills in order to engage with a rapidly changing
world and communicate effectively with their peers around the globe.²
its inception as it underscores the organization¹s goal to improve educational equity and
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Sincerely,
Tabitha
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Schedule of Hour of Code Activities around the district next week
Friday, December 05, 2014 2:11:28 PM
Hour of Code Activities Schedule 2014.xlsx
Good Afternoon –
Attached is a schedule including the activities that various schools are hosting as part of Hour of
Code next week. I am hopeful that some of the local papers will pick up this story as well. Thought
you might want to swing by and see students doing some neat stuff next week.
Hope you have a great weekend,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
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Robert Golton
Max McGee
Strong School"s bond question
Hi Bob,
What is the plan for the remaining portable classrooms at Gunn and Paly? Will they be
removed at some point in the construction plan? If so, when is that in the current plan?
Thanks,
Melissa
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Terry Godfrey
Survey data for tomorrow"s BoE mtg
Good day,
First, thanks for pulling together these data for tomorrow and for adding "headlines"
to help focus the discussion. I have a few questions which you can answer in
advance or tomorrow evening.
Sleep: On pg 5 sleep is listed as one of the main reasons students miss class. I
would be interested to know if you see any differences between Gunn and Paly on
sleep and if you see any changes over time at Paly. I believe part of the benefits of
moving to the block schedule at Paly was to help students get more sleep by
moderating the number of classes in which they get homework daily. I'm curious to
know if that played out by showing improvements over time and any differences vis
a vis Gunn.
Student connectedness: This report done in Feb 2012 had goals in it for the 2013 CHKS results related to
student connectedness, youth voice and caring adults. I love that we took goals
back then and would like to see the results against those goals reported.
The comment in the Summary that we need to "strengthen" student connectedness
understates the issue in my opinion. On slide 6 (bottom half) I was disappointed to
see that the % of students who feel like they have a caring adult on campus has
dropped. I thought perhaps that the 2011-12 data were high due to the heightened
awareness of the importance of caring adults when we launched PSN and perhaps
those %s were a blip. I went back and looked at 2009-10 data and it was virtually
identical to 2011-12 so we are now lower than we were during the suicide cluster of
2009-10. I think you should add 2009-10 to the slide (and to the previous slide) to
provide more context. (Also, I think you should footnote the question #s and/or
tables from which these data are sourced.) I'm starting to feel like caring adults on
campus are Job 1 from a student social/emotional health perspective.
Pg 7: That page makes me feel like the social kindness work at the elementary
schools is working and that they are kinder and gentler places, and I believe some
of that has carried over into the middle schools as well.
Hopelessness/Sadness: On pg 13 I also went back to the 2009-10 data and found
that for the high schoolers these results really do look like a positive trend. The
2009-10 %s are 17% (7th), 27% (9th) and 30% (11th). Suicide attempts: On pg 14, I again added the 2009-10 figures which were 18% for
both 9th and 11th graders. This gives more context to what looks like a negative
trend; it is actually very good news.
Given the size of Brenda's staff (i.e. none) I'll guess that she did this work with very
little lead time. I would hope we could develop a template that makes this much
easier (including year on year comparisons)
Again, thanks for your work on this.
Terry
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Updated schedule for Hour of Code Activities
Hour of Code Activities Schedule 2014.xlsx
Good Morning Hope you had a great weekend. Attached is an updated schedule for this week’s activities.
Hope to see you at some of the schools,
Tabitha
(408) 396-7952 cell
(650) 329-3746 office
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Weekly from Max
Saturday, December 20, 2014 5:02:41 PM
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