Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Last year's membership drive raised $171,000.
From the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation The San Ramon Valley Education Foundation has launched their 2nd annual Friends of the Foundation membership drive funding Classrooms of the Future. In 2011, funding from this membership drive allowed SRVEF to pledge $171,000 toward their Classroom of the Future Matching Grant Program benefitting all schools in the SRVUSD. To date, thousands of iPads and other critical technology have been purchased and will be supporting classrooms throughout the school district. An individual membership is $25 and a family membership is $100. For this contribution, members will receive merchant supporter cards with discounts to various community merchants. Members will also receive car magnets, a yard sign …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Needs include increasing tech support allocation, adding four half-time special assignment teachers, and five positions in the business, facilities and maintenance area.
San Ramon Valley Unified School District Superintendent Steve Enoch introduced an item at Tuesday night's board of education meeting with some foreboding words. "There is never a good time to have this conversation," he told the board. Then he began to outline nearly $1 million in district staffing needs, which the board would unanimously approve. "I am very aware that we are facing financial challenges as a district," he said. "Another reality (facing the district), however, is we continue to be a growing school district." It's nearing 30,000 students and has been growing at about 4 percent, or 1,000 students, a year, according to a presentation by the district during a bond forum in January. The needs included increasing the per student …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Four San Ramon Valley Unified School District employees were honored at Tuesday night's Board of Education meeting.
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District recognized four employees Tuesday night as the district's 2012 Classified Employees of the Year. The employees included: The Contra Costa County Office of Education also selected Haddad, Jacob and Hart as 2012 Classified Employee of the Year. As successful candidates at the County level, these three employees will represent Contra Costa County schools at the State level in their representative categories. -SRVUSD
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
A majority of council members said they supported having truant students pay a fine, but wanted to wait and hear what the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education said about the issue.
The San Ramon City Council delayed its decision on changing its truant student policy at its meeting Tuesday. The proposed ordinance would allow San Ramon police officers to fine students for being truant from school. After a warning, truant students would receive a fine of $100 and subsequent violations could result in a fine of up to $500. Currently, officers return truant students to the school without any financial punishment. Though councilmembers Scott Perkins, Dave Hudson and Jim Livingstone said they believed it was a good idea, the council wanted to hear the thoughts of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education before making a final decision. The school board also discussed the Tuesday and questioned the need…
Questions arise about the validity of truancy numbers in the district.
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District decided to delay action on a stronger daytime curfew ordinance coming out of the city of San Ramon until several questions and issues were resolved. The proposed ordinance from San Ramon is in conjunction with the Contra Costa District Attorney in an effort to reduce student truancy across the county. The new push would put more teeth in what is currently on the books making it a police matter, enforced by fines. Instead of taking truants under the age of 18 back to the school, the police could detain them. Additionally, fines would be assessed by the parents based on the number of times truant, starting at $100 for the first offense and going up to $500 for the third and any subsequent offenses…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Out of 2,407 California high schools, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dougherty Valley as the 108th and Cal High the 171st best high school in the state.
The U.S. News & World Report released its list for top high schools in the nation. Of the 2,407 schools ranked (in 551 districts), Dougherty Valley High as the 108th and California High the 171st best high school in the state. U.S. News ranked nearly 22,000 high schools. Overall, Dougherty Valley and California ranked 565th and 880th, respectively, in the nation. The Danville public high schools had similar ranks, with San Ramon Valley ranked 88th and Monte Vista 144th. U.S. News worked with the Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world, its website states. The methodology was based on key principals that each high school must serve …
Thursday, May 3, 2012
The seven people killed during a college shooting spree in April will be remembered at a prayer vigil Thursday evening, 8 p.m. in DVC's stadium, organized by Love-A-Child Missions.
On National Prayer Day, May 3, participants in a vigil at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill will be praying for the safety and protection of the nation's schools — and remembering a recent tragedy. The event on Thursday evening will focus on the victims of the April 2 Oikos University shooting that left seven people dead at the private Christian college. Alleged gumman One Goh, 43, entered a plea of "not guilty" at Alameda County Superior Court on Monday. The largest homeless recovery center in Contra Costa County, Love-A-Child Missions, is organizing the prayer vigil to gather Bay Area residents under a united theme: to "pray for the safety and protection of all our Nation’s schools.” Diablo Valley College was beings finalized as the…
Monday, April 30, 2012
Steve Enoch said in a letter to the Seattle school board members that the district needed someone younger.
Steve Enoch, San Ramon Valley Unified School District's current superintendent, is leaving June 30, 2012, after four years at the helm. News broke recently that he wouldn't be out of the super business for long and it was reported that he was one of three finalists for a superintendent's job in the Seattle school system. Well, that won't be happening now as he has pulled his name out of the hat. Several Seattle news organizations published a letter he sent to the Seattle board of education explaining why he would no longer be available for the job. Seattle Times, April 29: "I have concluded that what Seattle needs is a younger person, potentially able to provide longer stability and direction for the district," wrote Enoch, who will turn …
Friday, April 27, 2012
Monte Vista has one of its own at the helm of the Golden State Warriors as alum Bob Myers was recently appointed GM of the NBA team.
Bob Myers, who graduated from Monte Vista High School in 1993, is now the main man for the Golden State Warriors. After spending the last year as the assistant general manager (he joined the organization in April, 2011) for the Oakland-based team, Co-Executive Chairman & CEO Joe Lacob has named the 37-year-old its new general manager. Warriors.com, April 24: “We’re extremely pleased to announce Bob’s promotion as we conclude the 2011-12 season,” said Lacob. “We are confident that he is the right person to guide our Basketball Operations Department into the long-term future and, similarly, through a very important time for this franchise as we begin to prepare for next season. As we acknowledged a year ago, we think his potential as a young…
A design director from a San Ramon global architecture and design firm was at Quail Run Elementary School on Wednesday to show what is possible on the iPad.
From Chasa Toliver, Loomis Group Doug Wittnebel, Principal Design Director at Gensler (global architecture and design firm) in San Ramon, gave back to the San Ramon community by teaching first grade students how to draw on iPads at Quail Run Elementary School. By utilizing technology to bring art back into the classroom, when in many public schools these funds are being cut, Gensler is hoping to raise awareness of the importance of art in schools. The kindergarten and first grade classes at Quail Run Elementary are already using iPads for select activities, sharing six iPads per each class of 26-30 students. ------ Follow San Ramon Patch on: Facebook — facebook.com/SanRamonPatch Twitter — twitter.com/SanRamonPatch You can signup for San …
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