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BLAINE TORPEY APPOINTED CVHS PRINCIPAL

The Board of Education appointed Blaine Torpey as the Principal of Castro Valley High School. Mr. Torpey has been serving as the Interim Principal since September 2014. Mr. Torpey was selected after a statewide search and an interview process that involved students, staff, and parents. Read the press release here.

2014-2015 SPELLING BEE WINNERS

In February, Castro Valley Unified School District held its ninth annual District Spelling Bee at Canyon Middle School for students in grades 4-6 and grades 7-9. Twenty-two 4th-6th graders and fifteen 7th-9th graders participated in the District Spelling Bee. Each of these students was chosen from their school's Spelling Bee to participate in the District Spelling Bee.

The board recognized the top three students from both the Elementary (4-6) and Junior High (7-9) Spelling Bees.

The Board of Education presented the following Spelling Bee winners with a certificate of recognition.

Grades 4-6

1stPlace

Samantha Lawver

Canyon Middle School, Grade 6

2nd Place

Jacqueline Thibault

Creekside Middle School, Grade 6

3rd Place

Lucas Guan

Chabot Elementary School, Grade 4

Grades 7-9

1st Place

Steven Yu

Castro Valley High School, Grade 9

2nd Place

Alexander Low

Canyon Middle School, Grade 7

3rd Place

Lindsey Mardona

Canyon Middle School, Grade 8

Dear (Contact First Name),

The Board Meeting Highlights is normally published after each board meeting to provide the community with highlights of the meeting. This issue covers the Regular Board Meeting held on April 23, 2015. The board packet for the meeting is available here.

The next Regular Board Meeting is May 14, 2015, at 7:00 p.m. In May, however, there are Special Board Meetings on May 5 (expulsion hearing), May 6 (visioning workshop), May 16 (superintendent search), May 21 (budget) and May 22-23 (superintendent search).

The dates of the 2014-2015 board meetings are available here.

Sincerely,

Jim Negri

Jim Negri, Superintendent

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MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRESENTATION & RECOGNITIONS

Jesse Woodward, Principal of Marshall Elementary School presented a review of Marshall's year through Twitter. Marshall posted it's first tweet in August 2014 and so far has posted over 500 Tweets. Mr. Woodward explained that Marshall is using Twitter as a means of communicate with families and to highlight the all the work of students, teachers. Currently, 14 teachers are using Twitter at Marshall to collaborate with other schools, teachers, and parents. See the presentation here.

Brianna Nulph was recognized as an outstanding student for displaying strong organizational skills, enthusiasm, creativity, hard work, and positivity. Read the full recognition here.

Yon Hardisty was recognized as an outstanding volunteer for her contributions to the students, parents, and staff of Marshall Elementary School. Read the full recognition here.

ATHLETIC FUNDING

District staff has been meeting with the middle and high school principals to discuss funding for the athletic programs in 2015-2016. The district is committed to begin a three-year process to restore funding for the middle and high school athletic programs. For the initial phase, the district will focus its efforts on addressing coaching stipends identified in the CVTA collective bargaining agreement. To begin the process, the district will initially budget a total of $50,000 among the three schools to support the cost of the stipends in 2015-2016, and possibly increase the amount after the State's budget is adopted in June. The principals and staff are committed to working with the school community to identify ways to reduce costs and increase revenue as the district restructures funding for the athletic program. Six parents and/or students spoke on behalf of restoring full funding for the athletic program. Read the full report here.

DEMOGRAPHIC STUDY UPDATE

Tom Williams, Demographer, presented the most recent demographic study completed for the district. Mr. Williams projected that the district's enrollment will rise significantly in the next five years. The increase more than likely will occur mainly in the elementary and middle school levels in the short term, but within, five-years the district is projected to reach 10,000 students. See the presentation here.

BOARD ACTIONS

At the meeting, the board took the following actions:

Adopted of TK-5 instructional materials for mathematics;
Adopted resolutions for:

The Day of the Teacher;
Classified Employees Week;
Child Abuse Prevention Month;
Disposal of Obsolete and/or Surplus property;

Approved the Minutes for March 26 and the April 9 board meetings;
Approved the Consent Agenda which included:

Approval of Purchase Order Report, Position Control Report, Personnel Report, and Budget Adjustments;
Approval of the QSS Agreement and Middle School Program Planning Guides for 2015-2016;
Accepted the Quarterly Investment Report and Donations to the district; and
Adoption of the 2014-2015 Comprehensive Safety Plans for all K-12 Schools, Supplemental Text for American Literature Course, and the Textbooks for Castro Valley High School Courses.

The board also heard reports from Spencer Dong, the student board member; Arlene Cristobal, CSEA Chapter 52 President, Alicia Gholami, CVTA President; the superintendent; and board members.

CONTACT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION

Members of the public are encouraged to provide input and feedback to the Board of Education. You may contact individual board members through their voice-mail or e-mail. For voice-mail, please call 510.537.3335 and use the following extensions: