Board of Education President Margie Sherratt and Superintendent
Kirsten Vital of the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD)
will present “the
State of Alameda’s Public Schools” during the League
of Women Voters of Alameda’s (LWVA’s) free
public forum at the Community Center of
Harbor Bay Isle on Thursday, March 27, from
7:00 – 9:00 pm.
rates to complex district finances and facilities in need of upgrades. They will discuss the current Facilities Master Plan, the potential 2014facilities renovation bond issue, the new Common Core State Standards, the state’s new school financing system (the Local Control Funding Formula), and other topics.
All are welcome at this forum; a
question-and-answer session will follow the officials’ presentations.
The
LWVA and AUSD have worked together to increase the district’s transparency and
community engagement. “We welcome this opportunity to talk about the good work we are doing as well as the challenges,” Superintendent Vital says. “We value
our relationship with the League of Women Voters and look forward to their questions
and comments.”
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The forum will be from 7:00 – 9:00 pm at the accessible Community Center
of Harbor Bay Isle at 3195
Mecartney Road on Bay Farm Island, next to
Temple
Israel and behind the service station and CVS Pharmacy at the Harbor
Bay Landing Shopping Center. Parking is available.
The League of Women Voters of Alameda, a 501(c) (3) nonpartisan and nonprofit public policy educational
organization, offers voter service and citizen education activities to increase
citizen participation in our democracy, study community issues, and support
positive public policy solutions. Membership in the League is
open to all women and men.
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For more information on the LWVA’s free community forums
please call us (510-869-4969), visit our website (http://alameda.ca.lwvnet.org/Public_Events.html)
or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LWVAlameda),
or email LWVA Program Chair Ruth Dixon-Mueller (events@alameda.ca.lwvnet.org).