First Meeting Success

NEXT MEETING: Wednesday, 10/15/2008, at 7:00 PM
The Poppy House
15 Poppy House Road
Rio Vista, CA 94571

I wanted to take a second to thank everyone for a surprisingly positive meeting! I started off with a ton of respect for those of you who have been deeply involved for the last few years. I can honestly say; however, I have even more respect with how positive everyone stayed throughout the meeting.

For those of you who made it, thank you! For those of you that life got in the way, we understand and encourage you to come to the next meeting! You didn’t miss enough that you’re too far behind.

The following conclusions were reached in a calm, cool (once the fans were turned on) and collected manner:
1. The current Board of Trustees seems to have opened up recently for the better.
2. Mr. Hennes is suspected of being responsible for item 1 and the involved parents look forward to working with him.
3. We’ve identified no one of us is or wants to be a Trustee and we must appreciate those who have stepped up to take that thankless job…
4. As a result, we must do our best to work cooperatively with each other, the school administration, and the Board of Trustees.
5. Julie Kelly stepped forward to try to meet with Marilyn Riley and Lee Williams to get us all together. We need to all be on the same page, on the same team, and in the same room.
6. Sarah Donnelly has volunteered to set up a blog and hopes to have it available for display at our next meeting. This blog will eliminate the need for the chain e-mails (like this one) and will allow subscribers to receive notifications of upcoming meetings, etc, outside the regular discussions.
7. The River Delta Unified School District may not have met the requirements of Elections Code 22000(a) requiring Reapportionment every 10 years, after each federal decennial census – but this takes a back seat to the in-progress WASC concerns. Bill Mortimore will look into this once we’ve tackled the WASC challenges.
8. Several parents have initiated Williams Act reports. These reports open up eligibility to resources (funding) to fix concerns and apparently do not get held against the school or the district. Who knew? (…Roxanne Donnelly knew!)
9. We will make sure we specifically invite the Rio Vista city council candidates to attend the next meeting.

If you were afraid to come to a meeting full of whining and complaining, fear not! We are focusing on solutions! I encourage everyone to attend our next meeting and bring a friend or two. Hey, if you don’t like it, you can always duck out early. We offer a full refund if you’re not satisfied.

Thanks,
Jonathan & Toni Mazer