Greetings Supes,

Fund Education Now Week is here! You and your Coalition partners have been working hard to make our voices heard throughout the state. A huge thank you to the 10  districts who have made plans for FEN Week and communicated them on the tracker (HERE). I am inspired by all the resolutions, rallies, call days, social media campaigns, and overall outreach to community members that will occur throughout the week. I have no doubt that  our efforts will bear positive results, especially if we continue this momentum throughout this historic year and beyond. As I said last month, we are fortunate to do this work collectively. There is strength in numbers. 

At this Wednesday's meeting, I look forward to sharing with and learning from each other's strategic planning approaches. Please bring your LCAP or other strategic plan documents to add to the discussion.

You can view our meeting agenda below or via PDF. Please have your assistants RSVP with Rose if they have not already.

See you Wednesday!
Karen
February 5th Meeting Agenda
8:30 a.m. Breakfast and Networking
9:15 a.m. Strategic Planning Practices
Mike McLaughlin will present on San Leandro’s approach to strategic planning, followed by small group discussions to learn from one another’s approaches. Bring your LCAP or other strategic plan documents to share.
10:30 a.m. Fund Education Now Week Check In & Support
Share updates on district plans and request any support needed in order to implement district plan.
10:45 a.m. Countywide Summary of Districts’ Fiscal Status
Review & discuss the most current countywide district budget data based on 1st Interim Reports.
11:00 a.m. Hot Topics
12:00 p.m. Wrap-up
Announcements and Articles

Fund Education Now Week Updates

The ACOE Communications Team has created an amazing set of media resources and a media release that you can utilize during FEN Week, including an animated video about school funding. Please find the animated video HERE and a series of Did You Know videos HERE . Other media resources are available in the FEN Week Resources on Google Drive folder

Newsletter: California’s sleeper political issue of the year, so far, is school funding 
LA Times
This article highlights reasons why Governor Newsom's most recent budget proposal for K-12 schools may not be enough.

Opinion: Funding for California schools falling further behind
The East Bay Times/Mercury News agreed to run my op-ed. I hope it is helpful to you in your communities and in our broader battler for full and fair state funding.
See you Wednesday at ACOE!






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