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Uploaded: Friday, October 26, 2012, 3:01 PM
Updated: Monday, October 29, 2012, 11:12 AM
Meeting scheduled Tuesday for Measure G committee
Group will meet Oct. 30 to discuss disbursal of funds raised by MV Whisman bond
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by Nick Veronin
Mountain View Voice Staff
The citizen-led committee charged with overseeing funds raised by the recently passed Measure G school bond will hold its first public meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 30.
The Mountain View Whisman School District Independent Citizen's Oversight Committee is scheduled to meet in the MVWSD boardroom at 6:30 p.m., according district officials. There they will review their agenda, take public comment, elect board officers, examine and discuss the current state of Measure G and plan for future meetings.
Measure G is projected to raise $198 million over the course of its 25-year run by taxing district homeowners up to $30 per $100,000 of assessed property value.
Over the course of the past several MVWSD board meetings, the trustees of the elementary and middle school district finalized their appointments to the Measure G Oversight Committee.
The finalized board will be composed of nine members: Juan Aranda, a local business representative; Peter Pirnejad, a senior citizen group representative; Greg Coladonato, a taxpayer organization member; Christine Opitz, a district parent/guardian; Jessica Gandhi, a district parent/guardian and active PTA member; Charlie Durand, an at-large community member; Dana Doctorow, another parent; and Fiona Walter, a parent/guardian and current board member, who will be leaving the board after the November election.
Walter will not officially become a board member until Dec. 7, when her school district board trusteeship expires.Are you receiving Express, our free daily e-mail edition? See a sample and sign-up for Express.
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Posted by Sunshine please!, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2012 at 2:20 pm Did I miss the posting for the formation of this committee? I hope they plan to be transparent, although the addition of the leader of the Yes on Measure G initiative to the committee smacks of patronage.
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Posted by mvmom, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2012 at 2:59 pm @ Sunshine--Yes--you missed it! A resolution to set up the oversight committee was adopted at the Board's August 23 meeting, a press release went out on August 29, notices went out through backpack mail and the school elists, and the application form (which was due September 28) was readily available on the District's webpage if you press the prominent MEASURE G link in big purple letters on the right hand side of the home page. That said, it's not too late to participate in the process by attending the open meetings and contributing during the public comment periods. Please put your umbrella away and focus your efforts on collaborating and contributing. Working together, we can make our schools great!
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Posted by gcoladon, a resident of the Slater neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2012 at 3:51 pm
gcoladon is a member (registered user) of Mountain View Online @Sunshine, yes I received this in my school newsletter, since I have two children currently attending MVWSD schools. It would definitely have been a little harder to find out about if you don't receive backpack mail or e-newsletters.
I hope everyone who was interested in how the school district worked would come out to school district or oversight committee meetings more often. Members of the general public only very infrequently drop in to see the sausage getting made. Of course, people are busy doing their own things.
Is there a mailing list people can sign up for to get meeting agendas for all the various public district meetings? So they don't have to think to go look on the district website for new links that have popped up since they last checked?
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Posted by Sunshine please!, a resident of the Monta Loma neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2012 at 5:22 pm Why is it Cupertino gets there notice printed in the Mercury News for all to see? I read the View every week, and didn't see it there, either. If you aren't a parent or try to find something on the district website - good luck there - you were out of luck.
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Posted by GSB, a resident of the Rex Manor neighborhood, on Oct 29, 2012 at 5:35 pm @Sunshine Please! I think you mean the Voice, and it was printed in there.
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Posted by Steven Nelson, a resident of the Cuesta Park neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2012 at 1:53 pm The committee will be electing its officers. Not much conflict with Trustee Walter, she will not be a membe*r of the committee yet, she will not vote, and she will not? be an officer. * ex-officio do not vote in these type of Bond Oversight Committees.
GREEN building? This is not a priority FAQ " 5. Are green building and 21st Centuary Learning environments considered a priority? We are definately interested in evaluating these as part of our design but need to have a balanced presentation on cost value analysis." Who decides the Balance? The Board?
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Posted by mvmom, a resident of the Old Mountain View neighborhood, on Oct 30, 2012 at 2:32 pm Yes--there is a mailing list. Look for the large button on the lower righthand corner of District's home page www.mvwsd.org that says SUBSCRIBE to our email list--when you press the button, it sets you up to send an email to Kathi Lilga at klilga@mvwsd.org--just ask her to subscribe you. You will get agendas announcing every Board and oversight committee meeting, press releases, superintendent's newsletters and the like.
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