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At their recent meeting, members of the San Ramon Valley Unified School District Board of Education voted to approve the appointment of nine members of the community to serve on the newly created Measure C Oversight Committee.
In the ballot language for Measure C, which was approved by voters in May, the district was directed to create a committee that would oversee the expenditures of the funds raised by the parcel tax measure. The committee will serve in an advisory capacity with the school board.
Trustee Rachel Hurd was one of the board members on the subcommittee that looked over the applicants for the committee, and she said that with the quality of those seeking to be on the committee they had a difficult time whittling the list down to nine.
“We had a lot of very exceptional candidates,” she said. “I think there were 28 candidates. We ended up going with people who were already very involved in the community. Not necessarily with the school district, but with the community.”
Those selected to serve on the Measure C Oversight Committee include:
• Julie Azevedo
• Jill Birnbaum
• Chih-Chi Chu
• William Hoefs
• Mark Jewet
• Shannon Mundelius
• Alicia Moore
• Jennifer Ottley
• Dan Parnas
The sub-committee also chose William Lafayette as an alternate to the committee. If at any time during that two-year term a committee member needs to step down, Lafayette would take the vacant seat.
District Superintendent Steve Enoch said he did not know many of the names that appeared on the subcommittee’s list but he said he was pleased with the attitudes of those applying to take part in the committee.
“We had some really interesting, seemingly qualified people who wanted to be helpful to the school district and helpful to the community,” Enoch said. “There weren’t people coming in in a critical mode, they were coming in and being helpful and asking how they could be helpful in an oversight capacity.”
Now that the committee has been formed, its members will gather and determine how often they will meet and when. They are expected to report their findings to the board at least once per year.
From the article: “There weren’t people coming in in a critical mode, they were coming in and being helpful and asking how they could be helpful in an oversight capacity.”
From his impassioned pleas in favor of Measure C, I have no doubt that Mr. Parnas will prove much more helpful than critical in his capacity on the committee. The Board has found at least one friend here…