USD Board Meeting Highlights

The Board and Superintendent recognized 20 employees for their commitment to students and families in their five years of service in Union School District. Each spring, USD will typically honor years of service awardees at our annual Employee Recognition event but was unable to do so in-person. This year, USD will honor groups of employees for their years of service at each Board Meeting. Congratulations to our first group of service award recipients!

From left to right: Dr. Carrie Andrews, Megan O’Connor, Leslie McAlavey, Tomara Hall, Sarah Nagata, Mina Malaki; Other award recipients: Lucinda Bettencourt, Chris Burk, Rosa Cooksey, Shelley Crocker, Kevin Deaton, Mari Fujii, Jenna Garcia, Abe Goldman, Andrea Kroeker, Kimberly La Fleur, Tanya Leach, Rebecca Lefrancois, Nancy Lira, Michaela Motch, Simon Pliego Medina and Justin Preza

Union School District’s Director of Information & Instructional Technology Lisa DeLapo was recognized for her recent honor as the Common Sense Media Educator of the Year. The Common Sense Awards honor artists, educators, and advocates who use media and technology to inspire and advance new ideas, engage diverse or marginalized communities, and effect positive change for children. Dr. Andrews recognized Lisa for this well-deserved award as well as her impact on USD, “What she does is impacting not just the staff here, but the students.” Common Sense Media, a national nonprofit, will be showcasing Lisa in an upcoming official video.

The Board of Trustees voted to accept the Unaudited Financial Statements for the 2020-21 fiscal year and file the report with the County Superintendent of Schools. Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Rita Sohal presented the financial statements to the Board.

• Click here to view the presentation.
• Click here to view the 2020-21 unaudited actuals financial report.

Superintendent Dr. Carrie Andrews and cabinet members presented an update on the first 22 days of school in Union School District. Dr. Andrews and Associate Superintendent of Learning and Innovation Sarah Jellin highlighted the critical importance of building relationships and the role school has in students’ lives. Hands-on and social emotional learning remains a strong focus in this first year fully in-person. Assistant Superintendent of Business Services Rita Sohal shared that the number of meals distributed this year has almost tripled compared to the first few weeks in 2019. As the USDA issued flexibility allowing districts to provide free meals through the 2021-22 school year, USD will continue to provide this important service to students and serve free breakfasts and lunches to any student. Steve Burrell, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, and Dr. Andrews reiterated the health and safety processes that ultimately allow our schools to remain open and allow kids to learn and develop together.

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In order to be eligible to receive state funds, Education Code Section 60119 required the district to hold a public hearing and make a determination through a resolution that each pupil in the district has sufficient textbooks or instructional materials that are aligned to the content standards before the eighth week of school. The Board of Trustees held a public hearing and passed the resolution certifying sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials.

Please join us for our next regular Board of Trustees Meeting on October 11, 2021. The meeting will be held at the USD District Office Board Room at 5175 Union Ave and will be live streamed via YouTube. Visit the Board of Trustees page for information on upcoming meetings.

Board of Trustees

Sheila Billings

Vickie Brown

Doug Evans

Jennifer Petroff

Thomas E. Rossmeissl

Superintendent

Dr. Carrie Andrews

Email: vanherkl@unionsd.org
Website: www.unionsd.org
Location: 5175 Union Avenue, San Jose, CA, USA
Phone: 408-377-8010
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