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FROM THE APRIL 23, 2024 MEETING

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Celebrating April as Autism Acceptance and Awareness Month


Thomas Russell Middle School's Quest Helpers class helped MUSD celebrate Autism Acceptance Month with this video reading of Resolution 2024.33 Recognizing and Honoring April as Autism Acceptance Month, which was unanimously adopted by the Board of Education at the April 23 meeting.

Declaring the Week of April 8-12 as Adult Education Week


Utilizing Artificial Intelligence, our Milpitas Adult Ed (MAE) team produced this AI video reading of Resolution 2024.32 Declaring the Week of April 8-12, 2024 as Adult Education Week, which was unanimously adopted by the MUSD Board of Education at the April 23 meeting.

Recognitions

Milpitas HS junior Rayan Dua presented with President's Volunteer Service Medal


Milpitas HS junior Rayan Dua was honored for his volunteer service in support of our MUSD community. Dua earned a gold medal from the MUSD President's Volunteer Service Award Program. He has done 150+ hours of community service with Milpitas Library, Milpitas Kiwanis, Milpitas Knights, India Community Center, tutoring with MUSD, and the STEAM Showcase.

School Link Services Team for MUSD Resources Fair


Norma Morales, Student Link Services Supervisor of Wellbeing and Immigrant Support, and Nicole Steward, Student Link Services Coordinator, were recognized by the MUSD Board of Education and District leadership for organizing and promoting the MUSD Community Resources Fair at the April 23 meeting.

Kiwanis Club of Milpitas for continued support of MUSD students and staff

Milpitas Kiwanis Club was honored for their continued support of our MUSD students, staff and families at the April 23 meeting. Through scholarship and initiatives such as the Kohl's Care Shopping Spree, Kiwanis has donated more than $250,000 to our MUSD community.

Milpitas HS educators Wohlman, Hutchison for grant writing

Milpitas HS Principal Greg Wohlman and Teacher Andrea Hutchison were honored by the MUSD Board of Education and District leadership for working diligently to secure a $2 million grant for the MUSD Innovation Campus at the April 23 meeting.

Highlights

The deadline to submit a Parcel Tax Measure Resolution to the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters is August 9, 2024.

Board moves forward with prep for Parcel Tax Measure


Upon hearing from various stakeholders about the importance of staffing full-time elementary school physical education teachers; staffing full-time elementary health clerks; continuing to offer a technology elective at our middle schools; as well as upgrading athletics, civic leadership, mental health and technology, among others, Superintendent Jordan introduced the process for initiating a Parcel Tax Measure on the November 5, 2024 general election ballot.

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Milpitas HS students come in support of City Peace Project

After hearing from students and staff, the Board approved a Memorandum of Understanding with the City Peace Project for multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) at Milpitas High School for the remainder of the 2023-2024 School Year as well as the 2024-2025 school year. The City Peace Project team directly intervenes in the lives of students struggling with truancy, inappropriate habits on campus, and other behavior-related issues. Their goal is to re-engage with these identified students and encourage consistency, growth, and a sense of community in order to see improvement in attendance, punctuality, active class engagement, and behavioral self-management.

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Principal's Report: Pomeroy touts highest attendance rate in district by engaging families

Pomeroy Elementary School Principal Nichol Klein, along with Assistant Principal Anastasia Hrissafinis, shared their school Principal's Report, highlighting the attendance accomplishments from last year to the current year, with goals to improve overall attendance, reduce chronic absenteeism, and build home/school connections and increase student engagement. Pomeroy's attendance has improved from 95.2% in 2022-23 to 97.1% in 2023-24. Admin credits incentive programs, using beads, posters and ribbons for the improvement.

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Rotarians donate to MHS NRJOTC

Rotary Club of Milpitas members presented a donation check to the Milpitas High School's NJROTC to support the program's trip to the NASA Ames Research Center.

Staff shares Deeper Learning Assessment Update

MUSD's Learning and Development team provided an update on the deeper learning assessment work, including learnings, accomplishments and next steps.

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Supt. Jordan shares State of District Update

Superintendent Cheryl Jordan shared her latest State of the District Update, which included the district's Attendance Rates thus far this 2023-24 school year.

Additional items

The Board of Education approved the following education items at the April 23, 2024 board meeting:

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