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Important Back to School Dates
September
9/16 Art Fundraiser
9/20 Movie Night
9/24 Fall Pictures
9/30 PTA Meeting
October
10/7 SSC Meeting 3pm
10/16 Art Fundraiser Ends
10/21-10/26 Red Ribbon Week
10/25 Trunk or Treat
10/30 Make Up Picture Day
10/31 Halloween Parade
November
11/1 ELAC Meeting 8:10
11/4 SSC Meeting
11/8 End of Trimester 1
11/11 Veteran's Day (No school)
11/18 PTA Board Meeting
11/25-11/30 Thanksgiving Break
Community can now preview draft maps for by-trustee area elections planned in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District
WHAT: The Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) invites families, students, community and business leaders, and other stakeholders to attend one of seven community input forums spread over three days to review and provide feedback on a set of three draft scenarios (Red|Green|Blue) for future by-trustee area elections.
As it transitions to the by-trustee area elections system model, MDUSD will be organized into five individual trustee areas. Previously, trustees were elected by voters of the entire district. In the new process, trustees will be elected by the voters living within the trustee’s respective area. Input previously provided at public hearings in June helped determine criteria used by the demographer in drafting the maps.
Information about the process is available at https://mdusd-ca.schoolloop.com/boardelections.
WHEN/WHERE: The community forums will be held as follows. Flyers publicizing the forums have been translated into multiple languages:
Arabic | Chinese | Dari | English| Farsi | Hindi | Korean | Pashto| Spanish | Tagalog |Vietnamese
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Loma Vista Adult School
Noon – 1 p.m.
Willow Creek Center
5 – 6 p.m.
Pleasant Hill Middle School
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Pine Hollow Middle School
5 – 6 p.m.
Foothill Middle School
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
District Office/Board Room
5 – 6 p.m.
Riverview Middle School
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Translations from English to Spanish and American Sign Language will be available at each forum. Families who would like to have other languages available are asked to call Arlina Diaz, Translation Services, at (925) 682-8000, ext. 4045 or diaza@mdusd.org so we can work toward locating interpreters.
A third public hearing will be held at the Board of Education’s regular meeting on Monday, September 23, 2019, to review the maps. Actions may be taken at that meeting to narrow the number of maps for final consideration, make further revisions to the draft maps, and/or create a new map. All versions would then be reviewed at a public hearing in October.
BACKGROUND: The timeline for establishing trustee areas and transitioning to by-trustee area election is as follows:
MDUSD REDISTRICTING TIMELINE
(Dates are subject to change to provide opportunities for greater community input if/as needed)
DATE ACTIVITY/ACTION
April 22, 2019 MDUSD Board of Education discusses proposed action to transition from at-large election to by-trustee area (or district-based) elections, and introduces, as an information item, a Resolution Initiating Process of Establishing Trustee Areas and Elections by Trustee Areas
The Board also authorized the solicitation of a demographer to assist in the possible establishment of trustee areas for board elections.
May 13, 2019 The Board adopts the Resolution Initiating Process of Establishing Trustee Areas and Elections by Trustee Areas and a preliminary redistricting timeline.
June 4 – June 24, 2019 MDUSD initiates the process to submit a request to the State Board of Education to waive the requirement for a Special Election to be held in order to approve the trustee area maps. If the waiver application is approved by the State Board, it would allow the MDUSD Board to approve the maps after the required public hearings and community forums, and implement the new trustee-area elections for the elections in November 2020.
June 10, 2019 First Public Hearing to solicit input from the public regarding the composition of the trustee areas. The hearing may potentially include a discussion of whether to create five or seven trustee area maps.
June 24, 2019 Second Public Hearing to solicit input from the public regarding the composition of the trustee areas. The meeting may potentially include adoption of a resolution regarding the criteria to guide the creation of the trustee areas. The Board will also hold a public hearing on the request to the State Board of Education to waive the state requirement to call a Special Election to approve trustee-area maps.
August 21 – 29, 2019 District holds a total of seven community forums over three days to provide community opportunity to review draft maps and provide input.
August 16, 2019 Draft maps will be publicized, posted, and distributed.
September 23, 2019 Third Public Hearing to solicit public input on draft maps of trustee areas and proposed sequence of elections and summarize input from community forums. The meeting may include potential Board action to narrow number of published draft maps for final consideration, and/or to direct the creation of one or more revised draft maps. The meeting may also provide for further public hearing activity on the waiver request to State Board of Education.
October 14, 2019 Fourth Public Hearing to solicit public input on draft maps of trustee areas and proposed sequence of elections. The meeting will include resolutions to adopt the trustee-area maps and proposed sequence of elections, and to request a waiver of the Special Election requirement from the State Board of Education.
November 2019 County Committee on School District Organization conducts public hearing within District boundaries. The Committee would be asked to approve the trustee areas and election method change.
November 2019 The State Board of Education takes action on waiver request.
January 2020 Information and map files of the new trustee areas provided to the Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters.
November 2020 First trustee-area (districts) elections are held.
WHAT: The Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) invites families, students, community and business leaders, and other stakeholders to attend one of seven community input forums spread over three days to review and provide feedback on a set of three draft scenarios (Red|Green|Blue) for future by-trustee area elections.
As it transitions to the by-trustee area elections system model, MDUSD will be organized into five individual trustee areas. Previously, trustees were elected by voters of the entire district. In the new process, trustees will be elected by the voters living within the trustee’s respective area. Input previously provided at public hearings in June helped determine criteria used by the demographer in drafting the maps.
Information about the process is available at https://mdusd-ca.schoolloop.com/boardelections.
WHEN/WHERE: The community forums will be held as follows. Flyers publicizing the forums have been translated into multiple languages:
Arabic | Chinese | Dari | English| Farsi | Hindi | Korean | Pashto| Spanish | Tagalog |Vietnamese
Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Loma Vista Adult School
Noon – 1 p.m.
Willow Creek Center
5 – 6 p.m.
Pleasant Hill Middle School
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Pine Hollow Middle School
5 – 6 p.m.
Foothill Middle School
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 29, 2019
District Office/Board Room
5 – 6 p.m.
Riverview Middle School
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Translations from English to Spanish and American Sign Language will be available at each forum. Families who would like to have other languages available are asked to call Arlina Diaz, Translation Services, at (925) 682-8000, ext. 4045 or diaza@mdusd.org so we can work toward locating interpreters.
A third public hearing will be held at the Board of Education’s regular meeting on Monday, September 23, 2019, to review the maps. Actions may be taken at that meeting to narrow the number of maps for final consideration, make further revisions to the draft maps, and/or create a new map. All versions would then be reviewed at a public hearing in October.
BACKGROUND: The timeline for establishing trustee areas and transitioning to by-trustee area election is as follows:
MDUSD REDISTRICTING TIMELINE
(Dates are subject to change to provide opportunities for greater community input if/as needed)
DATE ACTIVITY/ACTION
April 22, 2019 MDUSD Board of Education discusses proposed action to transition from at-large election to by-trustee area (or district-based) elections, and introduces, as an information item, a Resolution Initiating Process of Establishing Trustee Areas and Elections by Trustee Areas
The Board also authorized the solicitation of a demographer to assist in the possible establishment of trustee areas for board elections.
May 13, 2019 The Board adopts the Resolution Initiating Process of Establishing Trustee Areas and Elections by Trustee Areas and a preliminary redistricting timeline.
June 4 – June 24, 2019 MDUSD initiates the process to submit a request to the State Board of Education to waive the requirement for a Special Election to be held in order to approve the trustee area maps. If the waiver application is approved by the State Board, it would allow the MDUSD Board to approve the maps after the required public hearings and community forums, and implement the new trustee-area elections for the elections in November 2020.
June 10, 2019 First Public Hearing to solicit input from the public regarding the composition of the trustee areas. The hearing may potentially include a discussion of whether to create five or seven trustee area maps.
June 24, 2019 Second Public Hearing to solicit input from the public regarding the composition of the trustee areas. The meeting may potentially include adoption of a resolution regarding the criteria to guide the creation of the trustee areas. The Board will also hold a public hearing on the request to the State Board of Education to waive the state requirement to call a Special Election to approve trustee-area maps.
August 21 – 29, 2019 District holds a total of seven community forums over three days to provide community opportunity to review draft maps and provide input.
August 16, 2019 Draft maps will be publicized, posted, and distributed.
September 23, 2019 Third Public Hearing to solicit public input on draft maps of trustee areas and proposed sequence of elections and summarize input from community forums. The meeting may include potential Board action to narrow number of published draft maps for final consideration, and/or to direct the creation of one or more revised draft maps. The meeting may also provide for further public hearing activity on the waiver request to State Board of Education.
October 14, 2019 Fourth Public Hearing to solicit public input on draft maps of trustee areas and proposed sequence of elections. The meeting will include resolutions to adopt the trustee-area maps and proposed sequence of elections, and to request a waiver of the Special Election requirement from the State Board of Education.
November 2019 County Committee on School District Organization conducts public hearing within District boundaries. The Committee would be asked to approve the trustee areas and election method change.
November 2019 The State Board of Education takes action on waiver request.
January 2020 Information and map files of the new trustee areas provided to the Contra Costa County Registrar of Voters.
November 2020 First trustee-area (districts) elections are held.
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Important information regarding intradistrict transfers
Intradistrict transfers are for students who reside inside the MDUSD boundaries requesting to transfer to another MDUSD school.
The online Google application will be available October 15, 2019 - November 15, 2019 for the 2020-2021 school year. The link will be found in the Student Services Department page or the Parent and Community Portal.
Completed online applications for grades 1-12 must be submitted between October 15, 2018 and November 15, 2018 for the following school year. No online applications will be accepted after the November 15, 2018 deadline. Intradistrict requests for Kindergarten will be accepted starting February 18, 2019 through March 18, 2019. Students MUST be enrolled at their school of residence prior to submitting a transfer request.
The online Google application will be available October 15, 2019 - November 15, 2019 for the 2020-2021 school year. The link will be found in the Student Services Department page or the Parent and Community Portal.
Completed online applications for grades 1-12 must be submitted between October 15, 2018 and November 15, 2018 for the following school year. No online applications will be accepted after the November 15, 2018 deadline. Intradistrict requests for Kindergarten will be accepted starting February 18, 2019 through March 18, 2019. Students MUST be enrolled at their school of residence prior to submitting a transfer request.
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Sun Terrace Elementary School
2448 Floyd Lane Concord, CA 94520 (925) 682-4861 |
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Mt Diablo Unified School District
1936 Carlotta Drive Concord, CA 94519 (925) 682-8000 |
The Mt. Diablo Unified School District prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identify, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, actual or potential parental, family, marital status, or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. Questions, concerns or complaints regarding compliance with Title IX student issues, please contact the Title IX Compliance Officer, Michael A Jimenez, Assistant Superintendent High School, at 1936 Carlotta Drive, Concord, CA 94519, by phone (925) 682-8000, or email atjimenezma@mdusd.org. Questions, concerns or complaints regarding compliance with Title IX employee issues, please contact the Executive Director of Personnel, Lisa Murphy Oates, at 1936 Carlotta Drive, Concord, CA 94519, by phone (925) 682-8000, or email at murphyoatesl@mdusd.org. Questions, concerns or complaints regarding harassment, discrimination, intimidation and bullying, please contact the Equity Compliance Officer, Jennifer Sachs, Executive Director of Instructional Support, at 1936 Carlotta Drive, Concord, CA 94519, by phone (925) 682-8000, or email at sachsj@mdusd.org.
