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Virtual legislation town hall
Tri-Valley State Senator Steve Glazer (D-Orinda) and Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) are holding a virtual, end-of-year town hall.
The two are set to provide updates on high-profile issues nationally and locally, such as wildfires and other environmental issues, education, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, as well as budget information from the past year.
The town hall is scheduled for Thursday (Dec. 9) from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Zoom. Registration is available here.
Community members can send questions ahead of time to Assemblymember.Bauer-Kahan@assembly.ca.gov with the subject line “Legislative Town Hall.”
Dublin annual awards
The city of Dublin is accepting nominations through Jan. 21 for its annual community awards, including Citizen of the Year, Young Citizen of the Year and Organization of the Year.
Nominees will be selected based on five established criteria: the Dublin Integrity in Action’s 10 characteristics, originality and uniqueness of the activity/project, overall relevance and importance to the Dublin community, time and effort spent and challenges in accomplishing the activity/project, according to city officials.
Submit by going to www.dublin.ca.gov/vre or calling the City Manager’s Office at 925-833-6650.
Monroe on task force
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools L.K. Monroe was recently appointed to the state’s new Task Force on Improving Black Student Achievement; she is the only K-12 educator among the seven co-chairs leading the effort.
The task force is focused on five key issue areas: the school-to-prison pipeline (including suspension, chronic absenteeism and graduation), teacher diversity, academic achievement (including reading and math assessments); mental health; and housing insecurity (including homelessness and foster youth).
The organization will meet monthly and form working groups to make recommendations to be incorporated into the upcoming state legislative cycle, according to State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, who launched the task force last month.
“We have a moment before us now to transform education in California, to close learning gaps that have grown during the pandemic and to address the socioeconomic needs of Black students and all students,” Thurmond said.
