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Grand jury: school districts need to improve effectiveness of school bond oversight
Schools & Kids, posted by Editor, The Almanac Online, on Jul 15, 2010 at 11:38 am

School districts in San Mateo County need to do a better job of recruiting and training members for committees that provide citizen oversight of school bond measures, the county Civil Grand Jury said in a report released Wednesday (July 14).

Read the full story here Web Link posted Wednesday, July 14, 2010, 4:46 PM

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Posted by Observer, a member of the Woodside High School community, on Jul 15, 2010 at 11:38 am

any idea why Sequoia district is not included in the list of San Mateo county districts with active bonds & committees?

the Grand Jury report lists on 9 districts • San Mateo Union High School District • Millbrae Elementary School District • Las Lomitas Elementary School District • La Honda-Pescadero Unified School District • Jefferson Union High School District • Hillsborough City Elementary School District • Burlingame Elementary School District • Belmont-Redwood Shores School District • San Mateo County Community College District

and later states as Finding 1 that "All SMCo School Districts that have current Proposition 39 voter approved bonds have established COCs and bylaws for oversight committees as required by Proposition 39." However the Sequoia website lists more than $55M left to spend Web Link as of last August it states "By the end of June, $39.5 million of the initial sale of the Measure J bond was still on hand and, in July, another $40 million was received from a second issuance of the bond. A final bond issuance of $55 million is tentatively planned for 2015."

Did the grand jury miss something?


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