April 14, 2019

The Superintendent, Contract Negotiations, Budget Cuts…

More than 18 months after our last website post, we are reaching out again to the Northgate community to say that we have not forgotten our commitment to the 6,700 residents who signed the...

District Size / MDUSD / Students

September 5, 2017

Why Do Parents Avoid Schools With Low Performance?

After the County Office of Education and its consultants decided to add Oak Grove MS and Ygnacio Valley HS to the proposal for NUSD, critics of our campaign suggested that Northgate-area residents have avoided...

NCAPS / NUSD

September 4, 2017

NUSD – What Comes Next?

On August 29, 2017 Northgate CAPS went before the County Committee on School District Organization, seeking a positive recommendation to the State Board of Education on our petition to create a new Northgate Unified...

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August 24, 2017

Join Us! County Hearing

Please stand up and demand accountability! Don’t miss your chance…. Please plan on attending the Contra Costa Board of Education meeting held: Tuesday, August 29th Pleasant Hill Middle School 1 Santa Barbara Road, Pleasant...

CAPS / MDUSD

August 19, 2017

Intimidation and an Illegal End-run Around the Brown Act

This past Monday night the MDUSD School Board listed under close session, Agenda Item 3.2. This is a gross violation of the Brown Act and against the law. There is no existing litigation, it...

Budget / CAPS / MDEA / MDUSD / NUSD

August 13, 2017

MDUSD and NUSD: The Truths and the Lies

For the past nine months the opposition to the NUSD proposal, primarily consisting of MDUSD employees, board members and MDEA, has advanced a narrative filled with inaccurate information intended to incite our community and...

CAPS / NCAPS / NUSD

August 9, 2017

Good News for NUSD!

Our proposal meets the State’s main criteria for forming a new district, which critics said could not happen The consultant hired by the Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) to evaluate the...

Budget / MDUSD

June 24, 2017

When Does a $48 Million Deficit Mean a “Balanced Budget”?

In the press release announcing MDUSD’s 2017-18 Adopted Budget, Superintendent Meyer says that the district “is pleased to once again have a balanced budget”. But on page 148 of that budget, the district’s own...

MDEA / MDUSD / NUSD

June 22, 2017

MDEA Opposition to NUSD Vote

By Jim Mills Many people have asked why the MDUSD teacher’s union is campaigning so hard against the proposal to bring a Northgate-area school district to a vote. Naturally, the teachers in the new...

NUSD

May 21, 2017

Follow-Up to Comments Made During the May 2-3 County Hearings

Comments from opponents of our petition to have an election to create a new community-based school district for the Northgate area often centered on three main points: Segregation and Exclusion Special Education in NDUSD...

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The Superintendent, Contract Negotiations, Budget Cuts…

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