We are seeking a community-based school district that is more aware of, and responsive to, the needs of our Northgate-area students, teachers, and families. As it is currently configured, MDUSD has shown itself to...
The new Northgate Unified School District (NUSD) would include five traditional public school campuses (Bancroft, Valle Verde, Walnut Acres, Foothill, and Northgate). Students who live in the attendance area of any one of the listed...
We have been endorsed by: Every current elected political official in the City of Walnut Creek and by most elected City officials who have served in the past. Heads and key volunteers in major...
Northgate CAPS began researching the options for district reorganization in 2013 and began its outreach campaign in 2014, holding 1-2 meetings per month up until the petition campaign began in September and continuing through...
Today, Northgate CAPS, Inc. released a report outlining a proposal for a new community-based school district for the Northgate area and responses to the State’s Nine Criteria. The report focuses on district governance and comparative...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
On May 8, 2017 Cherise Khaund, former MDUSD School Board candidate, posted her analysis of the NUSD boundaries on Nextdoor from an interview she conducted with the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. While Cherise has...
By Kent Caldwell After several years of big funding increases from the State, MDUSD is now experiencing a sharp negative swing in its financial picture. Since last year, MDUSD has been projecting continuing deficits...
Printable PDF Version Northgate Residents Submit Petition for New Community-Based School District Volunteer Campaign Exceeds Signature Goal February 22, 2017 Walnut Creek, CA – Today Northgate CAPS, Inc. presented a 6,137-signature petition to the...
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