Zaira recently bought herself a new laptop. Well, technically, I loaned Zaira some money so that she could buy a laptop. The deal included that the computer would remain in my possession until she had fully paid it off. So…
I know that picture’s not exactly high quality, but considering it’s the first shot I’ve ever seen, much less taken of the infamous South Valley Middle School Tiger in Gilroy. Last Friday, Zaira and I were attending a planning meeting…
Personally, I’m an agnostic. However, my daughter has chosen to attend services at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Gilroy. Her mother is a pagan/Wiccan. I’ve never mentioned these issues before because they aren’t really relevant. However, I believe it becomes…
As I reported earlier my daughter Zaira and several of her friends passed petitions around the South Valley Middle School Campus today. I collected those petitions about an hour ago to drop them off at the Gilroy Unified School District…
Around 11am this morning I finally had the time to compile my own message to the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education. I received a response from Board member Denise Apuzzo about 90 minutes later. It is a long…
With so little time to reach out to the parents and students of Gilroy’s South Valley Middle School about saving the Yosemite Science Camp trip I did what I felt I could. In addition to posting about it here last night…
Z and I just returned from the public meeting of the Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education meeting. We were there to speak out against a rules change that the Board made behind closed doors and without public comment. …
The Gilroy Unified School District Board of Education has arbitrarily and behind closed doors decided to reinterpret a rule regarding school field trips. This reinterpretation means that the South Valley Middle School 7th graders will be unable to attend their…
Last night was the annual South Valley Middle School Science Fair. I was in attendance not only to see how Z did in the science fair, but also because the middle school choir (of which Z’s a part) would be…
While attending Z’s science fair (more on that later) and choir concert this evening I picked up the flier pictured to the left. I’ve been trying to remember to take Z to visit the All Aboard Train Store on Monterey…
