Alameda Unified School District Accepting Applications for Measure A Oversight Committee

The Alameda Unified School District is now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 Measure A Oversight Committee.

Measure A, a parcel tax passed by Alameda community members in 2011, raises $12 million per year for core programs, including AP classes, neighborhood schools, small class sizes in grades K-3, athletics, enrichment, and technology.

One of AUSD’s commitments is to maintain accountability and transparency with all expenditures of Measure A dollars. A key component of that commitment is maintaining an 11-member Oversight Committee, made up of local community members (including parents, teachers, and other district employees), to review the district’s compliance with the terms of Measure A. (More information on those terms is available on the Measure A page on the district’s website.)

This committee meets three to six times, for two to three hours at a time, between January and December of each year. The committee’s work culminates in an annual report that is presented to the Board of Education in December.

Applications for the 2014-15 Measure A Oversight Committee (which will begin meeting in January 2014) are now available. For an application, please visit this page on the district website.Applicants can also call the district office (510-337-7187) or stop by the district’s office (2060 Challenger Drive, Alameda).Translated versions of the application are available both on the website and at the district office.

Applications can be submitted via fax (510-521-0529); email (mtatum@alameda.k12.ca.us); or dropping it off at the district office.

Completed applications must be received in the district office no later than 5 pm on September 12, 2014. Appointments will be announced on October 15, 2014.

Upcoming Board of Education Meetings:

August 26, 2014

6:30 pm

Alameda City Hall

September 9, 2014

6:30 pm

Alameda City Hall

—Information submitted by Alameda Unified School District