Castro Valley School Board Opportunity

With the recent announcement of the retirement of CVUSD Superintendent Parvin Ahmadi, the School Board will have an excellent opportunity to demonstrate its stated community commitment of transparency and inclusion. There will be, no doubt, many applicants to replace Ahmadi. There will be a sorting out process. And here’s what the School Board can do – when the number of candidates considered is down to three or four – hold an open meeting with the community. The community would be afforded an opportunity to ask questions and get to know who are the finalists that the Board will be considering. In this way, parents, teachers, students and community voters will have a voice in the selection process. And they would see the true commitment of the Board to transparency and inclusion in the selection of the next Superintendent.

–Frank Mellon, Castro Valley