Public Notice / Notice of Public Hearings

PUBLIC NOTICE

Posted April 17, 2024

 

Elementary Social Studies Adoption Materials Preview 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Castro Valley Unified School District is in the process of adopting elementary (grades K-5) Social Studies materials to align with California Standards.. Administrators and teachers have been working together to select and evaluate new materials.

From April 17- May 17, 2024, the Castro Valley community is invited to preview new grades K-5 Social Studies instructional materials proposed for district adoption. All pilot materials are viewable on line/virtually at  https://www.inquired.org/community/cvusd

If you have any questions about this public preview, please contact Vivienne Paratore at [email protected].

Instructional Materials: 
Inquire Ed - Inquiry Journeys 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

Posted March 2, 2024

 

APPOINTMENT of MS. MONICA LEE and MS. VANESSA PETERSON to the PERSONNEL COMMISSION

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its regular board meeting to be held on March 13, 2024, will hold a public hearing regarding the appointment of Ms. Monica Lee and Ms. Vanessa Peterson to the Personnel Commission.

 
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Posted March 1, 2024
 
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND OF PROPOSAL FOR IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL FACILITIES FEES AS AUTHORIZED BY EDUCATION CODE SECTION S 17620 AND GOVERNMENT CODES 65995
 
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that immediately following a public hearing on the matter, a proposed resolution(s) will be considered by the Governing Board of Castro Valley Unified School District at its regular meeting on March 13, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., which if adopted by the Board will implement development fees established by the District against residential construction and reconstruction at $ 5.17 per square foot and against new commercial or industrial construction at $ 0.84 a square foot.
 
The proposed fees are authorized by Education Code Section 17620 and Government Code Section 65995. Data pertaining to the cost of school facilities is available for inspection during regular business hours at the District’s administrative offices and on the district website at https://www.cv.k12.ca.us/publicnotices/
 
The fee, if approved by the Governing Board, will become effective on May 13, 2024, 2024, which is 60 days after the proposed adoption of the resolution levying such fee by the Governing Board.
 
The Castro Valley Unified School District has made available to the public data indicating the amount or estimated amount required to provide the service for which the fee would be levied, and the revenue sources anticipated to provide the service, including general fund revenues. Such data may be obtained at 4400 Alma Avenue, Castro Valley, Ca. 94546, or by contacting Suzy Chan, Assistant Superintendent of Business Services at 510-537-3000.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Posted December 4, 2023
 
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ADOPT AN INITIAL STUDY/MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION FOR THE CANYON MIDDLE SCHOOL FIELDS PROJECT AT 19600 CULL CANYON ROAD
 
Overview
Castro Valley Unified School District (CVUSD or District) is proposing to renovate the existing recreational fields at Canyon Middle School, located at 19600 Cull Canyon Road in Castro Valley, California. The Canyon Middle School Fields Project (proposed project) would include developing a synthetic turf athletic field with a new scoreboard, bleachers, pole-mounted lighting, a batting cage, and other peripheral features. It would improve campus accessibility with a new accessible drop-off point south of the field site. The currently relocatable restroom south of the project site would also be upgraded to a permanent building.

Subject: Notice of Intent to Adopt an Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for the Canyon Middle School Fields Project at 19600 Cull Canyon Road
 
Lead Agency:            Castro Valley Unified School District 
 
Project Location:       19600 Cull Canyon Road, Castro Valley, CA 94552
 
Findings
The Draft IS/MND prepared identifies less-than-significant effects in the following categories: Aesthetics, Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hydrology and Water Quality, Hazards and Hazardous Materials, Land Use and Planning, Noise, Population and Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Wildfire, Transportation, and Utilities and Service Systems. The Draft IS/MND identifies significant-but-mitigable effects in the following categories: Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Air Quality, Geology and Soils, and Tribal Cultural Resources. No significant and unavoidable impacts are identified.
 
The project site is not on a list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5. The proposed project is not considered a project of statewide, regional, or area wide significance.

Public Comment on the Environmental Review Document
CEQA Guidelines Section 15073(a) directs each Lead Agency to provide a public review period of at least (30) days. The public review period for this project will extend from Saturday, December 9, 2023 to Tuesday, January 9, 2024. Your comments on the IS/MND are welcome.  Please send any written comments with your name and/or the name of your agency contact person (if applicable), to the following address or email address by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2024:
 
Lynn Novak
Facilities Construction Project Manager
Castro Valley Unified School District
19600 Cull Canyon Road
Castro Valley, CA 94552
Email: [email protected]

Public Hearing
A Public Hearing to receive oral comments on the IS/MND will be held before the CVUSD Board of Education on December 14, 2023 at 6pm, at 4400 Alma Avenue, Castro Valley, CA 94546.  Board members will attend in-person.  The public may attend in-person or virtually using the following link: https://cv-k12-ca-us.zoom.us/j/84124649608 .  

Availability of the Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
A copy of the IS/MND can be reviewed at the office of the Facilities Construction Department, 19600 Cull Canyon Road, Castro Valley, CA 94552. An electronic copy of the IS/MND is available below:
 
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PUBLIC NOTICE
Posted December 4, 2023
Notice of Intent To Dispose of Surplus Textbooks and Instructional Materials

 

Pursuant to California Education Code 60510.5, Castro Valley Unified School District hereby gives notice of intent to dispose of the following:

 

Title

Copyright Year

Publisher

ISBN

Quantity

Webster's New World Dictionary, 4th Edition

2003

Wiley Publishing

0-7434-7069-9

1

The Clear & Simple Thesaurus Dictionary

1996

Scholastic Inc.

0-590-58074-4

1

School Dictionary

1987

Macmillan Publishing

0-02-195380-5

12

School Dictionary 2

1990

Macmillan Publishing

0-02-195004-0/6-8

34

School Dictionary

1977

Macmillan Publishing

Not Printed

13

Student Thesaurus

2007

Scholastic Inc.

0-439-02588-5

3

Webster's New Thesaurus for School, Home and Office

1989

Windsor Court

0-933895-31-3

3

Webster's New Dictionary & Roget's Thesaurus

1984

Thomas Nelson, Inc.

0-8407-4115-4

1

Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th Edition

1993

Merriam-Webster, Inc.

0-87779-708-0

1

Beginning Dictionary

1979

Houghton Mifflin

0-395-27400-1

1

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language

1971

World Publishing Company

0-13-944561-7

1

 

These items are expected to go to the Board for approval on January 31, 2024

If you have any questions, please contact April Wong at [email protected]

 

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Posted November 29, 2023

 

Regarding Accounting of Development Fees for 2022-2023 Fiscal Year In The Following Fund Or Account: Capital Facilities Fund 25

 

Senate Bill 1693 became effective on January 1, 1997, amended Sections 66001 and 66006 of the Government Code, and added Section 66008 to the Government Code.  These changes to existing law require that a school district make the following specific information available to the public within 180 days of the end of the fiscal year:

  1. A brief description of the type of fee in the separate fund.
  2. The amount of the fee.
  3. The beginning and ending balance in the fund.
  4. The amount of fees collected and the interest earned in the fund.
  5. An identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the amount of the expenditures on each improvement funded with fees.
  6. An identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement.
  7. A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account or fund, including the public improvement on which the transferred or loaned fees will be expended; and in the case of an interfund loan, the date on which the loan will be repaid and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan.
  8. The amount of refunds made pursuant to subdivision (e) of section 66001 and any allocations pursuant to subdivision (f) of section 66001.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted October 13, 2023
REAPPOINTMENT of MR. CHRISTOPHER LOW to the PERSONNEL COMMISSION
 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its regular board meeting to be held on October 25, 2023, will hold a public hearing regarding the reappointment of Mr. Christopher Low to the Personnel Commission.

 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted September 15, 2023

ASSURANCE OF SUFFICIENT TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its Regular Board Meeting to be held on September 27 , 2023 will hold a public hearing pursuant to, Education Code 60119 and 5 CCR 9531 regarding the sufficiency of instructional materials and determine through a resolution whether each student has sufficient textbooks and instructional materials.

 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted September 15, 2023

NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISPOSE OF SURPLUS TEXTBOOKS AND INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

Pursuant to California Education Code 60510.5, Castro Valley Unified School District hereby gives notice of intent to dispose of the following:

 

Title

Copyright Year

Publisher

ISBN

Quantity

501 Spanish Verbs

1990

Barron's Educational

0-8120-4362-6

1

A Midsummer Nights Dream

1993

Simon & Schuster

978-0-7434-7754-3

707

Algebra 2

2007

McDougall Littell

978-0-618-81181-6

1

Ancient Civilizations

2006

Pearson Education

0-13-181746-9

2

Bearstone Will Hobbs

1985

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-054596-X

10

Belle Prater's Boy

1996

Random House

0-440-41372-9

16

Bridge to Terabithia

1977

Avon Books

0-380-43281-1

16

Caddie Woodlawn

1935

Simon & Schuster

978-1-4169-4028-9

18

California Science

2008

Pearson Education

0-328-1841-7

1

Catherine Called Birdy

1994

Houghton Mifflin

0-06-440584-2

143

Deathwatch

1972

Dell Publishing

0-440-91740-9

28

Detectives in Togas

1956

First Scholastic

0-590-67446-3

84

Farewell to Manzanar

1973

Houghton Mifflin

0-553-23692-x

110

Focus on Life Science

2008

Prentice Hall

0-13-201272-3

2

Focus On Physical Science

2008

Prentice Hall

0-13-201270-7

3

Geometry

2007

McDougall Littell

978-0-618-81194-6

1

Geometry: Teacher's Edition

2008

Houghton Mifflin

978-0-395-97728-6

1

Geometry: Teacher's Edition

2007

McDougall Littell

978-0-618-59557-0

1

I am the Cheese

1977

Dell Publishing

0-440-94060-5

169

Interactive New Study Guide: A Companion to Math Accelerated

2014

McGraw Hill

978-0-07-664448-3

36

Just So Stories

1902

Penguin Group

0-14-036702-0

35

Literature California Reading & Language

2010

Pearson Education

978-0-13-366414-0

12

Manic Magee

1990

Harper Collins

0-395-77524-8

63

Math Algebra I

2008

McDougall Littell

978-0-618-72652-3

1

Medieval to Early Modern Time

2006

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-073399-5

3

Mummies, Tombs, And Treasures: Secrets of Ancient Egypt

1987

Scholastic

0-590-96226-4

396

Murder of the Orient Express

1960

Black Dog & Leventhal

1-57912-623-5

38

No Promises in the Wind

1970

Follet

0-425-09969-5

418

Number the Stars

1989

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books

0-440-40327-8

61

Of Nightingales That weep

1974

Harper Collins

0-690-00485-0

9

Passport to Algebra and Geometry: Teacher's Edition

1999

McDougall Littell

0-395-87989-2

1

Realidades Teacher Resource Book

Not Listed

Pearson Education

0-13-036044-9

1

Realidades Teacher's Edition

2004

Pearson Prentice Hall

0-13-035959-9

1

Realidades Teacher's Edition

2014

Pearson Education

0-13-319949-5

1

Realidades Writing, Audio & Video Workbook

2004

Pearson Education

0-13-036007-4

24

Reality Central

2010

Pearson Education

0-13-367435-5

19

Rebecca Sitton's Practice Book for Learning Spelling & Word Skills

2006

Egger Publishing

1-886050-77-5

100

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

1976

Penguin Group

0-14-038451-0

91

Sounder

1969

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-054707-5

9

Streams to the River, River to the Sea

1986

Houghton Mifflin

0-449-70244-8

32

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

1988

Perma-Bound Classics

374898

144

The Ancient World

1976

Scholastic

0-590-34735-7

22

The Call of the Wild with Connections

1903

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-054457-2

4

The Cay

1969

Doubleday & Company

0-380-0003-8

174

The Count of Monte Cristo

1844

Penguin Group

9-780140-373530

125

The Devils Arithmetic

1988

Penguin Group

0-14-034535-3

35

The Egypt Game

1967

Random House

0-440-42225-6

84

The Jungle Book

1988

Tom Doherty Associates

0-812-50469-0

89

The Pearl

1945

Penguin Group

0-14-01-7737 X

144

The Phantom Toll Booth

1961

Random House

0-394-82037-1

80

The Pigman

1968

Harper & Row

0-553-26321-8

6

The Pigman with Connections

1968

Harper Collins

0-03-054703-2

8

The Reluctant God

1988

Random House

0-449-70339-8

341

The Summer of the Swans

1970

Penguin Books

0-14-031420-2

60

The Yearling with Connections

1938

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-054778-4

10

Treasure Island

1990

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-054463-7

9

Tuck Everlasting

1975

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-054783-0

86

United States History: Independence to 1914

2006

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

978-0-03-041228-8

1

Webster's New Explorer Spanish-English Dictionary

2006

Federal Street Press

978-1-59695-000-9

14

World History

2008

Pearson Education

0-7854-6405-0

1

World History Ancient Civilizations

2006

Holt, Rinehart & Winston

0-03-073459-2

4

World History Ancient Civilizations

2006

McDougall Littell

0-618-53124-6

4

 

These items are expected to go to the Board for approval on December 13, 2023

If you have any questions, please contact April Wong at [email protected]

 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted September 1, 2023

ALAMEDA COUNTY COMMITTEE ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ORGANIZATION

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that, in accordance with Education Code section 5019(c)(2), the Alameda County Committee on School District Organization will hold a public hearing on the Castro Valley Unified School District’s (“District”) petition to establish trustee area elections for future Governing Board elections in compliance with the California Voting Rights Act.

 

On June 28, 2023, after five public hearings, at a noticed meeting the District’s Board adopted Resolution # 68-22/23, for approval with Scenario 3 as the District's adopted Trustee Area Map with Trustee Areas 1, 2 & 5 scheduled for elections in November 2024 and Trustee Areas 3 & 4 scheduled for election in November 2026.  Information regarding the District’s election transition process remains available on the District’s website at http://www.cv.k12.ca.us/by-trustee-elections-cvra/.

 

In accordance with Education Code section 5019(c)(2), the Alameda County Committee on School District Organization shall approve or disapprove of the District’s proposal at the conclusion of the hearing.

 

YOU WILL THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing will be held before the Alameda County Committee on School District Organization as follows:

 

            Date:               September 12, 2023

 

            Place:              District Office Boardroom

    4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546

 

            Time:               6:30 p.m.

 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted June 5, 2023
CASTRO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Governing Board of the Castro Valley Unified School District as part of the transition to a by-trustee area election system to receive community comments and public testimony concerning proposed trustee voting area plans.


YOU WILL THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing will be held before the Governing Board of the District as follows:

 
Date:
 
June 14, 2023
 
Place:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Office Boardroom
4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546
or
 
 
*If you are participating via Zoom and would like to address the Board, please complete a “Request to Speak” form via the Google form www.cv.k12.ca.us/publiccomment/ and submit it prior to the start of this agenda item.
 
Time
6:00 p.m. 
 
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted June 5, 2023
CASTRO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Governing Board of the Castro Valley Unified School District as part of the transition to a by-trustee area election system to receive community comments and public testimony concerning proposed trustee voting area plans.


YOU WILL THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing will be held before the Governing Board of the District as follows:

 
Date:
 
June 12, 2023
 
Place:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Office Boardroom
4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546
or
 
 
*If you are participating via Zoom and would like to address the Board, please complete a “Request to Speak” form via the Google form www.cv.k12.ca.us/publiccomment/ and submit it prior to the start of this agenda item.
 
Time 5:00 p.m. 
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE 
 

Proposed 2023-2024 Preliminary Budget and the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP)

 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its regularly scheduled board meeting on June 14, 2023, will hold a public hearing on the Proposed 2023-2024 Preliminary Budget and the Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP), in accordance with the provisions of Education Code Section 42103.  Public Inspection of the Preliminary Budget will be available 72 hours before the public hearing on the district’s website. 

 

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted May 15, 2023
CASTRO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Governing Board of the Castro Valley Unified School District as part of the transition to a by-trustee area election system to receive community comments and public testimony concerning the composition of potential trustee voting areas associated with the District’s transition to a by-trustee area election system in advance of the preparation of draft trustee voting area plans by the District’s demographer.

YOU WILL THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing will be held before the Governing Board of the District as follows:
 
Date:
 
May 22, 2023
 
Place:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Office Boardroom
4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546
or
 
 
*If you are participating via Zoom and would like to address the Board, please complete a “Request to Speak” form via the Google form www.cv.k12.ca.us/publiccomment/ and submit it prior to the start of this agenda item.
 
Time:  6:00 p.m. 
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted May 3, 2023
 

The Mid-Alameda County SELPA Regional Policy Board hereby gives notice that a Public Hearing will be held as follows: 
 
Topic of Hearing
Mid-Alameda County SELPA Annual Budget Plan
Mid-Alameda County SELPA Annual Service Plan
 
Date:   May 19, 2023
Time:   5:15 - 6:45 pm
Location:  Castro Valley Unified School District, Staff Development Center
4400 Alma Avenue
Castro Valley, CA 94546

For additional information: Please contact the SELPA office at (510) 537-3000 x1220
 
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 
Posted May 1, 2023
CASTRO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Governing Board of the Castro Valley Unified School District as part of the transition to a by-trustee area election system to receive community comments and public testimony concerning the composition of potential trustee voting areas associated with the District’s transition to a by-trustee area election system in advance of the preparation of draft trustee voting area plans by the District’s demographer.

YOU WILL THEREFORE TAKE NOTICE THAT a public hearing will be held before the Governing Board of the District as follows:
 
Date:
 
May 9, 2023
 
Place:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
District Office Boardroom
4400 Alma Ave., Castro Valley, CA 94546
or
 
 
*If you are participating via Zoom and would like to address the Board, please complete a “Request to Speak” form via the Google form www.cv.k12.ca.us/publiccomment/ and submit it prior to the start of this agenda item.
 
Time: 
 
6:00 p.m. 
 
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PUBLIC NOTICE 
Posted April 26, 2023
 

2023-2024 Personnel Commission Budget

Notice is hereby given
that the Personnel Commission of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its regular meeting to be held on May 16, 2023, will have a Public Hearing on the 2023-2024 Personnel Commission Budget in accordance with the provisions of Education Code Section 45253.

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PUBLIC NOTICE 
Posted December 4, 2022
 

Variable Term Waiver for 2022/2023 for Carly Becerra – English and Art Single Subject for Grade 9th-12th, American Literature, Yearbook and Art, at Redwood High School and CVVA

Notice is hereby given that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at a board meeting to be held on December 14, 2022, at 6:00 p.m., will hold a public hearing on the approval of the Variable Term Waiver for 2022/2023 for Carly Becerra – English and Art Single Subject for Grade 9th-12th, American Literature, Yearbook and Art, at Redwood High School and CVVA. Carly Becerra has completed the Preliminary Multiple Subject Credential Program with CalStateTEACH and is finishing the California Teaching Performance Assessment (CalTPA). Her employment with Castro Valley Unified School District will be on the basis of a credential waiver.

 

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Posted November 28, 2022

 

Regarding Accounting of Development Fees for 2021-2022 Fiscal Year In The Following Fund Or Account: Capital Facilities Fund 25

 

Senate Bill 1693 became effective on January 1, 1997, amended Sections 66001 and 66006 of the Government Code, and added Section 66008 to the Government Code.  These changes to existing law require that a school district make the following specific information available to the public within 180 days of the end of the fiscal year:

  1. A brief description of the type of fee in the separate fund.
  2. The amount of the fee.
  3. The beginning and ending balance in the fund.
  4. The amount of fees collected and the interest earned in the fund.
  5. An identification of each public improvement on which fees were expended and the amount of the expenditures on each improvement funded with fees.
  6. An identification of an approximate date by which the construction of the public improvement will commence if the local agency determines that sufficient funds have been collected to complete financing on an incomplete public improvement.
  7. A description of each interfund transfer or loan made from the account or fund, including the public improvement on which the transferred or loaned fees will be expended; and in the case of an interfund loan, the date on which the loan will be repaid and the rate of interest that the account or fund will receive on the loan.
  8. The amount of refunds made pursuant to subdivision (e) of section 66001 and any allocations pursuant to subdivision (f) of section 66001.
 
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PUBLIC NOTICE

Posted October 14, 2022

 

Reappointment of Mrs. Wilkerson to the Personnel Commission
 
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its regular board meeting to be held on October 26, 2022, will hold a public hearing regarding the reappointment of Mrs. Toni Wilkerson to the Personnel Commission.
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PUBLIC NOTICE

Posted September 5, 2022

 

Assurance of Sufficient Textbooks and Instructional Materials
 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Education of the Castro Valley Unified School District, at its Regular Board Meeting to be held on September 14, 2022 will hold a public hearing pursuant to, Education Code 60119 and 5 CCR 9531 regarding the sufficiency of instructional materials and determine through a resolution whether each student has sufficient textbooks and instructional materials.