Thank you Juliet Lemar and KSBY for "Showing What's Possible is Public Education!" ksby.com/santa-barbara-… KSBY Juliet Lemar

U.S. Rep. Huffman and U.S. Senator Van Hollen reintroduced the bicameral IDEA Full Funding Act to ensure all children with disabilities can access a free, high-quality public education. This legislation ensures that Congress fulfills its commitment. SSDA

Christian Jackson and I are excited to present at the SSDA Annual State Conference to Superintendents and School Board members from across California! Christian SSDA

Check out my latest article: Mountain Empire Unified School District’s Battle for Safer, Functional Schools linkedin.com/pulse/mountain… via LinkedIn

Great example of why "one-size fits all" doesn't always work in our rural and small communities. Thank you Louise Simson for sharing! Why the state should bend spending rules for small rural school districts edsource.org/?page_id=730334 via EdSource

2025 SSDA State Conference: Empowering Educators, Inspiring Learners. linkedin.com/pulse/2025-ssd… via LinkedIn

Check out my latest article: Wearing Every Hat: The People Who Keep California’s Smallest Schools Running linkedin.com/pulse/wearing-… via LinkedIn

Happy Mother’s Day from SSDA! We celebrate the incredible moms who teach, lead, love, and inspire—both at home and in our schools. Thank you for your tireless dedication and heart. You make the world brighter, one child at a time. #MothersDay2025

It was great to see you Amy Alzina, Ed.D and catch up on all the great work you are doing around the State! Congrats on your appointment as chair of the AI Task Force.

New national survey of teachers by Gallup & the Walton Foundation finds that teachers who use AI (about 60% of all teachers) report saving 5.9 hours a week as a result & improving quality, too. Also, teachers who use AI like it (teachers who have never used it are more negative)

Two of my favorite people ⁦Bode Gower⁩ and Jamie Green. Check out the Podcast - Hour | Gower Hour, Episode 12: Superintendent of the Trinity Alps Unified School District Jaime Green gowerhour.transistor.fm/episodes/gower…

🇺🇸 Happy 4th of July from SSDA! Today we celebrate the freedom, strength & unity that make our small school communities so powerful. Here’s to Engaging, Empowering & Elevating — every day. ✨ SSDA #FourthOfJuly #SmallButMighty #SSDA #E3Forum

The SSDA supports AB 1224 to help with the staffing shortages faced by many small and rural school districts. Districts need more options to ensure stability, continuity for students edsource.org/?page_id=735473 via @edsource

It’s time for Congress to pass and President to sign into law the Reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools Act! This is hurting students. Thank you Jamie Green for supporting rural schools. Rural schools face budget crisis as federal funding stalls krcrtv.com/news/local/rur…

I am excited to be kicking off our first, incredibly creative and innovative, 2025 Superintendency Retreat and Elevat-Ed Forum for New and Aspiring Superintendents, tomorrow morning at the Hyatt Regency Newport Beach!

Kicked off the SSDA Superintendents’ Retreat with a powerful welcome from the Executive Director, Yuri Calderon, and a keynote by Dr. Candy Singh that brought the room to tears. 💚 Trust. Inspiration. Courage. Small schools. BIG thinking.

Check out my latest article: Leading Smalls, Thinking Big: Highlights from the 2025 Small School Superintendency Retreat linkedin.com/pulse/leading-… via LinkedIn

Check out my latest article: Empowering Small & Rural School Districts in the Age of AI: A Model for Thoughtful Implementation linkedin.com/pulse/empoweri… via LinkedIn

Check out this great back to school video demonstrating pride in being a small and rural school district in California. Thank you, Superintendent Bryan Easter, for sharing your video with SSDA youtu.be/JUPAVC6DUAs