06/15/2026
Week 38 Last Week of School
2025-2026 Review
Thank you for another week to serve. This has been the hardest year as your trustee, but I am a better version of myself for it. Thank you for the struggle, the pushback, the criticism, the support, and the lessons. I better able to serve students because of all of it.
Individual and collective accountability and responsibility in and out of governance is the key to sustainable progress.
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
— Benjamin Franklin
Monday 6-8-26
1. Lupine Hills Adapted PE Field Day
Tuesday 6-9-26
1. WCCUSD antiracism forum
2. Vista Virtual and Land Vista Graduation
3. Senior Walk Back
Wednesday 6-10-26
1. Betty Reid visit
2. Hercules Middle School Promotion Ceremony
Thursday 6-11-26
1. Hercules High School Graduation rehearsal
2. Hercules High School Senior breakfast
Friday 6-12-26
1. Hercules High School Graduation rehearsal
2. Hercules High School’s Senior luncheon
3. Lupine Hills 5th Grade Promotion
4. Ohlone’s 5th Grade Promotion
5. Treats to Hercules Middle School
Saturday 6-13-26
1. Hercules High School’s Graduation
2. Pinole Valley High School’s Graduation
“When we talk about the budget, we aren’t kicking the can down the road. These decisions are kicking kids.”
“Accountability is the glue that ties commitment to the result." — Bob Proctor
“The worst way to solve a problem is to pretend it doesn’t exist.”
“Bad decisions made with good intentions, are still bad decisions.” -James C. Collins
“You [I] are [am] responsible for the predictable consequences of your [my] actions. -Chomsky
“Your choices determine your impact”-Mark Miller
“May your choices reflect your hope not your fears.”
-Nelson Mandela
Fear will silence you if you let it. Truth will free you if you speak it.-Richard Pryor
“Intentions do not insulate us from the consequences of our actions.”
-John D. Harrison
"If you are silent about your pain, they'll kill you and say you enjoyed it."
— Zora Neale Hurston
“The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in
America is the Black woman.”
-Malcolm X
“A culture of accountability makes a good organization great and a great organization unstoppable”
-Henry Evans
“Nobody plays victim better than the people who caused the issue.”
“One of the hardest things in life to learn are which bridges to cross and which bridges to burn.”
-Oprah Winfrey
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.”
-Malcolm X
“Keep every promise you make and only make promises you
can keep.”
-Anthony Hitt
“In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.”
– Albert Einstein
“Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same.” -Condoleezza Rice
“A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.”
-Rosalynn Carter
“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others."
-MLK
