Education Briefs Education Briefs (February 03, 2006)

District holds forum for superintendent search

Community members are invited to a public forum at the Mountain View-Los Altos High School District to tell the board what they would like to see in a new leader for the district.

Superintendent Rich Fischer will retire at the end of the school year, and the district has already hired the search firm Leadership Associates -- the same firm that found Fischer -- to select a new superintendent for Mountain View-Los Altos.

"A significant part of the selection process will be to solicit input from students, staff and community in order to develop a profile for our new superintendent," the district said in a press release.

The forum will take place Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in the district office board room, located at 1299 Bryant Ave. in Mountain View. For those unable to attend, the Leadership Associates consultants will be available in the district office all day on Feb. 7, and are accepting calls and e-mails with input. For more information, contact Mary Moore at (650) 940-4669 or mary.moore@mvla.net.

Cash for College Day

Current and potential college students and their parents are invited to Foothill College's Cash for College Day on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Foothill's financial aid professionals will be available throughout the event to answer individual questions and provide free assistance to students and their parents. This includes a workshop from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid form.

This event is intended for students attending or planning to attend any type of college, from community college to UC to private school. It will take place in room J-2 of Foothill College's Middlefield campus, located at 4000 Middlefield Road in Palo Alto. Admission and parking are free, and the event is open to the public. For more information, contact Josephine Christensen at (650) 949-6987 or christensenjosephine@foothill.edu. Or, visit www.foothill.edu/aid.
-- Molly Tanenbaum

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