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School board honors retiring Stevenson principal
Mountain View Whisman’s school board honored Stevenson Elementary School Principal Terri Lambert on the eve of her retirement, with a resolution recognizing her work in the district for over a decade.
Lambert was the principal of Castro Elementary School from 2013 to 2021 and has led Stevenson since 2022. At a board meeting on Thursday, Jan. 30, trustees unanimously passed the resolution honoring Lambert, who planned to retire this week.
Interim Superintendent Kevin Skelly noted the impact Lambert has had on the district, which he first saw when he was previously the district’s interim superintendent in 2015.
“I first met you when you were at Castro, leading that school with such care and love,” Skelly said. “Then I come back and you’re at Stevenson doing the very same thing.”
Board member Devon Conley recalled that when Lambert was principal at Castro, she would go to students’ homes to make sure they came to summer school.
“You’ve brought that dedication to every single child that you work with,” Conley said. “I’ve seen it year, after year, after year. I know you are loved by our community in return for your dedication.”
With Lambert’s retirement on Jan. 30, districtwide Director of Equity Megan Pohlman will be filling in on an interim basis.
Mountain View Whisman begins superintendent search process
The Mountain View Whisman school board voted unanimously at a Jan. 30 meeting to approve a $27,500 contract with Leadership Associates to conduct a search for the district’s next superintendent.
The district had interviewed three potential search firms and provisionally selected Leadership Associates at a meeting the prior week. This Thursday’s vote formalized the agreement.
Mountain View Whisman is looking to hire a superintendent in time for next school year. Ayindé Rudolph resigned in November after leading the district since 2015.
Jacki Horejs of Leadership Associates led the board members through a detailed discussion about the search process at Thursday’s meeting. That included discussing how to gather community input, getting feedback from board members on what traits they want the new superintendent to possess and nailing down the timeline for the search.
The board is aiming to have a candidate ready to appoint at an April 3 meeting.
Historical association hosts event on history of innovation
The Mountain View Historical Association is scheduled to host an event on Sunday, Feb. 2, highlighting innovators and patent holders from the city’s early days through to the present.
The free event will be held at the Historic Adobe Building, 157 Moffett Blvd., starting at 2 p.m.
For more information and to RSVP, visit tinyurl.com/MVPatentPioneers.
