Tag Archives: AUSD

Sweet home Alameda

The Merry‑Go‑Round always has been unabashedly – and unashamedly – Alameda‑centric. Whenever we read a story comparing California cities by various metrics, our first instinct is to see whether the City of Alameda is mentioned.  And if it isn’t, we … Continue reading

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What Alameda is doing to prepare for the coronavirus

Relentlessly (if parochially) focused on all things Alameda, the Merry-Go-Round began to wonder, as we watched and read the stories about the coronavirus (aka COVID-19) crisis, what our local public agencies were preparing to do about it. So we decided … Continue reading

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Measure A (the other one)

“It is a priority of the Board of Education to increase employee salaries. . . .” Thus Alameda Unified School District Board member Mia Bonta declared on December 21, 2018, just 10 days after she was sworn in and immediately … Continue reading

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AUSD to the rescue?

If you’re one of those hoping that the development approved for Site A at Alameda Point actually will come to pass, you’d better be nice – very nice – to the Alameda Unified School District, because, without AUSD’s assistance, the project … Continue reading

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The truth about Trish

Boy, the Inner Ring sure doesn’t like Mayoral candidate Trish Spencer.

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The art of the deal

The Merry-Go-Round thought of asking The Donald – Trump, not Perata –  for his opinion about the three-way deal among the City, the School District, and the Housing Authority now sailing through an expedited approval process, but he was getting … Continue reading

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