For those looking to help the family of San Leandro High freshman Myrna Umanzor, who was tragically killed last Friday, SLUSD has helped set up the Myrna Umanzor Memorial Fund at Wells Fargo’s downtown San Leandro branch. Anyone wishing to make a contribution can either send a check directly to the bank or bring a check (made out to Myrna Umanzor Memorial Fund) or cash to any District school site to be deposited to the account.
The new City Manager, Chris Zapata, started work yesterday (1/30/12). He will be at the City Council meeting on Feb. 6th, and will be introduced to the community at the “Coffee with the Mayor” on Feb. 10th t 8:00 am, both at the City Council chambers in City Hall. Usually, when a new City Manager joins the City, the Council holds a reception for him at City Hall. So far they have not announced one.
In this day and age most people with computers at home prefer to communicate by e-mail. It’s quicker, convenient and recipients can read your e-mail when it’s convenient for them. The San Leandro School District, however, makes e-mailing teachers and administrators almost impossible. They use a spam filtering system which by default sends most messages from certain domains (including gmail.com, but also private domains) straight to the spam folder. If the recipient doesn’t check their spam folder – and, personally, I rarely check mine -, they’ll never see it. If you’re lucky, they may see it a day after you [Continue Reading]
Police are searching for Henry Leon, a 19-yo Oakland resident who is suspected of stabbing to death 15-yo Myrna Lizeth Umanzor, on Friday evening. Umanzor was a student at the San Leandro High School’s 9th Grade Campus. Police were called to the 1900 block of Pacific Ave. where they found Umanzor suffering from multiple stab wounds; she died short after. Leon is the father of her 9-month old baby. The relationship between the two seemed strained, as there are no mentions or photos of the victim in Leon’s Facebook page. Judging by the FB page, Leon seems to be quite [Continue Reading]
Apparently, several positions at City Hall are being paid in part by Redevelopment money, which is going away (or at least will be cut down) as the Redevelopment agencies are disbanded. At the Jan. 23rd meeting, Luke Sims, the city’s Community Development Director, mentioned that 40% of his $200K+ salary comes from Redevelopment money, and if the city wants to keep him, the City Council will have to find the money to make up the difference. Now, this seems to me like a perfect opportunity to get rid of the “community” development director, which has done little to improve San [Continue Reading]