Dear Benicia Community.  Welcome to 2020!  The Board, staff and I are excited about the outstanding progress taking place throughout our great school district and are enthusiastically looking toward the remainder of the year. Below are some highlights regarding our...

Dear Benicia Community, Winter break is upon us and the season for reflecting on accomplishments and milestones over the past year. The holiday season is a time to be with family and friends and to be thankful for the gifts that we have in our lives.  We...

Dear Benicia Community, The research is abundantly clear and excitingly optimistic: the positive effects of daily acts of gratitude and kindness towards others and oneself can have transformationally positive effects in so many areas of our lives,...

Dear Benicia USD Community:As the District continues to move through the process of transitioning to “by-Trustee-area” elections under the legal requirements of the California Voting Rights Act (CVRA), we have reached a critical point.  The District is...

Welcome back to another AMAZING! Year in the Benicia Unified School District.An Amazing Start!: This is my fifth year as your superintendent and I am delighted to say we are off to a notably positive start. Each year begins with a gathering of all staff in...

Dear Benicia Community. We are 38 days into the school year, and I hope you and your children are settling into another positive and productive school year.  This is always my favorite time of year as the seasons change and we move to cooler days and...

Dear Benicia Community, I am pleased to announce that the District and Benicia Teachers Association (BTA) reached a tentative agreement on August 7th.  I was informed yesterday evening that BTA members voted to ratify the agreement.  This agreement settles...

Dear Benicia Community, I hope these summer months are providing you with some space and time to relax, rejuvenate, and gear up for the 2018-19 school year.  School starts on August 20, 2018, and we are enthusiastically preparing for the new school year!...

Dear Benicia Community, On behalf of the Benicia Unified School Board Trustees, I wanted to take a moment to update you on the negotiations process with the Benicia Unified Teachers Union (BTA). We appreciate the public's patience as we work through this...

Dear Benicia Community. I wanted to take a moment to update you on the negotiations process to date with the Benicia Teachers Association (BTA).  In my last newsletter, I shared that BTA declared impasse on February 6, 2018, and that the parties would be...