This month, students across the Alameda Unified School District are engaged in multiple efforts to help the members of our community, including food drives, warm coat drives, toy collections, gift card donations, and community efforts to support specific families who may be struggling. We are grateful for and impressed by these efforts every year, but this year especially given how many people are struggling.
At the November 18 Board of Education meeting, AUSD welcomed Carrie Hahnel as a new Boardmember. The Board selected Ms. Hahnel, who is an expert in education policy, finance, and data, to fill the seat left vacant when Meleah Hall resigned in late September.
Ms. Hahnel is currently a Senior Associate Partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit. Prior to working at Bellwether, Ms. Hahnel held leadership roles at the Opportunity Institute, Education Trust-West, and the KIPP Foundation. She has served on AUSD’s parcel tax oversight committees (including as chair) and on the Maya Lin School Site Council.
Six people applied for the vacant seat. After a ranking process, the Board chose two to interview before making their decision…