​The Milpitas Unified School District was successful during the election conducted on November 6, 2018, to issue up to $284 million of the District’s general obligation bonds (Measure AA). The District will establish a Citizen’s Bond Oversight Committee (CBOC), which has the duties and rights set forth in the CBOC bylaws.
 
The purpose of the CBOC is to provide oversight and accountability on the expenditures funded by Measure AA to ensure that the said funds are spent for the purposes approved by the voters. The CBOC monitors the expenditures of these funds by the District and reports to the Board of Education and the community, on an annual basis on how these funds have been spent. An annual audit is a part of the CBOC’s report to the Board.
 
The District is requesting written applications for the seven (7) openings based on criteria established by Proposition 39. The applicant must either be:

1. (1) One member: Active in a business organization representing the business community located in the District.
2. (1) One member: Active in a taxpayers association.

 
To be qualified, candidates must be at least 18 years of age. The Committee may not include any employee or official of the District, or any vendor, contractor, or consultant of the District. The appointed member shall serve a 1-2 year term outlined in the CBOC Bylaws. The committee members shall not be compensated for their services. The committee shall meet approximately four times a year. All meetings shall be held within the Milpitas Unified School District in Santa Clara County.
 
For more information, or to request an application form, please contact the Superintendent’s Office at (408) 635-2600 ext. 6031 or click here to download the form. A Board subcommittee, consisting of at least two Board members and the Superintendent, will review and evaluate the applications. Selected applicants will be contacted for the interview process. 

​Click here to download application form. 
​Click here to view Bylaws for Citizen Bond Oversight Committee

​Notice is hereby given that at 7:00 p.m. on January 22, 2019 in the Board of Education Room Building 500 at 1331 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas, California, the Governing Board of Milpitas Unified School District will hold a public hearing on the Disclosure of Collective Bargaining Agreement for the Milpitas Teachers Association (MTA).

​By Kristan Prolo, Sinnott Elementary School Assistant Principal

Sinnott held its Fall Festival October 26. Many teachers had booths to challenge our students' minds, coordination, skill, and even dance moves. There were many laughs and high fives, especially when a sixth grader or teacher was the recipient of a well aimed pie. While we enjoyed having fun completing various games, our history was on full display in the multi-use room to celebrate 50 years. Laughs were also had here as students found some of their parents old elementary school pictures in the yearbooks on display. While we were dressed in 50s wear for the 50th day of school, it reinforced Sinnott's storied history of the previous years.

By Myrna Alayan, Randall fifth grade teacher

Randall Elementary fifth grade students and their families got to take pizza with a Hispanic Heritage book to go home with them on Monday, October 15. Diana Lara, Supervising Librarian at Milpitas Library, organized a Hispanic Heritage Event with Mariachis and Arts and Crafts like making Ojos de Dios and playing Loteria. 

From 6:30-7 p.m., families sat to listen to a library orientation. Students got their library cards and browsed the cart and tables that Lara set up for them with books of Tito Puente, Isabel Allende, Frida Kahlo, Sonia Sotomayor, Lionel Messi, Roberto Clemente, Alex Rodriguez, Cesar Chavez, Sandra Cisneros, and many others.  At 7 p.m., as kids ate their pizza and read their books, Mariachis played songs like Cielito Lindo. 

Padres Unidos helped make this event a success. 

Allison Guerrero, a fifth grade student at Randall, created a piece of art work for her teacher Mrs. Alayan  She hopes to be like Frida Kahlo one day. 

By Spangler Assistant Principal Kristina Ravo

All of the students at Spangler Elementary School participated in the Spartan Sprint on October 12, completing as many laps as they could in a 20 minute window. Together, students raised more $5,000 and with the money that still needs to be turned in, we believe we'll make our goal of $6,000. This event was put on by our PTA and all the students had fun running, cheering each other on, and completing enough laps to earn prizes such as pizza for their whole class from Principal Luis Lopez.

By Burnett Principal Hanna Asrat

The Try it Truck is a brand new mobile engineering lab out of the Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito. They visited Burnett's first through third graders graders on October 2.

Students were able to explore, build, and invent with classmates using a variety of tools and materials. One teacher told me, "My only complaint is that I didn't get to go inside the truck to build, too!" The students were so excited (I heard more than a few students gasp and exclaim, "Oh my gosh!" as they walked onto the blacktop!) and had a great time engineering. Our STEM teacher was impressed with the program, too! So much so that we're going to try to get them to come back for our fourth through sixth grade students later in the year!