Special Letter From Dr. Stella M. Kemp To The San Bruno Community

Article Source: Dr. Stella M. Kemp

May 24, 2019

Dear Staff, Parents, and Members of the Community:

I came to San Bruno Park School District eager to roll up my sleeves and dedicate myself to addressing the challenges the District was facing. You joined forces with me to begin moving the District forward, supporting a vision for San Bruno children to give them Schools with Tomorrow Inside. The vision has required you to understand and support change necessary to ensure success for today’s students and those yet to be served by our school. Such things as the school consolidation of El Crystal, the recruitment and hiring of new leadership in the areas of instruction and special education; and, importantly, change to accomplish fiscal recovery all have happened in the past two years. Indeed, there is no better example of what a school community can achieve when working together on behalf of children than the November 2018 election results demonstrating the overwhelming support of Measure X to transform facilities.

Likewise, educational transformation in the District requires that same energy of commitment to support the District’s values, vision, and mission. We have just completed a rewarding process of developing a Portrait of the Graduate that will become a beacon for guiding transformation work – a collaborative effort that involved educational leaders, parents, students, and the corporate sector who contributed thoughtful input on what competencies students need to possess when they enter the workplace of tomorrow.

We have attracted hundreds of thousands of dollars from community donors and the corporate sector to implement new and sustain existing educational programs. We are garnering honors and awards. We have a new website and branding. and professional development for all staff is underway.

In short – together – we have come a very long way in moving the District forward in the past 22 months that I have been Superintendent. This momentum must continue.

An opportunity, which does not come around often, has presented itself to me to lead a comprehensive district where I can apply my training and passion for educating the whole child from ages Pre-K through 12th grade. Yesterday evening, I was appointed, effective July 1, 2019, as the new Superintendent of the Santa Clara Unified School District , which serves 15,500 students in 26 schools plus another 6,000 enrolled in preschool and adult school.

San Bruno Park School District is richly blessed with strong community partnerships that have supported change in our District. It has been a distinct honor and privilege for me to work with all of you to lay a foundation for the School with Tomorrow Inside vision for 21st century schools in San Bruno to support student success now and for generations to come.

I will look forward to joining you for the ground breaking of the new Allen Elementary School – just the beginning of the new chapter you will write together, which has the potential for placing San Bruno Park School District on the map among the best of the best in the Bay Area.

Appreciatively,

/s/ Stella M. Kemp, Ed. D.

Superintendent

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