BOARD OF DIRECTORS UPDATE

Permanence

1 Permanence

To build a place that furthers the magic of our community, spaces, and programs

2 NURTURE + GROW

To nurture the professional growth of our team and continue to attract and retain the best educators

On Permanence, having already brought our K-8 community all together under one roof at our Mission campus, we then opened our warm, beautiful, and inspiring Silicon Valley campus in East Palo Alto last year. We have been laser-focused on our new building project for the Mission campus, and are excited to have begun voluntary retrofitting and cosmetic improvement of San Carlos Hall, which is part of the Mission campus on South Van Ness.

Thanks to our fearless leader, Valentina, our amazing faculty and staff, and the commitment of our parent community and Board, we have accomplished a great deal this year. On behalf of the Board, we are so excited to share with you all the work we have been doing behind the scenes, and to celebrate La Scuola’s amazing successes.

While we have just begun our next 5-year strategic plan, we would like to provide an update on the 5 pillars (Permanence, Nurture and Grow, Heart and Mind, Community, and Thriveability) of our strategic plan that is coming to an end. We are so happy to report making significant progress across the board.

Lama Nachman, Board Chair Courtenay Brown, Board Co-Chair

3

HEART + MIND

To integrate the richness and strength of the IB framework with the intentionality and creativity of the Reggio Emilia Pedagogy to ensure that our students understand the world and create their place in it

4

Community

To preserve our unique multiculturalism and further diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging within our community

5

Thriveability

To transition from sustainability to thriveability

The Facilities Committee has prioritized both of these projects. Regarding San Carlos Hall, we commenced construction in June and we are on track for our renovations to be complete by the start of next school year. These improvements to the gym, stage, and ateliers upstairs will make the space much more usable for sports and activities and allow plenty of room for community gatherings and events.

Regarding the new building, the site permit was submitted in December, and we expect entitlements to be completed by July; we are on track to obtain our building permit in October.

As many of you are already aware, the Embrace Committee, focused on our capital campaign, has been working tirelessly to raise the funds necessary for this incredible project. We made great progress this year and are almost two-thirds of the way to our goal; we will continue to run as fast as possible to achieve our dream.

Concurrently, we approached lenders/banks in the first quarter of 2023, and are working now with a loan consultant to secure financing to be in place for the start of construction. While we still need more support in order to reach our goal, we are confident about