Empowering Our Future

     Four (4) of the central roles of a MCOE Board member relate to the core responsibilities of the MCOE: (1) Providing curriculum and teachers for students with Special Needs (and coordinating same for the School Districts); (2) Financial Oversight of member School Districts to assure solvency; (3) hearing of Interdistrict transfer appeals, and (4) Collective Bargaining with the Unions involved with the MCOE.  

     Regarding these central roles, Nancy’s relevant education and expertise will provide valuable support:

   (1)  Financial Oversight: for over 20 years Nancy served on different Oversight Committees for the review and approval of millions of dollars of public bond money spent on many local schools. Nancy is experienced and knowledgeable in the critical review and evaluation of complex financial records that are school related. 

   (2)   Special Needs coordination and provision. The MCOE provides programs for special needs students directly and/or coordinates with the local School Districts regarding their offerings for Special Needs students to assure accurate and complete matchings and to do so economically and to best avoid costly duplication where coordination can be accomplished. Nancy has handled Special Needs student matters for clients, in turn requiring research and familiarity with complex legal statutes and regulations regarding a school’s responsibilities to Special Needs families. This is a difficult skill to master and one that Nancy has developed - which will benefit the MCOE. 

   (3)    Collective Bargaining.  Nancy was trained in Collective Bargaining at her undergraduate school: Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and has participated in different Collective Bargaining negotiations professionally.  As an attorney Nancy is familiar with a wide range of labor laws, including employment and discrimination matters, as part of her law practice. Nancy has practiced before the NLRB and EEOC and the California Civil Rights Department.  Her knowledge and experience will be of value to the Board during important labor negotiations.

   (4)    Interdistrict transfer appeals.  Nancy is accustomed to applying rules/statutes/guidelines to facts as presented, and has handled many hearings and appeals which experience enhances her ability to properly handle such matters. 

     Nancy is well equipped to assist the MCOE with its core responsibilities to the public.