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County awards grants to local schools, nonprofit
The San Mateo Count Office of Education awarded over $1 million to local schools and nonprofits through the United for Youth grant. The grant is funded through Measure K and aims to support educational programs that enhance youth behavioral health across the county.
The school districts and nonprofits were selected by the Coalition for Safe Schools and Communities United for Youth Leadership Team. Recipients of the grant include Ravenswood City School District, Redwood City Together, Sequoia Union High School District and Jefferson Elementary School District. Each was granted about $330,000.
Redwood City Together will be using the grant to bring Redwood City youth into behavioral health job training programs and internships. Ravenswood City School District will be expanding its Ravenswood Wellness Partnership to increase services to East Palo Alto communities. Sequoia Union High School District hopes to implement a model that addresses educator wellness, build restorative practices and support for juvenile-justice involved youth.
Menlo College installs new sculpture
Menlo College unveiled a new sculpture by artist David Middlebrook, commissioned by alumus and trustee David Irmer. The public art piece, titled “Impact,” is located outside the college’s newest resident hall Arrillaga Hall.
The sculpture features a 16th century hand-carved Italian Carrara marble column topped with a Native American canoe. According to Middlebrook, the art piece reflects the “temporal relationship and cultural tension between early European settlers and Indigenous peoples.
“Art provides a chance for our students to embrace the unknown, expand their worldview and be inspired,” said Menlo College President Steven Weiner in a press release. “Impact challenges us to reflect on history, power, and resilience—and its presence on campus embodies our values of critical thinking and global awareness.”
— Jennifer Yoshikoshi
Menlo Park city council resumes
After being on summer break for five weeks, the Menlo Park City Council will meet on its regular schedule for the first time since July 8. The council meeting is on Aug. 12 at 6 p.m. The city council usually meets on the second and forth Tuesdays of every month.
Other city councils also take breaks around late summer. The Atherton Town Council will not meet for the month of August and the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors took July off, with the exception of a special meeting to protest oil and gas development on federal public lands and meet in closed session.
— Arden Margulis
