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Former Meta chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg and Cumming Management Group, a district contractor working on the bond, are the largest donors to the Committee for MPCSD Student Safety, a committee that is backing Menlo Park City School District’s $124 million infrastructure bond for the Nov. 5 election.
Cumming Group is a project management company that has worked with school districts around the Bay Area, including MPCSD on infrastructure projects. Cumming Group subsidiary, RGM Kramer, has worked with the district multiple times. The district has already signed contracts with a total budget not to exceed $241,290 with RGM Kramer for facilities planning and grant applications for this facilities bond.
“We’ve been reaching out to people in the community and people who want to see work done to our schools, like Cumming Group, to get support for the bond,” said Katherine Bicer, principal officer of MPCSD Student Safety and Hillview PTO vice president.
The bond is aimed at paying for improvements in four areas in the district, which has schools in Menlo Park and Atherton: school safety and security upgrades, replacing outdated construction, climate resilience and modern technology.
“Most of the people donating are in the community,” she added.
According to California Fair Political Practices Commission records, Cumming Group donated $15,000 to support the bond, and Rich Kramer, the managing principal at Cumming, donated an additional $10,000.
Sandberg, a Menlo Park resident, donated $25,000.
Of the 22 contributors who donated more than $100 on or before June 30, Kramer was the only one who does not live in Menlo Park or Atherton.
MPCSD Student Safety is not required to report contributions made after June 30 that are below $5,000, or those under $1,000 made after Aug. 7, until Sept. 26.
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