Education

The Fremont Unified School District (FUSD) Board meeting of December 12, 2012 was a time to bid adieu and thank two outgoing Board Trustees, Bryan Gebhardt (4 years) and Ivy Wu (8 years), for their dedication to the district. Wu and Gebhardt had not sought re-election.

In his comments, Superintendent James Morris stated, “They [Gebhardt and Wu] are the heart, conscience and engine that really drive the district forward. We value them and their public service on behalf of [the district’s] 33,000 students.

Both Gebhardt and Wu were awarded with honorary resolutions and proclamations from Fremont Unified School District and the Office of State Senator Ellen Corbett. ...
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“Many of the students at Oliveira Elementary School in Fremont, had been saving their allowance and generously opened up their piggy banks to purchase toys for kids less fortunate than they,” said Principal Linda Anderson. Additionally, in lieu of “Secret Santa” gifts, Principal Anderson had asked her school’s staff members instead “to give to others in need.”

The donated toys were now filling three shopping carts to overflowing, in readiness for the Fremont Fire Department’s arrival to the school on the afternoon of December 11. The firefighters’ prompt appearance was timed to coincide with Oliveira’s fire drill exercise. ...
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