Milpitas Unified board adopts resolution recognizing March as National Women’s History Month

Candrea De Souza, president of the Girls Who Code club at Nopidas High School, read Resolution 2026.25 at the March 10, 2026 meeting of the Milpitas Unified School District Board of Education, and the board adopted the measure designating March as National Women’s History Month.

The resolution’s text—read aloud by De Souza—recites that American women “of every race, class, and ethnic background have made historic contributions” and cites both national figures (including Michelle Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Amelia Earhart, Sandra Day O’Connor and Sally Ride) and local leaders named in the text as exemplars of that history. The reading also lists district leaders it describes as demonstrating female leadership, including Superintendent Cheryl Jordan and other administrators and principals named in the resolution.

The text includes historical and legal milestones cited as part of the rationale: the ratification of the 19th Amendment (1920), the Equal Pay Act (1963), the Civil Rights Act (1964), the Violence Against Women Act (1994) and the removal in 2013 of a ban on women serving in combat positions. The resolution concludes with a formal adoption statement that the board “designates March as Women’s History Month” and that Resolution 2026.25 was “passed and adopted” at the meeting held March 10, 2026.

The transcript does not record the motion’s mover or seconder, nor does it include a vote tally; the resolution text states the adoption occurred “by the following vote” but the vote details are not included in the provided record. The Girls Who Code club closed the presentation with a short celebratory remark, "happy women's history month."

The board’s formal adoption places the designation on the district’s record; the transcript contains no additional debate, conditions attached to the designation, or follow-up actions noted at the meeting.