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Sunnyvale Education Foundation urges policy language change to focus on student‑level equity
Summary
Michelle Eugenie, president of the Sunnyvale Education Foundation, thanked the board for correcting the foundation's name and asked that policy language emphasize equity at the student level rather than implying identical allocations across schools; trustees agreed to refine the wording before placing the item on consent.
Michelle Eugenie, president of the Sunnyvale Education Foundation, thanked trustees for correcting the foundation's name in the policy update and urged language changes so the policy emphasizes student‑level equity rather than uniform school allocations.
"We appreciate the solidification of the relationship between our organization … with an equity lens," Eugenie said. She warned that phrases implying equal allocations to each school could be misread as requiring identical per‑school funding rather than equitable support based on student need, and asked staff to revise the phrasing to 'serve all district students equitably.'
Trustees agreed the wording should be refined and staff said they would update the draft before returning the item on consent. The foundation president said the organization wants to ensure the policy does not create unintended interpretations about allocation formulas.
