Congratulations Making Waves Academy!

Dear Contra Costa County Community,

It has been a really eventful month for the 5C community! Building on our success at the candidate forum, last week Making Waves Academy came before the Contra Costa County Board of Education for its charter renewal. The Making Waves community mobilized 151 people in person and 50 online for the Board vote in support of the renewal and it passed unanimously with all five CCCBOE trustees voting yes.

Comments from the Board noted the level of support and the remarkable fact that not a single voice was raised in opposition with Trustee Annette Lewis noting, "Many times when we have charter renewals or charter appeals we have people in the audience opposing. We also usually get emails and messages about people opposing the renewal or charter appeal. I got zero. It's telling that even though this is a public notice meeting, there are not people speaking out against, which really is a telling event."

Similarly impressed was Trustee Anamarie Avila Farias who stated “I think it is super important, the civic engagement that we are seeing here tonight… I am very impressed by the children and parents here to not only advocate for themselves but the parents showing up as well and fighting for a quality education. The common goal here is we are trying to have a well educated society and want the best for our children. Thank you all for being here. It starts by showing up."

Trustee Consuelo Lara, endorsing the overall academic performance of Making Waves, also said: "To me, the mark of a school's success is how well the most vulnerable students are doing, African American students, students with disabilities, English Learners, etc. and it seems like you [MWA] do have that and I'm so happy to see that focus."

We want to thank the trustees for recognizing the passion, dedication and most importantly the interests of their constituencies represented at the meeting - specifically the parents of Making Waves students. The interests of students are not always the most powerfully heard in these rooms but on this night they definitely were.
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