Today's meeting was led by Esther Guerrero Auerbach.  Beverages were hosted by Dan Cate, of Tech Inspection Service. Dan spoke for a moment about his self-described "common sense" approach to Home Inspection. Contact Dan at 226 7700.

Our mortgage Minute was delivered by Becky Isner of Amerigroup. She spoke of the volatility of rates lately, and of a new more rigorous requirement to specify APR more precisely for loan consumers.

Our main guest was Shasta County Office of Education Superintendent, Tom Armelino, whose mission is to provide assistance and leadership to our 25 local school districts in Shasta County, and ensure all students have access to a quality education. Tom brought along an excellent PowerPoint presentation of facts important to know about our local schools, and we have made arrangements to have that for you here:

  ShastaCountyPublicSchools2009.pdf (1.72 mb)

We recorded Tom's comments along with membership questions. While reading the presentation he brought along,  you are invited to listen to his commentary about each slide/page at the Podcast Page. His talk is Podcast #9, and runs about 45 minutes. The presentation is packed with a lot of interesting and useful facts, so we won't summarize here. It should be noted however, that out-of-town buyers rely on your knowledge of local schools, and so it is incumbent on you to make yourself aware of all this information.   As pointed out on slide 13 of 31:

"  Never in our past have so many firm opinions been based on so little factual information.”

Make sure your firm local school opinions are based in fact. Read the material and give the podcast a listen, and be grateful that we have only terrific schools in our area, with a good many choices for parents, and options for kids. It was yet another great program from our Association. If you think this post and podcast was of value to you, please let a director know, or make a comment on this page. Skip Murphy