Milpitas rep named vice chair of Valley Water Board of Directors

Valley Water vice chair

The Valley Water Board of Directors on Jan. 9 elected District 3 representative Richard Santos as vice chair for 2024. Nai Hsueh, District 5 representative, was elected board chair.

Santos is embarking on his fourth tenure as vice chair, previously serving in 2004, 2009 and 2017. The retired firefighter and Alviso native represents District 3, which includes Milpitas, Alviso, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and the Berryessa and Alum Rock areas of San Jose.

For more  information, visit https://www.valleywater.org/how-we-operate/board-directors.

MetroED head to retire

After 11 years leading the Metropolitan Education District (MetroED), superintendent Alyssa Lynch has announced plans to retire at the end of the 2023-24 school year.

Lynch came to MetroED in 2013 after working for the Santa Clara County Office of Education for nine years. She led MetroED’s conversion for from direct funding to local funding, opening up its free Silicon Valley Career Technical Education (SVCTE) courses to juniors and seniors across Santa Clara County. Until that conversion, SVCTE courses were available to students in the high school districts that are part of MetroED’s joint powers agreement, including Campbell Union, East Side Union, Los Gatos-Saratoga Union, Milpitas Unified, San Jose Unified and Santa Clara Unified high school districts.

Lynch plans to work through June. MetroED’s governing board hopes to have the new superintendent chosen in time for there to be an overlap with Lynch to facilitate a smooth transition.