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Lambert seemed like a thoughtful and reasonable person in the meetings I've attended.

He also seemed so incredibly embarrassed by his fellow board members that he basically just sat there and cringed a lot. Kind of like most people in the audience. As he admitted, he barely ever spoke.

I support his work on STEM and hope he's able to have more of an impact in another role. Can't wait to say goodbye to Nelson and I hope the voters make better choices this time around.

Thank you, Bill, for your thoughtful board service and your attempts to lead the board away from micro-management.

I agree that new members bring new and varied perspectives to the district's vision. I also encourage young parents and professionals across the entire district to run and represent the good ideas that will help the district with some of its big issues.

Thanks for your service, Bill, and your efforts to get board meetings working and members contributing.

However, I think resigning is exactly the wrong technique to encouraging board members to contribute more and conducting better meetings. I believe we need you and Chang working on the next board, not new people with no experience. New, younger residents with children in the district are valuable and should be encouraged to run for the board. But the good, experienced board members, such as you, are needed this next year.

We had a difficult time in the 1980's with board members that didn't agree. The cure was not to have resignations.

A former board member

Bill,
You will be missed. Thank you for your service.

While I don't think anyone is happy to read of this news, I think we all understand your reasons. It's a circus.

Best wishes, and thank you again.

Thank you, Bill, for your service. You will be missed!

Ellen Wheeler should take note and resign and thus open up another seat for the election. She is just as much to blame for the dysfunction.

Agreed; however that's because Ellen doesn't seem to like Monta Loma. She does like slater and pact so she has some fans.

Nice guy but totally out of his league as a politician.

Ms. Wheeler has a following with pact parent, mountain View leadership. I stopped going to board meeting because she always tries to make a. Point and fails miserable Most attorneys cut to the chase quick to make a point, would be helpful to speed things up.
Mr. Lambert has a good heart and seems most sincere.
The best to you and thank you for your contribution.

Dear Sam, Ralph, Steven Nelson, or whatever your name is,
I often hear people in our community say "I love Mountain View." We see our neighbors as good hearted people who work together to make Mountain View a better place. Your anonymous bullying posts about me are not part of that public spiritedness.
If you'd like to meet with me in person to have a conversation about your critcisms about me and my work on the school board I'm happy to do that. Email me at ewheeler@mvwsd.org and we can set up a time to meet for coffee.
I'll also note that whenever I've made a comment to "MV Voice Town Square" I always use my real name and my corrrect neighborhood. I ask that you be a man and use your real name and neighborhood in your postings.
Sincerely, Ellen Wheeler, Trustee, Mountain View Whisman School District

That wasn't Steven Nelson, it was me, and I'm not a public figure so I don't have to use my name.
But, Ellen, you're just turning this into a circus by dragging Steve's name into the mud. Why? Why not come here and say, "I actually do want the best for all of the schools" - you know- political talk. At least try.

@Ms. Wheeler
You make my point. I didn't mention the good neighbors of MV of course our neighborhoods are full of good people.
I'm stating my opinion, now you want to have coffee!!
Once again you miss the point. To invoke other people's name' when I posted my name is unprofessional of you.

Trustee Wheeler,

I am not a Sam, Steve Nelson, or Whatever your name is. They may or not be the same person, and I don't care. I am just another poster posting my opinion. I have viewed the board meetings and watched for years now how they have not been run in an organized manner, per Roberts Rules and with time limits, etc. We need a new perspective and approach to the school district. Put all the blame on Steve Nelson (the board member) may have worked for a while, but it's getting old. Perhaps the board should adopt term limits

And one more thing Ms. Wheeler. My comments were just echoing those of your fellow trustee Mr. Lambert. Why not scold him instead?

"By stepping down at the end of the year, Lambert said he hopes to encourage as many people as possible – particularly younger candidates, parents and non-incumbents – to run for a seat and get the school district back on track."

"You need new people in there," he said. "It's healthy for the community."

I happen to agree with the anti-establishment approach to solving the school's never-ending problems rather than continually blaming the poor Spanish-speaking kids.