juan: yes, we are going to celebrate the second week of mexican--the education for the mexican community. we are going to have between april 30 and may 5, this is the biggest, biggest celebration for the old mexican consulate in the united states. you know, we have 15 mexican consulates and in this special occasion for the mexican consulate in san jose we are going to have many, many activities and that's the reason that we invited loren that he--she knows everything about the mexican community, how we are going to celebrate this second week over the education. damian: okay, and loren, you have a great program going on with stamford university, i'm just learning. loren: well, yes, but not only that,

our binational education week is going to start on tuesday, april 30, and we're going to have different webinars, courses, information tables, happening at the consulate of mexico in san jose from 9 in the morning until noon so we welcome all of our community to come from april 30 and until the 5th de mayo to come and celebrate this great program because education breaks walls and we educate to transform our community and to empower our community. so this--i just want to tell you some of the activities that we are going to organize. for example, on tuesday, april 30, we're going to have our new consul friday so we're going to, you know, we, every year-- damian: so you will have a boss that day. juan: right. these days we're going to be very, very busy. please, please. damian: go ahead. sorry. loren: yes, then we will have a webinar for undocumented students and for dacas

as well on how to get scholarships, how to keep studying as well here, especially in this area of california. and later on, we're going to have a webinar with the department of the san jose police department on how to prevent cyber bullying and bullying at school. so this is a great and very important topic to talk about with our students and with our community. and then in the afternoon we have other activities that we're organizing. for example, we're going to be at the school, at the elementary school, at [speaking foreign language] and we are going to have an evening with nasa. nasa is going to join us as well at this school since 6 in the evening until 8 and we are going to have different activities for all the children. this is open to all the public and it's a free event and it's going to be in spanish as well. and that afternoon we're also continuing with our steam

for latina program at stanford university. this is a program for elementary girls that want to learn more about steam and to encourage them to later on study, well, programs related to these steam subjects. so we take them to stanford university to learn from the specialists, from great professors, about these topics such as biology, paleontology, geology, with-- juan: there's many, many topics. loren: yes, and this is--these are some of the activities that we are going to be having throughout the week and we welcome all the community. we want to extend a cordial invitation to all the people that are listening to us to come to the consulate the last week of april, beginning of may, and to benefit, to be part of this education week and to come and have fun with us and learn and be transformed by--through education. damian: and these children,

[speaking foreign language], they wanna learn, right? i mean, they're there. once you open the doors for them, they're ready to kick that door down and learn what you have to teach them. juan: yes, do you know, for us, the education is a key. is the principle topic for us, for the mexican consulate, to educate the people, to know the people, the mexican community, the principal things, the principle main, is to go to the school, village or school, that's the reason that we have this binational education week for the--in this san jose. and we are working very, very hard with many, many partners and this we are going to have many, many, many activities and finally in saturday on 4th, we are going to have, i remember, it's tuition with microsoft-- in the mount pleasant elementary school. we are going to have activity and we invited the mexican

community, basically, the children and the parents. damian: all right. i think your commitment to education from your office has been obvious throughout the years that you all been a guest here on this show. the mexican consulate is--they're here in san jose and the binational education week. there is a number and web address for more information. thank you all so much for your work with education this time. all right, thank you very much. damian: and up next for our "comunidad del valle" an entrepreneurship summit, right around the corner. stay with us. a little time wand nowfavorite people goeat denny's,y. $6.99 goes a long way too. you can get 2 eggs, 3 sausage links, 3 strips of bacon and 2 buttermilk pancakes all for just $6.99. the new meat lovers slam is here. see you at denny's.

of entrepreneurship and innovation happening here in santa clara county. bruce knopf is with the county of santa clara. welcome to the show. bruce knopf: thank you for having me, damian. damian: you shared some awesome video with us on your prior summits. talk about the whole premise of this summit. bruce: so probably for five years we've been working with the enterprise foundation of the hispanic chamber of commerce of silicon valley who runs a free technical assistance program for businesses. county funds this program and free services are available

to small businesses, individuals starting businesses, and this is an opportunity every year during national small business week to have a summit, bring people together, and tying in with your theme, hopefully provide some education, some opportunities for people to further themselves and their business. damian: all right, and it's an opportunity for those small businesses maybe to grow a bit, right? and not only to grow by themselves but maybe grow in collaboration with the county. bruce: exactly. what, you know, a small business person is in business for themselves but what we want them to know is that public agencies and public officials are concerned and committed to their success and they don't have to go it alone. damian: why the strong commitment by the county to--one thing is to say, "here are the services we offer. come and get 'em." the other thing is to put on something like this and say, "let me bring these services to you and tell you firsthand what we're doing." bruce: well, you know, high tech gets a lot of publicity

but there's a parallel economy that's necessary to support it and it's the small businesses that are really the backbone, those that provide services and products and we want them to know that they can contract with the county, with vta, valley transit authority, with evergreen community college, and we're bringing people together who actually make decisions about contracting and sales opportunities so that small businesses can meet one-on-one and begin developing that relationship that's so necessary to having a successful contract. damian: so talk about that because sometimes maybe small business owners don't realize or don't know what the bidding process is. talk about how they'll be able to learn the bidding process and how maybe you could get one of those contracts to, i don't know, to clean one of the county office buildings. bruce: and the array of services is tremendous. it runs from medical equipment to servicing medical equipment to providing office supplies, painting,

contracting, construction, janitorial. it's the full realm and one of the important things about successful government contracting is being prepared for the opportunity that comes up. and so this is an opportunity for individual businesses to hear about what the expectations are so that they can be prepared. damian: how should they come prepared to the summit? just bring, i don't know, having a résumé anymore. i don't--people do résumés anymore. bring your linkedin account or--how does that work? bruce: that's a good question because actually we are providing some one-on-one matchmaking opportunities for those who register in advance and i think that you have the website to put up, the event website. free registration to all. it runs between 8:30 and 1 o'clock and there will be two tracks of workshops: one geared just more generally toward growing your business, access to capital,

what lenders look for. and then a second track that will actually focus on upcoming opportunities. damian: and i know that sometimes when events like this are set up, if it's not working we don't have the annual event. so something here is working. tell us what's been successful, maybe the success stories that you're able to tell from what you've had here. bruce: i think that the fact that we're able to attract between 300 and 400 attendees every year shows that this is something that works and it is something that our board of supervisors is very committed to, as is our procurement--office of procurement. we have a new director this year, miriam singer, and she's committed to expanding the inventory of businesses that we have that we can draw upon when we need goods and services. damian: i would imagine that you wanna go get the mom-and-pop shops, not necessarily all the big corporations that are nationally known. bruce: exactly, exactly. in fact, one good example is the person who is volunteering her

time with the hispanic chamber to work on organizing the event, subsequently developed a contracting opportunity with another department purely by chance and just by the exposure and opportunity that she had to meet people. damian: so they don't attend the summit to make bids, right? or do they? maybe they do. bruce: they don't. but they will hear about upcoming opportunities that will be available for them. damian: oh, what a great opportunity. your chance to do business with the county and with government agencies here in santa clara county. there is the information. there is the eventbrite website on your screen. april 30 at 8 a.m. at the county government center here in uptown san jose. any final thoughts, bruce, before we let you go? bruce: only that i really appreciate this opportunity. we are trying to get the word out as much as possible and i appreciate this time. thank you. damian: you got it. thank you for coming. all right, and up next on "comunidad del valle" the superintendent of schools in santa clara county. stay with us.

in santa clara county. dr. mary ann dewan is my guest here on "comunidad del valle." welcome to the show, finally. we've been trying to get you here for i don't know how many years and, finally, we were able to get you on the schedule. mary ann dewan: wonderful. thank you so much for the opportunity. i'm glad to be here. damian: thank you. and just, we have you for a couple of seconds but tell us about your role, your office, as a county superintendent. mary ann: so as the county superintendent of schools where i'm responsible for oversight of our local school districts and their physical situation, student achievement, and things of that nature, and then we're also a service provider and partner with community-based organizations, families, and we also provide direct services to children and families. damian: all right, and you just published--your office published with collaboration with some non-profits in santa clara county a new students' data book. tell us what the data book is about and what's in it and what we can glean from it. mary ann: so we're very pleased to have been able

to partner with the children's agenda network and a number of other community-based organizations to lift up and share some data about how children are faring in santa clara county. so we look at education, health, interactions with the juvenile justice system and other things, and each year we publish this children's data book in order to share this information and to use it as a call to action. we want to collaborate more, we want to lift up the work that each of us are doing and align that work to make sure that children in our county can thrive. just as an example, you know, one of the things that everyone might be interested in knowing is about how children are doing in terms of high school graduation. and about 18% of latinx children in our county leave high school without a diploma. and we believe by publishing some of this information and sharing this information together in the data book we

can have the conversations about what's needed to change that data and change those outcomes for young people. damian: all right, so let's talk about some of the problems that you saw countywide in this segment. our next segment, we'll talk about some of the positives, if you don't mind. so that is attributed to probably a variety of things. are districts addressing that adequately, in your estimation as a county superintendent, or do we need to roll up our sleeves even more? mary ann: i think there's always opportunity to roll up our sleeves even more and to lift up programs in some, you know, different ways to make sure that they're meeting the needs of all of our students. i do think that there are some things that the data book helps shine a light on and some of that has to do with poverty, levels of poverty in our county, as well as challenges of food and security, homelessness, home and security, and health issues, challenges that impact how children do in school.

damian: what is that psychologically? how does that impact a child and their ability to learn or not learn, the poverty, the fact that maybe they're a single-parent home and maybe a foster home, no parents at home? that's got to have a huge impact on the future of that child. mary ann: one of the ways that we talk about those different types of impact is through the--a lens of adverse childhood experiences or trauma and so we--what we do know from the research is that each of those types of insecurities, whether it's food or shelter, childcare, access to quality childcare that might be lacking, it does impact a young person's psychological development and we really cannot take away or separate out education from wellness. and there are many aspects of child wellness: mental and psychological wellness and physical wellness as well, social and emotional. damian: who do you want to read the book and what do you want them to do with that information?

mary ann: well, we think that the data book is really useful for policymakers, elected officials. it's also very useful for leaders in our schools and in our school districts. and our partners and our community-based organizations, we try to show some of the programs and initiatives that are promising. there are some aspects of the data book that celebrate accomplishments and progress that is being made but it also is a very useful tool for finding those gaps and how we can work better together as a county to ensure all of our children thrive. damian: let me touch on a subject really briefly. when a child has initial contact with the juvenile justice system, how hard is it to lure that child back and to make sure that that's the one and only time and that we get him back on track? mary ann: well, i think the data would show for the juvenile justice system and engagement as well that it is disproportionately affecting young women and boys of color

in our county and it has a significant trauma impact when a young person becomes engaged with the juvenile justice system. and so i think it takes a lot of investment in understanding the needs of that young person and their family and providing a lot of wraparound support to help ensure that if they have that interaction, that it's the one and only time. damian: all right, well, it's published by the county office of education. there is their website for more information. there is also their phone number. it's the santa clara county children's data book. we'll be back and talk about some of the positives in that report when we continue. stay with us. ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ new wok fired shrimp, another american chinese creation from panda express. new wok fired shrimp, another american chinese creation the county superintendent of public schools. a lot of positives. i mean, i go to vitochiala's oroville high school and, boy, those kids are going to yale and harvard, and the success stories are many as well when you're talking about scholastically what our children are achieving.

mary ann: absolutely. i think that one of the things that we can say is that our local public schools are making wise investments with the dollars that they have and that they're using their local control accountability plans, their strategic plans, and their partnerships with outside funders and parents and others to really invest in young people in really creative programs, community schools, and ways that keep students safe and have them thinking about college and career. damian: you mentioned funding. funding is not easy. i mean, that's always been a challenge. my--we mentioned off-camera, my kid's school district is losing all its librarians because of funding. talk about that issue and how that's been addressed. mary ann: well, it's--in california, schools are funded in different ways and currently we're funded under the local control funding formula. and what that means is that many of our districts see varying

rates in per student allocations for funding. so there's quite a range throughout the county and throughout the state, as well as schools are funded on enrollment and attendance. and many of our districts in santa clara county are experiencing declining enrollment and we've also not seen an increase in the base in school funding in the local control funding formula in a number of years. and so, essentially, a flat-funded or declining funding and, as you know or might expect, costs are increasing for local schools. damian: you mentioned decreasing enrollment. it's not that we're having fewer babies, it's probably that we can't afford to live here so we're moving out of the area. is that an issue? mary ann: there are a number of factors. there is a lower birthrate nationwide and in some aspects probably worldwide, declining birthrate. however, that wouldn't account for the range of declining enrollment that we're seeing.

so we do see that insecurity in housing is a big factor that challenges families as to whether they can stay in santa clara county. damian: okay, we have about three minutes so i want you to touch on the subjects that you wanted to touch on. make sure that you get across what you want the viewers to get. so go ahead and-- mary ann: great. well, thank you. i wanted to share that some of the strategies that we're investing in and some of the advocacy that we're doing in our office to try to improve outcomes for children include advocacy around early care health and education. we wanna think about education as one system and not separating early care and education away from k-12 education, but to really think about it altogether. so we have some investments in our strong start coalition. we're also looking for additional funding mechanisms to expand the availability of quality childcare in pre-school for our school districts. we know we can't do this work alone. it's going to take partnership with the county,

with our school districts, with the state and others. and i think this is a really important part for us to invest in because it ensures that more children, all children, are ready for school when they enter kindergarten. damian: i would imagine that the tk program is working wonderfully because you're talking about early childhood education. they're hitting the ground running once they hit kindergarten. mary ann: there certainly is a lot of research to support that if young people experience quality preschool or quality transitional kindergarten for a year or two before they start kindergarten, 1st grade, that their trajectory is much more positive. the availability of transitional kindergarten, or tk, in our county is expanding and more families are taking advantage of that publicly funded opportunity. we do need more, however. there are a lot of young people who are eligible for preschool,

publicly funded preschool, in our county, but we just don't have enough programs and enough availability for all families to take advantage. damian: all right, and finally give us your crystal ball. what does the 2019-2020 school year have in store for us, either positive or negative? mary ann: well, i think the '19/'20 school year has a lot of things positive in store. we are seeing a lot more emphasis on college and career readiness in our schools and i think that provides a lot of hope and promise for children and families as they think about their future once they leave school and i also--i'm looking to the legislature and to our state in terms of funding conversations and perhaps there will be some movement in that area and we can see some increased investment in public education. damian: all right, well, it's the county office of education and their report is out and there is their website for more information. it's the children's data book. you can call them for more information. is it online yet or is it--how can they-- mary ann: yes, the data book is available on our website at

www.sccoe.org. damian: okay, any quick final thoughts that you might have? mary ann: just we at the county office, we serve to advocate for children and families and we are here to ensure that all of our children are able to thrive. damian: all right, it's great to have you on. thanks for coming. mary ann: thank you very much. damian: all right, and now here's what's happening in your comunidad on que pasa. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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