Strong Start Delegation
A delegation of 16 Silicon Valley community and education leaders representing the Strong Start Initiative,
including County Superintendent of Schools Jon Gundry, County Board of
Education members Grace Mah and Joseph Di Salvo, Evergreen School
District Superintendent Kathy Gomez, and school district trustees Ellen
Wheeler and Bonnie Mace, visited California legislators on Monday to
advocate for increased support of early learning programs in the
upcoming state budget. The delegation met with legislators from Santa
Clara County, the Chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus, staff from
the legislative leadership, the Governor's office and the State Board of
Education, and with the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to
discuss Gov. Brown's May revisions to the state's proposed 2016-17
budget.