Mike Maxwell, Trustee Area 4, Contra Costa County Board of Education

24/06/2025

🎉Congratulations to Keerthi Eraniyan, newly appointed student board member for the Contra Costa County Board of Education. The rising junior at Cal High hopes to use this new role to amplify youth perspectives in educational practices.👏 Congratulations, Keerthi!

22/08/2024

Hello FB Friends! We are hiring at Choice in Aging NOW! We are looking for:

- Social Worker at our Bedford Center/Antioch site
- Head Teacher at our Choice in Learning Montessori School in Pleasant Hill
- Controller (PH)
- Grants Coordinator (PH).
We offer benefits, good pay & flexibility to the right candidate! Great work environment . . . and you might get to work with ME! (benefit; not a detriment ~)

Reach out and I can provide details and JDs!

02/05/2024

This isn't right. Whether it's a wonky system or a coach that screwed up, DON'T penalize the kids. Hey Acalanes Boosters & Admin ~ I want to help you but the clock is ticking! REACH OUT!

Acalanes coach Brett Usinger thought the entries were submitted, followed up to ensure, but only heard back past the deadline that they didn't come through.

17/04/2024

Hey all you old Vikings - join us!

15/02/2024

Great day today at Valley View MS. Rotary Club of Pleasant Hill - RI Club #454 and Lamorinda Rotary bought a new SafeSaw tablesaw for the woodshop class, and I was invited to the dedication ~ good to get these classes back into our schools, kids were SUPER excited. I thought maybe we would saw someone in half, but Doug Henning wasn't available . . . . kids didn't get that one . . . Great job Rotary!

09/02/2024

Contra Costa Television Studios, also known as CCTV, received the Education Champion award for January 2024 for broadcasting instructional material and promoting the excellent work taking place in Contra Costa County's public schools. CCTV was honored for supporting the Contra Costa County Office of Education during the pandemic by broadcasting instructional materials, the coverage of the Teacher of the Year celebration, and CCTV's participation in the high school journalism initiative. CCTV is the flagship channel of Contra Costa County’s cable television programming, which broadcasts special events, government meetings, and produced shows. Congratulations to CCTV on this wonderful recognition!

29/06/2023

03/05/2023

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!

I have had many career stops in my years, but my fondest memories are those when I was a teacher & coach. I have the UTMOST appreciation for all those in education - custodians, volunteers, paraprofessionals, classified, and of course, our teachers. Many of my students now have kids in school, and it warms my heart to see the transition, the hand-off, the payback!

There are a lot of dark edges surrounding our schools, and guns, and safety, and yet, our teachers and staff continue, tirelessly, to show up and change lives. I was once told, "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."

So to all my teacher friends, my students who are now teachers, and my family members that continue in this most honorable profession - THANK YOU.

Many contributed to my development; but 3 stood out:

Ms. Grace Hechler - 6th grade - Hopi Elementary School
Mr. Bruce Simonds - Metal Shop - Los Cerros Middle School
Mr. Jack Mansfield - Leadership - Monte Vista High School

23/02/2023

Got a chance to run the CCCBOE meeting last night as Vice-President, as our President was away. Fortunate, as the Lesher Foundation grant was announced with plans to match, and provide classes and lessons for 9 schools. Thank you to all who support our teachers, kids and schools, like the Lesher Foundation has always done!