San Mateo County Board of Education holds governance workshop led by facilitators

The San Mateo County Board of Education convened a special meeting on Jan. 31, 2026, at the Oceano Hotel in Half Moon Bay for a governance workshop led by Dave Patterson and Deborah Maus. Board President Hugo Torres called the meeting to order at 9:07 a.m.; the minutes list seven board members present and two staff members in attendance and note that Superintendent Nancy Magee was absent.

The minutes state that "Dave Patterson and Deborah Maus guided the Board through the Governance Workshop," but they do not include a transcript or detailed description of the workshop's content or any formal recommendations. Board members made comments later in the meeting; the minutes record that comments occurred but do not attribute specific remarks to individual members or summarize the content of those remarks. The meeting adjourned at 2:23 p.m., and Torres announced the next regular meeting for Feb. 4, 2026.