Message from the Cold Spring School District Board

What an amazing year 2023 was for the Cold Spring School District. Cold Spring was once again the highest performing school district in California and named both a California Distinguished School and a California Exemplary Arts School. We saw the building of a new kitchen on campus and the creation of our culinary program to help serve breakfast and lunch free of charge to all Cold Spring Students. We began construction of a new art and science building without needing public financing from a bond measure. And we accomplished all this while having a balanced budget! 

This past Tuesday, we kicked off 2024 with our first Board meeting of the year. Highlights include:

– Cold Spring’s results in the California School Dashboard were unveiled to us. Naturally, Cold Spring did phenomenally across the board. Our district’s English Language Arts score is 119.6 points above the state standard and actually increased 11.1 points from last year! While Math scores were 96.1 points above the standard which was an increase of 5.5 points! Much thanks and gratitude to our teachers for making sure that each student received the care and attention they need to achieve success.

– The Board voted to approve the updated Safety Plan. The comprehensive plan was created with input from and approved by the police and fire departments, the office of emergency management, and the school site council. The district has made several safety improvements over the last year including a new entry gate and entry system, new security cameras, improved lighting, and more. 

– Approved the 2024-2025 district calendar. School will begin August 22nd, 2024, and gets out June 10th, 2025, so mark your calendars now!

– We are bringing back Coffee with a Board Member. Once a month we will set up shop in the gazebo on campus to converse with fellow community members about what is going on at Cold Spring. Our first meeting will be February 2nd at 8:30 am, so please come by and say hello!

We are all very excited for everything that was accomplished in 2023 and very much look forward to another terrific year in 2024. We hope that you will join us at a board meeting or coffee with a board member in the future, or that you will reach out with any questions or concerns. 

Mike Marino, CSSD Board President