Daily Admin Update
Day 72
Good Morning,
I hope that you and yours are well today. An important reminder to update your mailing address if it has been changed. We will be mailing out report cards in late June and want to make sure that they get to you.
Our first day of 8th grade portfolios went really well, the kids were stunning! They were reflective, thoughtful, and professional.
I look forward to seeing you at the PSA meeting at 8pm tonight.
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Sending you love and health,
Sarah
Fight over mail-in ballots appears to end Trump and Newsom’s ceasefire
Well, it looks as though Newsom and President Donald Trump’s uncharacteristically friendly relationship during the pandemic may be drawing to a close. On Tuesday, Trump castigated Newsom for ordering an all-mail election in November. “The Governor of California is sending Ballots to millions of people, anyone living in the state, no matter who they are or how they got there, will get one,” he tweeted, adding, “This will be a Rigged Election. No way!” Twitter later flagged the tweets with a label reading “Get the facts about mail-in ballots” that links users to a series of articles refuting Trump’s claims, drawing further ire from the president.
Newsom didn’t mince words during his Tuesday press conference, saying there “was no evidence” that mail-in ballots increase the potential for voter fraud and pointing out that California will also have in-person voting options in November. “Utah, hardly a bastion of progressive politics, has been doing mail-only ballots for a number of years,” he added. “It doesn’t skew Democrat, doesn’t skew Republican. … I hope we can temper our comments on the other side, though I recognize we are in a political season.”
The Republican National Committee and California Republican Party sued Newsom on Sunday for ordering an-all mail election. Republicans won both of California’s special elections last month, which were held almost entirely by mail.
SPACE LAUNCH
Two NASA astronauts are set to blast off to the International Space Station today. But it will be different from past launches: This will be the first one run by a private company — SpaceX, founded by the entrepreneur Elon Musk. Kenneth Chang, a science reporter, offers some perspective:
Back in 1968, Pan Am started issuing memberships for its “First Moon Flights” club to space enthusiasts hoping to someday book a commercial flight there. It was a fanciful promotion — the membership card was free — but more than 93,000 people signed up. Pan Am is long out of business, and we’re still a long way before someone can buy a ticket to the moon, but the SpaceX launch is the first real step toward that dream.
Although NASA has been involved in working with SpaceX, this is SpaceX’s operation. In the future, NASA will simply pay the going rate for a ticket to the space station and not be involved with running its own space transportation system to low-Earth orbit.
More: The launch, scheduled for 4:33 p.m. Eastern time, will be streaming live on NASA’s website starting at noon.