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Daily Prep: Monday, February 23, 2026

Location: Home (Hemet) Note: First work day since Thursday Feb 19 (Friday was snowboarding). Big week: End-of-month meeting TOMORROW, ISTE+ASCD meeting Wednesday, Josh 1:1 Thursday.

Carried Forward from Thursday Feb 19

Incomplete

  • Trip receipts — pull Egencia + Lyft/food/parking, send to Moraima (overdue since Feb 13)
  • Reply to Gregory Wilson re: Tinkery Toolkit (deeper feedback)
  • CRM re-engagement emails (5 queued — Spyros, Shannon, Drew, Karen, batch email)
  • Check in on Shelly (LDT)
  • Check sal-seed-grantees@lists.stanford.edu bounce — verify seed grantees got Legal 101 invite
  • Schedule chiro appointment (overdue since Feb 16 — now 1 week)
  • Email triage from Feb 19: Josh re: AI Dev Day, Sam McClure follow-up, Bryan Brown meeting, John Wesly Baker support request

Done Since Last Prep

  • Legal 101 Workshop delivered (Feb 18)
  • Three C’s strategic proposal + lifecycle framework
  • Market research on comparable orgs
  • ISTE strategy prep doc written
  • Snowboarding day off (Feb 20)

Today’s Calendar

9:00 AM - 5:00 PM — Hold for Chris

Type: Personal hold — all day block

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM — AI Feedback Tool

With: Sarah Williams-Habibi (organizer), Rachel Wolf, Kyla Dawn Cook Zoom: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/4588170137?pwd=USLcAEhXPERkQwaH6BHFuhArfPrY8Z.1 Context: AI feedback tool discussion — likely related to education/AI work. INBOX.md had a note: “3:00pm meeting / AI and teachers” Prep: Light — show up and contribute. No specific prep doc.

Email Action Items (Weekend + Monday)

Needs Response

  • Christina Hewko — Tequity data agreement guidance DONE — emailed Christina, connected her to Wilson Wang.
  • Intisar Ambusaidi (Oman MOE) — Official thank-you letter for contribution to Teaching Profession conference. Gracious reply warranted. Good for quoted impact.

Needs Action

  • Firebase (MyBook) — Firestore security rules expiring in ~2 days (Test Mode). Update rules before Wed Feb 25 or clients lose access. TIME-SENSITIVE.
  • Joe Sherman — Monthly reminder: update Airtable, prep 2-3 stories for end-of-month. Meeting is TOMORROW.
  • Josh Weiss — Meeting with Micaela (SofIA/Tequity) being scheduled by Moraima. Watch for invite.
  • Qualtrics — Legal Foundations workshop survey hit 53 responses (20 new). Good data for end-of-month.

FYI

  • Chris Agnew / Candace Thille — SAL numbers praise, GSE dean change (Dan Schwartz stepping down after 11 years)
  • Flint webinar Thu Feb 26 8am PT — Communicating with Parents on AI Use (optional, early)

Reminders

Overdue

  • Schedule chiro appointment (was due Feb 16 — 1 week overdue)

Upcoming

  • Jonathan’s DMV driver test — March 3 at 8am (9 days out)

Personal (no due date)

  • Pay HVFC dues
  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb for cold
  • Email avionics shop in SEE — check on annual inspection

From Claude-ToDo (work items captured on mobile)

  • Set up meeting with Gregory — discuss AI Tinkery document, adding Build-a-Bot and AI Flash Lab → moved to action-items.md
  • “When does the algorithm become AI?” — already tracked in action-items.md

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md had: “3:00pm meeting / AI and teachers” — linked to today’s 3pm AI Feedback Tool meeting. Cleared.

Look Ahead (This Week)

Date Event Prep/Action Needed
Tue Feb 24 Ardent Mentee call (8:30am) — on Google calendar, not work calendar Personal mentoring call
Tue Feb 24 Send Legal 101 follow-up email — FIRST THING Thank attendees, key takeaways, resources
Tue Feb 24 AS:DE End-of-Month Meeting (11am) HIGH — Activity review, trends, stories. Update Airtable TODAY. Prep: prep/2026-02-24-end-of-month.md
Tue Feb 24 FeedbackGPT with Cathy Chase (3pm) Model upgrade + March 4 study prep
Wed Feb 25 Stanford <> ISTE+ASCD (1pm) HIGHEST PREP — Joseph South, Isabelle Hau, Josh, Jessica Garner. Review prep/2026-02-19-iste-strategy.md. Be ready for “should we do this?”
Wed Feb 25 Adam Siegel + Josh (3:30pm) FYI from Josh
Thu Feb 26 Josh 1:1 Capacity building model + SMART goals due
Fri Feb 27 AI After — Colombia (Ana Saavedra) Check chatbot data status
Mar 3 Jonathan’s DMV driver test (8am) Personal — 9 days out

Today’s Priorities

Priority order: (1) External stakeholder meetings/deadlines, (2) Time-sensitive requests, (3) Prep for tomorrow, (4) Carryover items

  1. End-of-month prep — Update Airtable with recent activities/stories. Meeting is TOMORROW 11am. Prep activity review, trends, emerging stories. This is the top priority for the day.
  2. Firebase security rules — MyBook Firestore rules expiring ~Wed. Quick fix but time-sensitive.
  3. ISTE prep review — Wednesday’s meeting with Joseph South, Isabelle, Josh, Jessica. Review prep/2026-02-19-iste-strategy.md. Know the answer to “should we do this?”
  4. 3pm AI Feedback Tool meeting — Show up prepared. Light prep.
  5. Draft Legal 101 follow-up email — Due first thing tomorrow morning. Draft today so it’s ready to send.
  6. Christina Hewko / Tequity data agreement — Forward Wilson Wang’s answer. Quick email.
  7. Capacity building model first pass — Due before Thursday’s Josh 1:1. Start writing today if time allows.

If Time Permits

  • Reply to Oman MOE thank-you letter
  • Trip receipts for Moraima (overdue since Feb 13)
  • SMART goals draft (due early this week)
  • CRM re-engagement emails

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: Mon Feb 23, 2026 morning

Source: daily/2026-02-23.md