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Daily Prep: Monday, March 16, 2026

Carried Forward from Friday

Incomplete Action Items

  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — Apr 15 conflicts with Crystal Springs PD. Overdue since Mar 12.
  • Draft CRM survey questions — Josh waiting for async review
  • Write tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout for Josh
  • Create Flash Lab inventory document (basic vs deluxe)
  • Register for ISTE Live 2026
  • Frame what BaB validation looks like for Health Coach Bot study
  • Export AI Comic Studio data from February — before Wed 2pm meeting
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership

Done Friday

  • Read + analyzed Josh’s “special sauce” article — full strategic positioning doc at prep/2026-03-19-flash-lab-special-sauce.md
  • Created LAUSD Foundation prep file with attendee research
  • Weekly digest created for week of Mar 15
  • qmd semantic search installed + configured as MCP server

Today’s Calendar

All Day — Josh in Michigan (Mon-Wed)

Context: No 1:1 check-in until Thursday. Use Mon-Wed for deep work, prep, and async tasks. Josh is responsive via email/Slack from travel.

2:30 PM — Rachel + Reuben Chat (shortened to 30 min)

With: Rachel Wolf (AAALab, VFT project) Zoom: stanford.zoom.us/j/9899061752 (pw: wolfpack) Context: Shortened from 1 hour to 30 min to make room for 3 PM LAUSD planning call. VFT catch-up — share moderation policy progress (Sarah passing architecture to Howard).

3:00 PM — LAUSD Capacity-Building Workshop Planning

With: Tomas Jimenez, Jasmine Dehghan, Isabelle Hau, Claire Fisher Moffett, Chau Lam-Glover Zoom: stanford.zoom.us/j/97016246452 (pw: 102710) Context: Josh forwarded — “I may be stuck in transit. Can you attend?” About doing a capacity-building workshop at an upcoming LAUSD event. This is a planning call ahead of Thursday’s LAUSD Foundation meeting. Prep needed: Review prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md. Listen and learn — Josh has context you don’t. Take notes on what “capacity-building workshop at an upcoming LAUSD event” means. Note: Josh may not attend (stuck in transit from Michigan).

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Isabelle Hau — DCI Celebration June 5: Isabelle asks Reuben + Josh to deliver a 2-hour Flash Lab (2:30-4:30pm) for the DCI Community Celebration (5th anniversary, DCI fellows from early cohorts). Title: “Designing The Future of Learning: An Experiential Learning Session at The Intersection of AI and Humanity.” Josh replied he’s unavailable June 3-5 and asks if Reuben can do it solo or with a helper. Reuben needs to respond — can you do this solo? This is a high-visibility ask from Isabelle. [Goal 2 + 3]

Needs Action

  • Josh — ISTE next step / Christine meeting: Isabelle emailed about ISTE next steps: track Jo Boaler’s contract for summer camps (most relevant precedent), use a service contract (“developed by Stanford Accelerator for Learning”), hybrid pricing (training fee + revenue share), Olivia Crawford can sign off. Josh asks Reuben to set up a meeting with Christine Bywater + Josh about Lake Forest PD (Christine slacked in group DM on Mar 13 asking for a touchbase about the last-week-of-March PD). Christine returned from Germany Sunday.
  • Cathy Chase — AI Comic Studio Data: Cathy introduced Marisol Liu (visiting grad student, data analysis + LLMs). Meeting already scheduled Wed 3/18 2pm. Export February AI Comic Studio data before that meeting.

FYI Only

  • Sarah Williams-Habibi: Thank-you reply on VFT moderation. Passing architecture to Howard for implementation.
  • Josh auto-reply from Michigan travel

Reminders

Overdue

  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — was due Mar 12. Apr 15 conflicts with Crystal Springs PD in Burlingame. Call today.
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook (was due Feb 26) — personal laptop

No Due Date (Personal)

  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb
  • Go through Google DeepMind skills collection
  • Read: arxiv.org/abs/2512.05470 (personal laptop)

Claude-ToDo (Mobile Capture)

All items previously processed. No new items.

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty — nothing to process.

Cadence Checks

  • End of month approaching (Mar 31): Airtable entries needed before end-of-month meeting. Start accumulating stories/activities for March. Key items to capture: ISTE service contract direction, DCI celebration request, OTL progress, Flash Lab special sauce analysis, LAUSD Foundation meeting (if productive).
  • LAUSD Foundation prep (Thu 3/19): Prep file exists at prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md with full attendee research (created Friday). Review and update before Thursday.
  • Health Coach Bot Regroup (Wed 3/18 9am): Review Mar 3 action items. Frame BaB validation question. Priya Talreja now involved.
  • AI Comic Studio data export: Before Wed 3/18 2pm meeting with Cathy + Marisol.
  • CRAFT Slack: Check craft-general morning of Thu 3/19.
  • GPS Annual Review Workshops: Invitation received Mar 10. May need to sign up.

Today’s Priorities

Monday — Josh in Michigan. Rachel chat + surprise LAUSD planning call.

  1. Reply to Isabelle/Josh re: DCI Celebration June 5 — Confirm availability. Check calendar. This is Isabelle asking directly.
  2. Set up Christine Bywater + Josh meeting — Lake Forest PD touchbase. Christine slacked Mar 13 in group DM. Respond and propose times.
  3. 2:30 PM: Rachel + Reuben Chat (30 min) — VFT catch-up. Share moderation policy progress.
  4. 3:00 PM: LAUSD planning call — Josh can’t attend, asked Reuben to cover. Review prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md. Listen mode.
  5. Reschedule dentist — Call Tiffany. Overdue.
  6. Deep work block — Tag analysis plan, CRM survey questions, or AI Comic Studio data export (needed by Wednesday).

This Week’s Critical Path

  • Mon-Wed: Prep for Thursday’s 4 meetings. Export AI Comic Studio data. Health Coach Bot status review.
  • Thu: Josh 1:1 → SofIA → CRAFT → LAUSD Foundation (back-to-back, 10am-3:45pm)
  • Fri: Weekly review

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-03-16 (Monday morning)

Source: daily/2026-03-16.md