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Daily Prep: Thursday, March 19, 2026

Carried Forward from Wednesday

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
  • Follow up with Vanessa Monterosa re: Flash Lab partnership
  • Send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations (aquaponics/ag ed context)

Updates from Yesterday

  • AI Comic Studio Data Review (2pm) — Meeting happened with Cathy & Marisol. Data export done. Marisol sent detailed follow-up with data structure change requests (timestamps, active behavior definition, view-level data, page timing format, second-level precision). Needs response.
  • Christine Bywater — Sent NEW Zoom invite for Lake Forest planning AND shared “Lake Forest Schools Visit 2026 [DRAFT]” Google Doc. Planning is back on track.
  • Gregory Wilson II — Wants to schedule time this week or early next week to discuss March 30 York Scholars Flash Lab workshop.

Done This Morning

  • Seed grantee mailing list spreadsheet — Sent Joe the tracking spreadsheet (Google Sheets) to keep the mailing list organized. No longer blocking Joe.

Today’s Calendar

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5 meetings, 1 canceled (LAUSD Foundation). Back-to-back 10am through 2pm.

10:00 AM — Josh 1:1

With: Josh Weiss Context: Josh’s first day back from Michigan (U of Mich Center of Academic Innovation trip). This is the weekly 1:1 — lots to cover. Topics to discuss:

  • Special sauce debrief (Reuben’s analysis at prep/2026-03-19-flash-lab-special-sauce.md)
  • Tag analysis plan — 3-month rollout (action item)
  • LAUSD Foundation canceled — what happened? Next steps?
  • OTL/ISTE update — any movement while Josh was away?
  • Christine / Lake Forest update — she shared a planning doc + rescheduled Zoom
  • Gregory wants to discuss March 30 York Scholars Flash Lab
  • Flash Lab inventory document status
  • PTO request: April 2-3 for Micah’s birthday

12:00 PM — AAA-VFT Weekly Meeting (drop off at 12:30 for SofIA)

With: Rachel Wolf, others (AAALab / VFT team) Context: Recently chatted with Rachel about her aquaponics research project. Prototyped an AI-generated photosphere maker app (~/projects/ps-maker, reubenthiessen.com/artifacts/ps-maker). Good opportunity to share the prototype and discuss how it fits Rachel’s work. Prep: Have the ps-maker prototype ready to demo. Also: action item to send Rachel AI + learning-by-creating tool recommendations is still open.

12:30 PM — Studio Services / SofIA Design Team

With: Moraima DiMare, Cathy Chase, Joe Sherman, Josh Weiss, Sergio, Micaela Context: Studio Services team meeting. Moraima sent Zoom link yesterday (subject: “Studio Services & S Doorley/L Britos”). Zoom: https://stanford.zoom.us/j/95077058150?pwd=a5f59tt0aKg831bITbaBXNBezCLaLZ.1 (pw: 485650)

1:30 PM — Claire-Reuben (Project Irvine)

With: Claire Rosenbaum (LinkedIn) Context: P.I. related. Connected through Marina (Reuben’s sister) — likely working on the same project. Claire was at Stanford GSE 2015-2018 (not LDT), overlapped with Reuben but they didn’t know each other. Also worked at Google as a TPM. Lives in the Bay Area. Priority: High.

2:00 PM — CRAFT Team Meeting

With: Christine Bywater, Victor Lee, others Context: Biweekly CRAFT meeting. Christine sent the Lake Forest planning doc — good time to discuss in person. Prep: Check craft-general Slack channel before the meeting.

3:00 PM — LAUSD Foundation CANCELED

With: Isabelle Hau, Josh Weiss, Dr. Sadie Jefferson, Larry Corio (ASU LTS), Dominic Caguioa (LAUSD) Status: Canceled — no reason given. Discuss with Josh at 1:1. Prep file: prep/2026-03-19-lausd-foundation.md — still valuable when this gets rescheduled.

Email Action Items

Needs Response

  • Marisol Liu — “AI Comic Studio Data_follow up requests”: Detailed data structure change requests after yesterday’s review meeting. Wants: (1) timestamps for comic creation/save, (2) definition of “active” behavior + finer interaction data, (3) number of resource views, (4) page timing in long format (one row per page), (5) second-level datetime precision. Needs technical assessment + timeline.
  • Gregory Wilson II — “AI Flash Lab with York Scholars”: Wants to meet this week or early next week to discuss March 30 York Scholars workshop. Respond with availability — Friday afternoon? Monday?

Needs Action

  • Christine Bywater — “Lake Forest Schools Visit 2026 [DRAFT]”: Shared Google Doc for the visit. Review the doc and add any Flash Lab session details. Also sent a new Zoom invite for planning meeting (check calendar for date/time).
  • Cathy Chase — “AI Comic Studio Data” (Mar 13): Original intro email with Marisol. Meeting happened — mark as read and archive.

FYI

  • Christina Fajardo — “March 2026 Staff Meeting Summary”: GSE all-staff recap. IT team spotlight + Olivia Crawford conversation. Next meeting: Wed Apr 15, 10am. Open Minds: Staff Edition Wed Mar 25 1-4pm.
  • Marily Oppezzo (Google Sheets) — Shared “MOV’D2025 Pt Feedback - BuildABot” spreadsheet. For Health Coach Bot prep (meeting rescheduled to Tue Mar 24, 9am).
  • Slack — free workspace content deletion Apr 17. If anything important in a free Slack workspace, export before then.

Newsletters (skipped)

  • TLDR AI (x3), Stanford Report (x2), DeepLearning.AI, ASU+GSV (x2), Microsoft (x3), Hechinger Report, ChatGPT, AMD, Snowflake, Google Cloud (x2), CrashPlan, Flint, Cedars-Sinai, Stanford BeWell, Stanford Transportation

Reminders

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Known from Yesterday

  • Reschedule dentist (Tiffany) — overdue since Mar 12
  • Read: OpenAI Prompt Caching 201 cookbook — personal laptop
  • Ask Chris at Ascendant Aviation re: tax questions
  • Buy echinacea herb
  • Godwin trip planning — talk to Christyl about timing
  • Ask for April 2-3 off — Micah’s birthday + camping. Submit PTO via Axess.

From Inbox Processing

INBOX.md is empty — nothing to process.

Cadence Checks

  • Timecard: Mid-month deadline was March 15. Did you submit? If not, do it today via Axess.
  • End of month (Mar 31): Airtable monthly entries approaching. Consider running /monthly-airtable next week. Key March stories: ISTE service contract, DCI celebration, LAUSD Foundation, OTL progress, Flash Lab special sauce, Andy Hock multiplier moment.
  • CRAFT Slack: Check craft-general channel before 2pm meeting today.
  • PTO request: April 2-3 for Micah’s birthday. Mention to Josh at 1:1, submit via Axess.
  • March 30 Stanford trip: 11 days out. Flight and hotel booked. Christine shared Lake Forest planning doc — review it.

This Week at a Glance

Day Key Events
Tue SAL All Hands, AS:DE meeting, CAP evening
Wed GSE All-Staff 10am, AI Comic Studio Data Review 2pm
Thu (today) Josh 1:1 10am, AAA-VFT 12pm, SofIA 12:30pm, Claire-Reuben 1:30pm, CRAFT 2pm, LAUSD Foundation 3pm canceled
Fri Weekly Personal Review 2pm

Today’s Priorities

Thursday — 5 meetings from 10am to 3pm. Open after 3pm for focused work.

  1. Josh 1:1 (10am) — Josh is back. LAUSD cancellation, special sauce debrief, Lake Forest + Gregory’s York Scholars request, PTO.
  2. Claire-Reuben (1:30pm) — P.I. High priority.
  3. Reply to Gregory Wilson — Schedule time to discuss March 30 York Scholars Flash Lab. Quick email.
  4. Reply to Marisol Liu — Acknowledge data requests, give rough timeline for changes.
  5. Check craft-general Slack — Before 2pm CRAFT meeting.
  6. Use the open afternoon (after 3pm) — Good time for: Christine’s Lake Forest Google Doc, CRM survey questions draft, or Rachel’s AI tool recommendations.

Session Notes

(Added throughout the day as significant work sessions occur)

Generated: 2026-03-19 (Thursday morning)

Source: daily/2026-03-19.md