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Week of June 14 - June 20, 2026

The last working week before two weeks out. OOO starts Friday Jun 19 (Mammoth Jun 19–21, then ISTELive Orlando Jun 28–Jul 3, back ~Jul 6), so Mon–Thu is the entire runway for anything with a June deadline. Two hard compressions: the GPS retrospective (officially due Jun 30, effectively due Thu Jun 18 at the 1:1) and both timecards (6/1–6/15 due Mon Jun 15; 6/16–30 due Jun 30 — file early, by Thu Jun 18, since the deadline lands while you’re at ISTE). Wednesday is the busy day: Latvia MOU at 10am and Kellie at 4:30pm. Juneteenth (Fri Jun 19) is a federal holiday and the OOO doorstep. Back still recovering from last week’s retreat travel.

Weekly Focus

From Q2 goals, the OOO countdown, and carryover from last week

  • Treat Mon–Thu as the last working window before July. You’re out Fri Jun 19 through ~Jul 6. Every June-deadline item has to clear by Thursday’s 1:1 or get deliberately punted to early July. No coasting days this week.
  • GPS retrospective is the marquee item. R/R/R narrative + STAR prompts, officially due Jun 30 but effectively due Thu Jun 18 since you’re OOO after. Thursday’s Josh 1:1 is the natural checkpoint — bring real draft pages, not an outline.
  • Clear the admin + ISTE debt before you leave. Both timecards (Mon Jun 15 + file Jun 16–30 early by Thu), ISTE presenter registration + participation agreement (Fizzy #124, open since May 28), fix the Jul 1 calendar location (still San Antonio → Orlando), SW seat for Jun 28. AI Pavilion Orientation is Tue 3:30pm PT.
  • Two external meetings Wednesday. Latvia MOU (Flash Lab, 10am — Greg says Latvia’s ready to move) and Kellie (4:30pm — she wants the full 4–5pm hour; extend the hold). Dan email already sent Jun 12, so the Kellie thread is unblocked.

Daily Log

Sunday, June 14

  • — (no daily file; weekend. Flag Day.)

Monday, June 15

  • Timecard 6/1–6/15 due today via Axess. Open day otherwise — prime GPS retrospective block. Weekly digest created.

Tuesday, June 16

  • Not yet recorded — AS:DE 11am (Josh, Joe; thematic “so what” format); ISTE AI Pavilion Orientation 3:30pm PT.

Wednesday, June 17

  • Not yet recorded — Stanford::Latvia 10am (MOU / Flash Lab, w/ Greg, Elīna Miķelsone, Josh); Kellie 4:30pm (unit walkthrough — she asked for full 4–5pm, extend hold).

Thursday, June 18

  • Not yet recorded — Josh 1:1 10am, last before OOO: GPS retrospective checkpoint, logic model quarterly review, coverage while out. File the Jun 16–30 timecard today (deadline lands during ISTE).

Friday, June 19

  • Not yet recorded — OOO begins. Juneteenth (federal holiday). Mammoth Jun 19–21.

Saturday, June 20

  • — (Mammoth)

This Week’s Calendar

Stanford work calendar + real external commitments. Personal-calendar items (100x, River, CAP, chiropractor, dentist, aircraft logs, Mammoth, holidays) intentionally omitted.

Day Time (PT) Event Notes
Tue 11:00 AM AS:DE Meeting Josh (organizer), Joe, Reuben. Stanford Zoom. Thematic “so what” format.
Tue 3:30 PM ISTE AI Pavilion Orientation ISTE Zoom. Pre-Orlando logistics for the Jul 1 session.
Wed 10:00 AM Stanford::Latvia Greg Wilson (organizer), Elīna Miķelsone, Josh. MOU for Flash Lab — Greg: “Latvia is ready to move forward.”
Wed 4:30 PM Kellie (HOLD) She asked for the full hour 4–5pm; calendar hold is only 4:30–5. Extend + confirm (Fizzy #126).
Thu 10:00 AM Josh ↔ Reuben 1:1 Last before OOO. GPS retro, logic model quarterly, coverage-while-out.

Wednesday is the week’s busy day (two external-facing meetings). Mon is open for GPS; Fri is OOO.

Key Upcoming (Beyond This Week)

Date Event Prep Needed?
Fri Jun 19 – ~Jul 6 OOO — Mammoth (Jun 19–21), then ISTELive Orlando Set coverage with Josh at Thu 1:1.
Jun 30 Timecard 6/16–30 deadline + GPS retrospective submission Both land during OOO — file/submit early by Thu Jun 18.
Sun Jun 28 Fly to Orlando for ISTELive 26 (SW WN4162, conf ARKR63) Flights + hotel (Westgate Lakes) booked. Still owed: presenter registration + participation agreement (Fizzy #124) and SW seat (Fizzy #129).
Wed Jul 1, 9–10:30am ET ISTELive 26 — session (Reuben + Josh), AI Pavilion, Orlando Build the session deck. Fix the Jul 1 calendar event location (still says San Antonio → should be Orlando).

Action Items Status

Critical This Week

  • File timecard 6/1–6/15 — due today, Mon Jun 15, via Axess.
  • Push GPS retrospective to real draft pages — R/R/R narrative + STAR prompts. Effective deadline Thu Jun 18 (1:1 checkpoint). (80eacc95, b4acd418)
  • File timecard 6/16–30 early (by Thu Jun 18) — Jun 30 deadline lands during ISTE OOO.
  • ISTE presenter registration + participation agreement (Fizzy #124) — open since May 28; Orlando is two weeks out.
  • Confirm Kellie’s Wed hour + extend the 4:30 hold to 4–5pm (Fizzy #126).

In Progress

  • Fix Jul 1 ISTE calendar event location (San Antonio → Orlando)
  • Pick Southwest seat for Jun 28 SAN→MCO flight (Fizzy #129)
  • Share workshop planning-doc links with Sarahi / Learning Futures (Fizzy #130)
  • Workshops Google Sheet sync (Fizzy #119) — Jun 4 SMCOE + Jun 5 DCI rows still not pushed to the Sheet shared with Josh
  • File retreat outputs from INBOX (values audit, amendments, tag decisions, handbook 2.0 merge owner/date) — flagged Jun 12, may still be unrouted
  • Jaylen Pittman / Roy Pea — offline AI playground: Pi 5 mirror, Firebase logging, student audit log, UI tweaks (jaylen-webllm-followup, Fizzy #121)
  • SofIA security doc → Sergio + Micaela; auth flow + DB schema (sofia-security-doc)
  • AS one-pager + services tear sheet (co-design w/ Darcy) (f8953e6f, 8f13265e)
  • Draft 3-year Accelerator anniversary emails (Josh, Kristen, Cathy, Isabelle)
  • Add Quoted Impact entries to Airtable (sofIA, Dan/Josh Q2, Shaping the Narrative, DCI thank-yous, etc.)
  • Logic Model quarterly review — June is end of Q2; fold into Thursday’s 1:1
  • Strategic Horizon refresh — overdue since April; either knock out early or punt past OOO
  • Monthly Airtable (June) — end-of-month lands during OOO; do early next week or punt to early July
  • Fizzy Maybe triage — ~29 cards sitting

Waiting On Others

  • Josh: GPS retro next-round, Flash Lab cost sheet review, Darcy one-pager feedback (Thursday 1:1)
  • Darcy: one-pager + tear sheet feedback
  • Brooke (OTL): Geoff Cox + YouCubed contract precedent
  • Marily / Caitlin: IRB feedback on Health Coach Bot
  • Wen Ma (MyBook): Firebase billing question answered Jun 9 (“no cost on MyBook”); replied again Jun 15 on the new “really stuck” thread. (Fizzy #127)
  • Nadia (ISTE): next steps post-session-submit (silent since May 4)

Carried From Last Week (Jun 7–13)

  • Send the Dan email — sent Fri Jun 12 9:36am PT (“External research on SAL offerings (Flash Lab)”). Kellie meeting unblocked. (Fizzy #125 closed)
  • Reply to Cathy Chase (3 comments) + Paige Teamey on interview_data_processed sheet (Fizzy #128)
  • Strategic Huddle (May 12) running-notes filing — still open (~5 weeks)
  • Cyan DeVeaux — commit (Kerns + Tech Interactive intros) or formally pause. 8+ weeks rolled.
  • Reply to Anthony Pollina — review his AI lesson plan
  • Draft CRM survey questions — hanging since Mar 5
  • Date the four undated headings in running-notes.md (DLS, SAL All-Hands, Design-build-iterate, Josh O3) so the ETL parser stops dropping them

Week’s Accomplishments

Cumulative list, updated as the week progresses

  • Dan email sent (Jun 12) — Kellie thread unblocked
  • Timecard 6/1–6/15 filed (Mon)
  • GPS retrospective draft pages (Mon–Thu runway)

Decisions Made

(Updated as the week progresses)

Cooling Connections

Auto-surfaced from etl_cooling at 21-day threshold. Reuben decides re-engage / check in / drop.

Worth a nudge (active project ties):

  • Marily Oppezzo / Michele Patel — 83 days. Health Coach Bot; IRB feedback still owed from their side. Suggest: a one-line “still on my list — where are you on IRB?” before you go OOO, so it can move while you’re out.

Lower-priority / situational:

  • Victor Lee — 116 days by the ETL clock, but re-touched in person at the DCI panel Jun 5. Treat as resolved; no separate outreach.
  • Rachel Wolf — 91 days. Last active March recs thread. Drop unless concrete surfaces.
  • Vanessa Monterosa — 137 days. On the Carried list (NewSchools follow-up) — close it out either way.
  • Ana Saavedra — 125 days. Colombia chatbot wrapped Feb. Likely clean dormant.
  • Bernardo Silveira / Victoria Delaney — 116 days. Drop unless surfaced.
  • Anna-Lena Neurohr — 138 days. Drop unless surfaced.

Stories/Impact to Capture

Candidates for Airtable or quoted-impact.md

  • DCI thank-yous (Brittany Carlson + Katie Connor, ED) — landed last week: mentorship offer for GSE teams, DCI Fellows → Tinkery visit next fall (Becca Taylor planning), alums pointed at the Flash Lab toolkit. Already filed as Quoted Impact; pull into June Airtable. [RIPPLE] / [MULTIPLIER].
  • Latvia MOU (Wed) — if the MOU moves forward, that’s a new international Flash Lab partner — a forward signal worth noting (emerging story). [BRIDGE-BUILD] / [SCALE-MOMENT].
  • June deliveries (SMCOE PD + DCI Flash Lab) — still owed in the June Airtable entries; capture before end-of-month (which lands during OOO).

Carried to Next Week

(Updated at end of week)

Created: 2026-06-15 (Monday). Last working week before two weeks OOO (Fri Jun 19 → ~Jul 6: Mammoth, then ISTELive Orlando). Mon–Thu is the full runway — GPS retrospective (effective Thu Jun 18 deadline) and both timecards (file early) are the compressions. Wednesday is the busy day (Latvia MOU 10am + Kellie 4:30pm). Back still recovering from retreat travel.

Source: week-of-2026-06-14.md