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R&D Alert R&D Alert covers issues affecting schools in WestEd’s four-state region – Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah – and nationwide. Your letters are welcomed. Please send comments to Colleen Montoya, WestEd, 4665 Lampson Avenue, Los Alamitos, CA 90720-5139; fax, 562/985-9038; or e-mail, cmontoy@WestEd.org Chief Executive Officer Glen Harvey Director, Office of Policy & Communications Max McConkey R&D Alert Editor Kate Rix R&D Alert Contributors Glen Harvey Kate Rix Nimfa Rueda Copy Editors Colleen Montoya Nimfa Rueda Graphic Designer Joe Vera, Vera Design Photographers Keith Brauneis Sheila Signer Online Version of the R&D Alert Cat Woodmansee New telephone numbers at WestEd Several of WestEd’s California offices have changed, or will soon change, their telephone numbers and addresses. Staff working in our San Francisco and Oakland offices will have new telephone numbers by the end of 1999. The main telephone and fax numbers for San Francisco remain the same: 415/565-3000 and 415/565-3012. As of Dec. 23, the main telephone number in Oakland will be 510/302-4200. The main fax number there will be 510/302-4242. Our Menlo Park, Sausalito, and Los Alamitos offices will all have new telephone numbers by March 2000. All WestEd phone numbers can be found on our Web site at WestEd.org In addition, by late December our Oakland staff will relocate to new offices: 300 Lakeside Drive, 18th floor, Oakland, CA 94612.