At last night’s Board Meeting, the Superintendent and CBO outlined the current state of district finances, and specifically what happens to our reserve level under different scenarios. As most of you already know, the District by law is required to keep a 3% reserve (measured as a % of expenses). The recent letter [...]
Two interesting updates were juxtaposed today. The first was summarized in an article in the San Francisco Chronicle about how a group of students, school districts, the California PTA, CSBA (California School Board Association) and ACSA (Association for California School Administrators) have filed a lawsuit arguing that elected officials in California have failed in [...]
Two months ago I wrote about the preliminary layoff notices that had to be given to certificated teachers by the March 15th deadline. The next deadline in this process is May 15th, where effectively “final” termination notices are given to these certificated employees. Although the District could always hire employees back, as a [...]