Looking at ALL of the alternatives is the responsibility of the board and I am extremely dismayed by the fairly narrow focus of solving this problem. It is only fair to study all of the options available to resolve this budget problem. It should be of grave concern that the board has not even looked at dissolving discretionary schools and programs. In fact, budget cutting option A provides funding to renovate Valley Oak to put DaVinci in!
Also--please forward this e-mail to everyone you know in Davis!
It is unacceptable to close schools, deny renovation, despite monies available from properties owned, and then re-open them with "special interest"programs or while continuing to provide operating budgets to entire schools of discretionary programs as is the case of Caesar Chavez. They are closing core-curriculum schools, to finance running two entire special interest schools in the middle of a budget crisis. These programs are arguably valuable, but not as necessary as providing core curriculum in neighborhood schools as required by the state. They are not even on the table, and some get more funding in the end.
Something smells funny here. It's almost "Daily Show" worthy!!
If this infuriates you, or even merely annoys you, speak up...the reason this is happening is because people like us are the much too silent majority. Those with kids in the district-run "private schools" are very organized, very vocal, and very well connected. However, I feel we have the simple notion of "what is right" on our side.
Please contact the superintendent and the board with your thoughts...its all we have left and there's not much time.
sallen@djusd.k12.ca.us, gdaleiden@djusd.k12.ca.us, rcharris@djusd.k12.ca.us, slovenburg@djusd.k12.ca.us, ttaylor@djusd.k12.ca.us
Thanks for all of your support.
Sandy Batchelor
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