It is no secret that the biggest expense a school district has is teachers’ salaries and benefits. However, the total cost of teachers’ salaries and benefits for our District has remained almost unchanged for the last five years. A look at the numbers is revealing: In 2006-2007 SCTA salaries were 40.68% of the District’s budget [...]

Local parents have taken the initiative to organize a rally to protest cuts in the education budget. We are asking members to join this effort and show up before the next school board meeting on Thursday 2/16/2012. We will gather on the public area on the sidewalk along 47th Avenue starting at 5:30 pm. For [...]

“At the heart of our work is a single, simple promise to our community: We will make every decision based on the best interests of our children. We will put children first.” –Jonathon Raymond Under their watch, the SCUSD school board and their employee, Jonathon Raymond, spent $42 million on consultants for the 2010-2011 school year. [...]