New California Governor Jerry Brown announced some of the details of his upcoming 2011-2012 budget release in a press conference today. He called it a “vast and historic” reworking of state government finances which calls for a combination of spending cuts and the extension of taxes set to expire this year. He also [...]
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In October I wrote about the claim being filed against the County Treasurer regarding the major losses in the Lehman Bankruptcy. Yesterday a number of school districts, including ours, collectively filed the lawsuit against the County and its Treasurer. Lee Buffington, the County Treasurer at the time, is no longer in office, [...] At last night’s School Board Meeting, the board reviewed and gave the go ahead for the fielding of a community survey beginning next week. The Board hired the same polling firm we used in the research leading up to the successful passage of Measure B in May 2009. This poll is related to the fact [...] In September, I wrote about the Federal Education Jobs Fund and how SCSD would receive roughly half a million dollars to “retain teachers and other school related personnel.” Since there was not a corresponding state cut in school budgets as we had feared, the Distict worked with the San Carlos Teachers Association to agree [...] Those topics aren’t necessarily related except for the fact that they were the key topics discussed at last night’s board meeting, which was reasonably well attended particularly given it conflicted with Game 2 of the World Series. Board Goals – although there will still be some wordsmithing on the final presentation, the Board essentially agreed to [...] Twenty one years ago I actually worked for Lehman Brothers. It’s one of those things that I tend not to highlight on the resume anymore (although, as I like to joke to my friends, “it was all downhill for them after I left”). Lehman now has a different connection for me as it [...] Last week, the California state legislature and the Governor finally approved the budget — a record 100 days late. But as you can imagine, the impact of this budget on public education is far from clear. At last night’s Board meeting, we received a report on the specific effect on the recently passed budget on [...] Last Friday marked a milestone as Sacramento officially now has the longest stalemate in California state budget history. And despite the requirement to complete its budget by June 30th (just like we have to do at the local level), each year the state operates under this big unknown, and unfortunately we feel the consequence [...] Folks have been hearing more and more about the federal Education Jobs Fund and its intent to save and protect thousands of jobs in California schools. This past Friday SB 847 was signed into law, which authorizes the state to distribute $1.2 billion in federal education funds. The purpose of the grants is to [...] One of the stranger concepts that I have been exposed to since taking public office is the notion of the “furlough” day. This essentially means that public agencies tell their employees not to come into work a certain number of days so that they can reduce their pay proportionally. Often such terms need [...] |
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