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Start the Day for Students - Thursday, March 4
3/4/2010

Start the Day for Students on Thursday, March 4 (click for details)

Contact your individual school site for specific Start the Day for Students activities, or log on to www.standupforschools.org.

Despite vowing to protect education, Governor Schwarzenegger’s proposed 2010–11 budget once again manipulates the numbers to reduce education funding by $900 MILLION in the current year and an additional $2.4 BILLION in 2010–11.

Schools simply can’t absorb these cuts on top of the $17 BILLION in reductions they’ve endured over the past two years. Cuts of these proportions have caused schools to close and have eliminated teachers, administrators, janitors, nurses, counselors, librarians, summer school, transportation, athletics and technology. These are the very programs that have increased academic success.

THIS MEANS MORE BUDGET CUTS FOR SOLANO COUNTY SCHOOLS.

$96.4 million in REDUCTIONS 2009-2011

AVERAGE BUDGET CUTS OF 25%

AFFECTING 67,203 students

Benicia Unified School District - 4,959 students
$4 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
Preliminary layoff notices sent to 20 certificated employees
Layoffs of classified employees pending
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Increased K-3 class size up to 28 students per class
  • Elimination of high school zero period classes
  • Elimination of three staff development days through 2012
  • Elimination of all athletic stipends

Dixon Unified School District - 4,089 students
$7 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
Preliminary layoff notices sent to 22 certificated employees
including three administrative positions
Layoffs of classified employees pending
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Closure of an elementary school
  • Elimination of district general fund contribution to athletics
  • K-6 classes up to 31 students, 7-12 classes up to 37 students
  • Negotiated salary and work-year concessions

Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District - 22,496 students
$33 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
Preliminary layoff notices sent to more than 200 certificated
employees
Layoffs of classified employees pending
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Increased class size up to 30 students per class in K-3
  • Significant reductions in categorical programs
  • Elimination of athletics, elementary music, art and P.E. specialists along with significant reductions in educational technology services and counselors
  • Significant central office and site administration reductions

Solano County Office of Education - 3,500 students*
$3.6 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
Preliminary layoff notices sent to 5 certificated employees
Layoffs of classified employees pending
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Reductions in student programs: Career Technical Education, Juvenile Court and Community Schools
  • Reduced services in professional development and district and school support
    * includes 2,980 high school and adult ROP students

Travis Unified School District - 5,301 students
$7.2 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
Travis USD has laid off over 60 certificated and classified staff members
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Travis Unified School District is looking at every aspect of its budget to find additional budget reductions

Vacaville Unified School District - 13,166 students
$24.5 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
More certificated layoffs even with a retirement incentive program including 65 retiring teachers
Layoffs of classified employees pending
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Class size reduction eliminated for grades K-3
  • Increased class sizes in grades 4-12
  • Close two elementary schools
  • Cuts to athletics, music and art

Vallejo Unified School District - 16,672 students
$17.1 million in budget reductions 2009 through 2011
Preliminary layoff notices sent to 108 certificated employees
Layoffs of classified employees pending
Proposed budget cuts for 2010-11 include:
  • Increased K-3 class size up to 31 students per class
  • Significant reductions in categorical programs
  • School closure of middle and high school in 2011-12
  • Elimination of three district office administrative positions


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