Dear Colleagues and Community Members,
Disaster fatigue. That’s what I believe many of us are experiencing. The economic news has not been good in our community, our state, the country and, consequently, our District. In FUHSD this year we have sustained over $7 million in cuts, and we anticipate that we could be facing over $2.3 million more in 2010-2011.
Despite majority (60%) support from our community, our parcel tax measure—requiring a 2/3 vote—did not pass in November. However, it remains the case that these dollars are critical to maintaining our outstanding schools. Given that urgency, the Board voted to go out again for another measure this spring. This time it is a simple renewal of the $98 parcel tax, identical to the measure that you, our voters, passed in 2004. This parcel tax ends in six years and includes no inflation factor.
The November election helped us learn about questions on the minds of people in our community, including questions on our budgetary situation; the need for new revenue; our facilities bond work; and how parcel tax dollars will be used.
We want you to have the answers you need. And we want to provide information that can help us all work together to maintain the fantastic programs and schools that make us a community that can survive and succeed in these difficult times. So we are launching a new section of our District website Questions and Answers to address the questions below.
We welcome new questions from you. Please do not hesitate to ask. We pride ourselves on being a transparent organization and want you to have access to the facts. Email your questions to Cindy McArthur or call 408-522-2206.
Polly M. Bove
Superintendent
CLICK on any question below to find out more information:
