Saturday, February 13, 2010

Sacramento Press / Sacramento City Unified School Disrtict Community Budget Forums

Sacramento Press / Sacramento City Unified School Disrtict Community Budget Forums


The budget and strategic plan survey of the community is complete. These surveys mark the a new commitment by SCUSD to listening to our community, consulting the community on important decisions and providing the public open access to our work in leading the district.  The data will be accumulated and we will report on the results of the surveys as soon as possible. 

Superentendent Jonathan Raymond announced that the district has scheduled four community forums to discuss the budget. These forums seek to gain recommendations from the public on how the district should deal with a budget shortfall of up to $30 million. “In the end, the school board will make the tough decisions about how to balance the budget and will set a direction for the district with the new strategic plan. But these forums are allowing us to have a conversation with the people of Sacramento – teachers, parents and community members alike – like never before in our history. These conversations are vitally important and are giving us a window into the community’s thoughts and ideas about the kind of schools they want. We want to make sure everyone takes this opportunity to be heard,” Superintendent Raymond said.

Each is scheduled from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

• Feb. 17 – McClatchy High School, 3066 Freeport Blvd.
• Feb. 23 – Rosemont High School, 9594 Kiefer Blvd.
• Feb. 24 – Luther Burbank High School, 3500 Florin Road
• March 3 – location to be announced

"It's absolutely critical that the community is part of these decisions. It's their schools, after all."
Go to the SCUSD Web Site