The Sacramento Bee Misinforms About School Budgets
Marcos Bretón today in the BEE, describes what he thinks are the facts of the SCUSD budget. Most of the data are cut and paste from prior articles he wrote. , The title is deceptive. It is not factual.
SCUSD is not going broke, SCUSD has a $93 million surplus at the end of this year,
And, they claim they will spend $100 million on books and supplies.
They usually spend $ 10 million.
I don't know if he wrote the headline.
This is irresponsible reporting. The Bee supports the School Board incumbents. But, at least they should accurately report on the budget.
California itself has a major problem of underfunding of schools. They have been doing so since 1988. This is on the ballot as Prop. 15. See the Prop 15 video below. http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2020/10/what-is-prop-15-explained.html
The Sacramento funding crisis is not in teachers’ salaries, or health benefits.
California under funds its schools and that produces large classes- the largest in the nation. We have few counselors and almost no school nurses. Lets talk about the real issue of California school funding,
Choosing Democracy: The Sacramento Bee Misinforms About School Budgets