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Choosing Democracy: The Sacramento Bee Misinforms About School Budgets

Choosing Democracy: The Sacramento Bee Misinforms About School Budgets

The Sacramento Bee Misinforms About School Budgets




Marcos BretĂ³n 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