Why hasn Alamedas School District done something to address the funding inequities that mean Alameda gets less state funding than other school districts?
As AUSD Board Member Mike McMahon’s website reports, there has been ongoing work in this area both by the AUSD and other Alamedans: For the record, AUSD has been actively lobbying Sacramento. In December, 2007, AUSD representatives presented Senator Perata with a legislative wish list. In February, 2008, thanks to the efforts to Trish Spencer and the PTA council, close to a thousand letters were delivered to state legislators. In response to 2007 budget cuts, Alameda for Better Schools began examining options for a legal challenge to the funding inequity problem. In June, 2007, Ann Casper and Rob Siltanen presented a progress report on mounting a legal challenge. Alameda High School teacher Rob Siltanen’s blog entry, Tectonic Plates, Pie and Measure H provides a more detailed introduction to the complexity of the problem. Why is class size reduction proposed to be cut? Doesn’t the state pay for that program? The state does not fully fund the Class Size Reduction (CSR) program which kee
