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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — San Francisco teachers were out rallying for a fourth day Thursday after another day of failed negotiations with SFUSD.
During a news conference, the president of the teachers union again reiterated their demands to have the district spend reserve funds to help reach a deal.
“Our districts are not banks. Today’s dollars for today’s students is what this agreement achieves and they need to figure it out. And the state of California could go a lot further by fully funding public education today, tomorrow and hopefully joining together for the future,” said UESF President Cassondra Curiel.
These issues surrounding budgets and financing have gotten progressively worse for school districts not just here in the Bay Area, but around the state.
An increasing number of districts are facing financial crises and that’s causing many to demand Sacramento spend more money on funding education.
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In the South Bay, the San Jose Unified School District’s board held a meeting to discuss the potential closure of over half a dozen schools.
That district’s superintendent spoke at length to the more than 100 concerned parents who came out to the meeting.
“I’m a parent so I understand the anxiety and the stress,” said Superintendent Nancy Albarran.
Natalie Wheatfall-Lum works with the educational consultant EdTrust-West.
She says California’s underfunding of schools can be traced back to the passing of Prop 13.
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“Ever since then, the amount of spending that California does on its students has dropped steadily over the several decades since it passed,” said Wheatfall-Lum.
Wheatfall-Lum says while everyone wants to see more funding, discussions are also being had about how the state allocates the money.
Because without change, Wheatfall-Lum says the current issues will likely only get worse.
“More and more districts will stay in financial crises. Students will continue to not have the resources they need to be academically successful,” she said.
SFUSD estimates it’s losing between $7-10 million every day it’s closed.
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