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SCUSD budget gap grows by $10 million School district facing eighth year of reductions Story By Maria L. Lopez Photo by BigEducationApe.blogspot.com Surveys by K12 Insight Sacramento City Unified School Superintendent Jonathan P. Raymond announced today that the district will need to reduce its 2010-11 general fund budget by $28 to $30 million. The projection was readjusted after review of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s budget proposals. Raymond said the district had expected to trim $18 million from next year’s budget but revised the estimate after the Governor’s proposals were released. Raymond said that since 2002-03, SCUSD has cut more than $144 million from its budget. “W
Collaboration leads to new direction for SCUSD charter school petitioners Yav Pem Suab Academy sets asides petition to work with district Sacramento City Unified School Superintendent Jonathan P. Raymond today announced that organizers for the Yav Pem Suab Academy agreed on Tuesday to set aside their petition to start an independent charter school in the district. At a special board of education meeting on Tuesday night, petitioners said they would work with the district to create a school that remains part of the district as a “dependent” charter school, a charter that would remain under district governance, but would be allowed greater flexibility to use a longer school day or other