Posted on 06/24/2024 7:16:22 AM PDT by george76
Schools in the progressive haven of San Francisco are facing a major budget crunch. Things are so dire that the district may have to actually close some schools.
It’s amazing that these schools are having cash flow problems when you consider the taxes people pay to live there.
Officials from the school district recently met with some financial experts who gave them some tough love.
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Late last week, two fiscal experts — appointed a few years ago to give guidance to the district — were authorized to suspend or reverse financial decisions made by the superintendent or school board. It’s an extreme action the state superintendent of public instruction can take when a district is in a “distressed financial condition.”…
The school board spent Tuesday night reviewing the new reality, with state advisers and other fiscal experts detailing the stark financial situation and what it will take to dig out of the hole. They urged district leaders to enact an immediate hiring freeze, which Wayne agreed to enforce. State officials, who met with Wayne last week, acknowledged the district has been cooperative and is responding to requests more quickly…
This moment has arguably been a long time coming. The district has been overspending for years, failing to adjust for declining enrollment and relying on a flush state budget, savings and pandemic recovery funds to make ends meet.
Those bills are coming due, and an anemic state budget is making matters worse.
Back in October of 2023, CBS News reported that the teacher union fought for a pay raise and won:
Teachers and the school district in San Francisco have avoided a threatened strike following a marathon all-night bargaining session that resulted in a tentative agreement, the teachers’ union and the district announced Friday morning…
The tentative agreement includes a $9,000 salary increase for teachers this school year and an additional 5% raise for the 2024-2025 school year.
Maybe this is part of the problem. The teacher unions always seem to get what they want.
Plus it doesn’t help when your city is such a $#*+hole that families don’t want to live there.
A budget shortfall that causes schools to close can be instantly fixed by paying reparations to black San Franciscans.
Do I have to solve every Democrat problem? Sheesh.
Cleaning human poo off pubic areas would provide a lot of jobs.
Families with kids have been fleeing SF for decades.
What’s the problem, SF?
Just do what the Chicago Teachers Union is doing...
Jack taxes and hire more employees to churn out illiterate dysfunctional adults.
Piece of cake.
By local law, San Francisco is a sanctuary city. Perhaps they should pass a new law, declaring themselves to be a super-sanctuary city.
That should help.
Oh no! How will the young receive their indoctrination?
“Going Broke” is unfortunately the only way to reform bloated, Neo-communist government.
Just ask the Soviets.
“Public schools” going broke?
I am way too familiar with SFUSD.
Ive attended too many school board meetings in my time.
Fundamental problem is that it keeps losing enrollment but refuses to close schools, or take cuts to admin to reflect the reduced enrollment. Covid reduced enrollment by @8% and it has not recovered.
The teachers (pervert groomers) will have to look for victims elsewhere.
I hear some churches have some job openings....
;-)
Very commendable, but one wonders if the board can name three drag queens in the city. After all, this is "Baghdad-by-the-bay".
It seems clear that SF is in an economic death spiral. It’s only going to get worse. Even if they cracked down on crime tomorrow it’s too late, many businesses have left. There’re homeless zombie-like people all over downtown.
Another misleading headline. Schools aren’t actually closing yet, just considering closing. No wonder right wing media credibility is so low, even here.
I mistakenly thought that the California Lottery, which takes in $Billions every month, was for the “children.”
But how will kids learn about all the different genders and how evil America is?
Sadly, closing the schools will greatly improve education in the district.
Just the beginning of what it coming to SF, LA and NYC.
Wokeness leads to brokeness- and not just financially. Well another feather in slick hair’s leftard cap for the DNC’s relief pitcher in November.
Gays generally don’t have children, fewer children means fewer butts in classroom seats, fewer butts in seats means less Federal funds from the DOE, less Federal funds means schools must close to save money for the fewer schools that better match the student supply...
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