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Agenda Item
S.-1 24-2928 Adoption by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 2425-0132 - Approving District's First Interim Financial Report for Fiscal Year 2024-2025 and Certification of said Report to the Alameda County Superintendent of Schools as "Negative."
I am strongly opposed to the proposed budget cuts that the district is presenting for OUSD schools. IT is fascinating that we are comfortable bottom lining an administrative budget with a superintendent and other staff who make above $200,000 annually while proposing cuts to essential workers at the site level. As in years prior, OUSD continues to defund essential positions and programs to schools most in need of wrap around services and support. We continue to balance budgets that cause the students most in need of support, to no longer have the essential services that ensure their needs are met in school and beyond. The positions OUSD prioritizes funding, could fund LARGE NUMBERS OF ESSENTIAL POSITIONS AND PROGRAMS FOR OUR SCHOOL SITES. Sondra Aguilera shared that OUSD's vision for student centered schools. This is NOT student centered. This is not staff or teacher centered. You cannot expect students to excel without supporting the wrap around services we provide for students.
I am strongly opposed to the proposed budget cuts that the district is presenting for OUSD schools. IT is fascinating that we are comfortable bottom lining an administrative budget with a superintendent and other staff who make above $200,000 annually while proposing cuts to essential workers at the site level. As in years prior, OUSD continues to defund essential positions and programs to schools most in need of wrap around services and support. We continue to balance budgets that cause the students most in need of support, to no longer have the essential services that ensure their needs are met in school and beyond. The positions OUSD prioritizes funding, could fund LARGE NUMBERS OF ESSENTIAL POSITIONS AND PROGRAMS FOR OUR SCHOOL SITES. Sondra Aguilera shared that OUSD's vision for student centered schools. This is NOT student centered. This is not staff or teacher centered. You cannot expect students to excel without supporting the wrap around services we provide for students.