Several candidates running for school board in November have been vocal supporters of policies that will bring costly lawsuits to our school district. Our students and teachers do not deserve to have our tax dollars wasted on unwinnable lawsuits with the State of California. There are already concerns about less funding from the state in the next fiscal year, we do not need to add MORE financial stress for our district. Our money should stay local to support vital programs for our students and to retain quality teachers and staff.
I stand firmly against harmful policies that will bring costly lawsuits to our district:
NO to book bans and censorship
NO to forced outing policies
(that are now prohibited under AB 1955 as of July 2024)
Instead, our funds need to go towards necessary health and safety updates to our school facilities that will save money in the long run and improve our schools now.
Read more on RUSD need for school facility updates:
Creating Safer Schools - Letter from RUSD Superintendent Juan Cabral, April 2024
Read more on the issue of the state budget:
State Budget Deficit Continues to Widen, Threatening K-12 Education Funding - California School Boards Association (CSBA), March 2024
What is Proposition 98 and How Does the State Budget Shortfall Affect It? - California Budget & Policy Center, Feb 2024
Read more on the major cost of culture war policies:
Chino Valley Revamps Parental Notification Policy - EdSource, March 2024
Temecula Valley Unified Reverses Course and Adopts State-Approved Social Studies Curriculum - EdSource, July 2023