San Jose Unified School District plans to place a bond measure on the November ballot. Despite having one child in SJUSD, my spouse teaching there and recognizing the need for additional funding, without prompt reforms, I’ll be voting no on the bond measure in November.
Since becoming a homeowner in SJUSD District 1 in 2013, there is nary an education bond measure I’ve not supported. My confidence in the district has been shattered. Reneging on a ratified raise for the teachers is outrageous. Their toxic, tyrannical, top-down management culture is driving away good teachers and families.
Rather than serving stakeholders, the board seems committed to covering for mismanagement and largely dismissing the stakeholders desperately seeking help. Accountability for mismanagement is overdue.
Christopher Webb
San Jose
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