As BUSD finalizes its 2017-18 budget, the district is already looking at potential cuts for 2018-19 to prevent deficit spending.
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BUSD paves way for renovated Community Theater, West Campus
BUSD plans to use bond funds to renovate West Campus and the Berkeley High Community Theater, among other projects.
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12 Berkeley measures will determine city’s infrastructure, education budget, campaign financing and more
Berkeley students carry Yes on E1 signs during the Solano Stroll. Photo: Yes on E1 campaign As a presidential campaign colored by controversy inches ever closer, local races and campaigns struggle to be heard amid the cacophony. But Berkeley’s ballot is packed with measures that will determine the near-future of the city’s infrastructure, affordable housing […]
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School budget ‘cautiously positive’ despite challenges
The Bonar Street headquarters of the Berkeley Unified School District. Photo: Kaia Diringer “Prudent budgeting” has allowed Berkeley’s school district finances to weather obstacles such as rising employee health care costs and insufficient revenue from the state, officials said earlier this week. “We have heard about the pain in other school districts from furlough days, significant […]
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Berkeley school district cuts to tackle $3M deficit
BUSD Superintendent Bill Huyett: looking to balance the budget Berkeley school district Superintendent Bill Huyett published an open letter yesterday outlining the BUSD budget for the next school year. Specifically he addressed the district’s need to find savings to make up for a $3 million deficit. Below is the letter which precedes a public budget […]
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48 Berkeley teachers get preliminary layoff notices
BUSD administrators will hold budget hearing on March 29 in city council chambers Late last week, 48 teachers in the Berkeley Unified School District opened their mailboxes to find bad news: a pink slip. In order to meet state mandates, the district sent out preliminary layoff notices to 28 probationary teachers and 20 permanent faculty, […]
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New state budget is good news for Berkeley schools
The Berkeley Unified School District Board The final numbers haven’t been completely crunched, and the legislature hasn’t passed the budget yet, but the fiscal situation for the Berkeley Unified School District for next year looks much better than previously thought. Gov. Jerry Brown released his “May revise” budget on Monday and it contained an unexpected […]
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Berkeley school district faces deep cuts
Berkeley Adult School faces cuts under proposed budget Dozens of teachers and staff from Berkeley schools are planning to leaflet local BART stations Tuesday afternoon to get out the word that planned state budget cuts will decimate the school system. The 4 pm leafleting, and a planned march in San Francisco on Friday, are part […]
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End of budget negotiations imperils city, school budgets
Governor Jerry Brown ended budget negotiations today. Photo: Thomas Hawk Already tough budgets for the city and the school district became significantly tougher with the collapse today of negotiations between Governor Jerry Brown and the Republicans in Sacramento. Since Brown took office in January, his highest priority has been a plan to close the state’s […]