PUSD touts bond measure

Mo Money! Mo Money!

Amen. They are far too incompetent to use it wisely. Let's learn from history!

One of the great problems in California schools is the fact that they are underfunded even in a good year compared to the rest of the US. Class sizes are too large, facilities are too old, infrastructure is failing in established cities. The only way that public school districts can bring up the quality of facilities is through local bonds and State matching funds, when available. This is a good investment for property owners and a few hundred bucks that this will cost the typical homeowner is a cheap way to insure higher property values.

Public schools are merely a stepping stone for many "educators" for advancing their career.
That's where their focus lies. It's NOT about the kids. These types will stay on for a couple of years and move on (up).
To keep burdening the property owners with more taxes is NOT the answer. Pouring more money into this bottomless pit will not improve the bottom line, dedicated parents and teachers will.

Will this bond money be used for ALL the schools or just a select few or 'high success'(like the grant for English fluency which is a joke)?

The PUSD has always been a joke, and everyone knows it. It's the home of the clueless and incompetent. No bond measure!!! It would be like giving a credit card to a first-grader and turning him loose at Toys-R-Us!

Keith wrote:

The PUSD has always been a joke, and everyone knows it. It's the home of the clueless and incompetent. No bond measure!!! It would be like giving a credit card to a first-grader and turning him loose at Toys-R-Us!

You got that right ! The PUSD can find more ways of wasting taxpayers money than you can think of. And what their not spending of frivolous nonsense, their stuffing into their own pockets. Vote "NO" to any bond measure they ask for.

Dont vote no, just ask for accountablility

"Ask" for nothing! DEMAND it!

If this bond measure doesn't pass the state will not match it with funds. The school district is close to collapse with old buildings. Don't you want better sports facilities and classrooms? The average property owner will only have to pay an average of $125.00 per year. That's cheap. Think about it when you vote. Every dollar the bond pulls the state matches it. Sounds like a good deal to me.

Van wrote:

Public schools are merely a stepping stone for many "educators" for advancing their career.
That's where their focus lies. It's NOT about the kids. These types will stay on for a couple of years and move on (up).
To keep burdening the property owners with more taxes is NOT the answer. Pouring more money into this bottomless pit will not improve the bottom line, dedicated parents and teachers will.

I had my sons 3rd grade teacher at Longfellow Elementry tell me flat out that prop "Y" was just the ticket she needed to score some major $ for two years then move on to another district. To pull the same stunt on another cities bond measure no doubt. My wife was also acquainted with a woman who's daughter worked at the PUSD on Hudson. She told my wife plenty about the goings on there. They would throw lavish parties at each others homes, take cruises, and all at taxpayers expense. Look at it this way, they said that prop "Y" was going to elleviate all our problems. Now here we are just a few short years later, and here they come again with hat in hand. NO WAY.

The money they have now is egregiously mismanaged. Don't give them a dime more!

Well there is a new sheriff in town. From what I have heard, Diaz has already removed a lot of dead wood from the district office. I know for a fact some of the worst are gone.

In addition, most of the incompetent Board members have been voted out as well. Good old give me your vote and I will stab you in the back Peter S is long gone for example.

Now the new folks in there are seen as status quo and this attitude will not fix the problem. The bottom line is all the special interest programs are killing all the public schools. There is nothing PUSD can do about the state and federal mandated programs.

You've "heard" that, have you? Well, we're all still waiting to "see" some change! NO MORE MONEY until we see a dramatic new change in direction!

Deadwood from the district office? You mean those who actually worked. No I agree the assistant superintendents needed to go but they were replaced with 12 directors. Now I'm no math wiz but you get rid of 3 and hire 12? Then fire a good chunk of the little people to make up the pay?