SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD to tax your water meters?
Trustee Hintzkee is exploring taxing water meters to pay for schools. View the Dec 16 school board meeting (Web Link)
2010 s... |
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on Dec 30, 2009 at 1:19 am by Jerry, a resident of the Oak Hill neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel Tax 2 - Fact or Fiction?
Recent writers to the Town Square have repeatedly stated that there is no parcel tax. True. As long as the PUSD Board of Trustees have not approved such action, this claim can... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Dec 29, 2009 at 8:06 pm by MK, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD - Alternative Expense Reductions?
The first of several "Special Board Meetings" is scheduled for January 5, 2010. Agenda and Board Packet is posted here (Web Link... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Dec 28, 2009 at 6:50 pm by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD - Budget Advisory Committee
The Budget Advisory Committee members have been posted on the PUSD website (Web Link) along with the schedule... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Dec 24, 2009 at 8:49 am by Dark Corners of Town, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD - Race to the Top
At the upcoming Jan 5, 2010 PUSD Board of Trustees meeting agenda item 2.1 is to approve an MOU contingent upon success in winning a Race to the Top grant. This MOU is include... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Dec 20, 2009 at 12:54 pm by Dark Corners of Town, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel Tax Citizens' Group?
The following letter to the editor was printed 11/27/09 in the PW. Does anyone know what the "concerned citizens' group" is called? Or when/where the "educational forums at th... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Dec 20, 2009 at 7:14 am by Dark Corners of Town, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD and APT negotiation process starting
At the upcoming PUSD Board of Trustees meeting (Oct 27), agenda item 14.2 is for PUSD and the APT to present their initial bargaining proposals in order to initiate formal neg... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Oct 27, 2009 at 6:57 am by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
What is the PUSD Budget Advisory Committee up to?
In the minutes of the PUSD Board of Trustees meeeting for Oct. 13 the CSEA representative commended the BAC "...they appreciate the work being done by the BAC".
In the minu... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Oct 26, 2009 at 1:30 pm by Stacey, a resident of the Amberwood/Wood Meadows neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Board of Trustees Meeting Oct 13 7:00 pm
Agenda items include:
- Changing the Superintendent's contract to add an option to receive an annual $10,000 fringe benefit in cash, retroactive to 2007. (why does it need to... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Oct 12, 2009 at 8:18 am by Dark Corners of Town, a resident of the Country Fair neighborhood |
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PUSD Board of Trustees meeting 9/22 7 pm
The next Board meeting is this Tuesday. Note the entire 08-09 unaudited financials are in the posted materials.
See agenda items 14.4 and 14.5 where PUSD is borrowing from ... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Sep 21, 2009 at 9:50 am by Alex, a resident of another community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD School Board Meeting 9/8 7:00 pm
Will an agenda be posted on the PUSD website in time for citizens to prepare? And why hasn't the 8/18 board meeting webcast been made available either? |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Sep 3, 2009 at 9:17 pm by Resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Board Meeting 8/18 at 7 pm
The first Board of Trustees meeting of the 09-10 school year is Tuesday evening. Agenda items include the use of funds raised by ILPS.
With the possibility of another parcel... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Aug 20, 2009 at 9:34 pm by Kathleen Ruegsegger, a resident of the Vintage Hills Elementary School neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD Superintendent's Evaluation
...Or the lack of one? Originally scheduled for June 2, the PUSD Board (see May 29 mtg minutes) moved it to June 22. Expected to see it last night.... it is now scheduled for ... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Jun 26, 2009 at 9:02 pm by My review, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Dublin Schools raise K-3 and 9th grade class sizes
For all the Measure G supporters who believed Pleasanton home prices would suffer because PUSD would raise class sizes, does this take away one of the arguments for the next p... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Jun 22, 2009 at 8:41 am by Teacher2, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Has the Parcel Tax become a Social Tax?
With the upcoming launch/rally for raising $2.8 million for "I Love Pleasanton Schools", will we have turned what was a private ballot box/exemption process into a public 'wit... |
Dark Corners of Town |
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on Jun 19, 2009 at 1:45 pm by Wow, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Parcel tax thread
I have been reading the blogs about the parcel tax issue becausesome folks were posting good informatin about how schools are funded. Info I didn't know how to find.
But now... |
Dave |
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on Apr 5, 2008 at 6:41 pm by Mike, a resident of the Birdland neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PPIE's 9th annual "Bon Appetit-Toasts & Tastes of Fall" to benefit Pleasanton schools!
Don't miss it! PPIE's annual culinary event, Bon Appetit- Toasts & Tastes of Fall, on October 6th from 6:30pm -10pm. 15 culinary teams, consisting of a school principal, a l... |
David |
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on Sep 25, 2012 at 11:15 pm by Sandy Piderit, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
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Deja Vu - We acknowledge an error in judgment was made
This post from the Measure G campaign in 2009 is worth repeating:
We acknowledge an error in judgment was made
Publisher's blog, posted by Gina Channell-Allen, president o... |
Deja vu |
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on May 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm by resident, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
PUSD is Poorly Managed. Management Shake Up is a Must
If The Cupertino Union School District can provide their students with high-quality education and programs with only $4373 per student in base revenue limit funding from the s... |
Devon |
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on Jan 23, 2009 at 2:15 pm by michael miller, a resident of the Val Vista neighborhood |
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Measure G is flawed and deceptive.
Some want us to believe that we can have confidence voting for measure G. That $15 million of the $18 million of our taxes collected may not go directly to raises. That step... |
Diana |
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on May 24, 2009 at 1:51 pm by NO ON G, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
More reason to believe a parcel tax is not needed?
PUSD has confirmed it will receive 2.1 million from federal stimulus money.
In addition PUSD is eligible to receive American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that is intended ... |
Diana |
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on Apr 22, 2009 at 9:38 pm by Russell, a member of the Vintage Hills Elementary School community |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Is There School Tomorrow for AVHS Students?
According to the school calendar, there seems to be no school tomorrow for grades 6-12 due to a teacher work day. My student didn't hear his teachers mention this last Friday ... |
Diane |
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on Jan 23, 2012 at 11:08 pm by Hmmmm, a resident of the Another Pleasanton neighborhood neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
Jan 19 Budget Q & A
I just glanced through the the Jan. 19 Budget Questions and Answers.
Someone asked (question 46) who was on the Revenue Enhancement Committee and got an answer that was not d... |
Direct Answers |
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on Jan 29, 2010 at 3:46 pm by Sandy Piderit, a resident of the Mohr Park neighborhood |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
An Idea for a Different Use of Parcel Taxes
I posted this on another thread, but it was suggested I try this.
I have had this thought knocking around of how to look at a parcel tax—no more than five years, maybe thre... |
Disagree w/B |
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on Mar 15, 2009 at 9:59 pm by Jeb Bing, editor of the Pleasanton Weekly |
SCHOOLS & KIDS
The school district has lost the plot
The school district informed parents this week that they plan to shorten the school day by almost an hour in 1-3rd grade. This is in ADDITION to raising class sizes to 30-1 n... |
Disappointed |
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on Jun 15, 2012 at 7:38 am by Tami, a resident of the The Knolls neighborhood |
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