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Staff member: unions' pay proposals would push district into deep deficits

Palo Alto Unified · February 5, 2026
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Summary

A staff member said teachers' and classified employee union proposals would add roughly $42.5 million and $37.7 million in ongoing costs and project the district into increasingly negative ending fund balances through 2029–30, raising fiscal sustainability concerns.

A staff member for the district presented numbers showing teachers' and classified employee unions asked for compensation, benefits and contract changes that would add roughly $42,500,000 and $37,681,241 in new ongoing costs, respectively.

The staff member said the teacher proposal equates to about a 28% increase when salary, benefits and…

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