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West Contra Costa Unified board approves three‑year fiscal solvency plan; directs staff to try to preserve outreach workers and music
Summary
The board approved a three‑year fiscal solvency plan to close a projected $127.2 million shortfall over three years while adding directives to seek ways to retain school community outreach workers, pursue attendance recovery, and explore using Prop 28/one‑time funds to sustain elementary music teachers and review the Spanish for Spanish speakers offering at Kennedy High.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District Board of Education voted Feb. 11 to adopt a three‑year fiscal solvency plan that uses reserves, OPEB borrowing and staffing and program reductions to close an estimated $127.2 million gap over the next three years, while directing staff to pursue targeted measures to protect certain student supports.
Superintendent Cotton said the plan reflects “the current fiscal and enrollment reality” — including declining average daily attendance and lower state cost‑of‑living adjustments — and described a mix of actions the district will use, from exhausting Fund 17 reserves to rightsizing staff and seeking revenue enhancements. “We are listening,” the superintendent said, noting more than 700 community members participated in listening sessions that shaped the proposal.
Why it matters: The plan puts the district on a path officials say is necessary to avoid a cash‑flow crisis next fall, but it also drew sustained public opposition.…
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