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Board secures positive fiscal certification after cuts; teachers and classified staff press for alternatives
Summary
The Sonoma County Office of Education concurred with the district's positive second‑interim certification after staff presented a package of budget reductions and cash‑flow plans. Teachers' and classified unions urged the board to reverse cuts and raised no‑confidence votes in district leadership.
The Santa Rosa City School Board on April 22 received a report from fiscal staff showing work to address a prior Sonoma County Office of Education (SCOE) “lack of going concern” finding and to secure a positive second‑interim certification.
Luz Cazares, the district’s finance lead, said the county concurred with the positive certification after the district implemented a series of budget actions, enhanced cash‑flow modeling with ProjectionPRO, established a finance committee and negotiated onetime…
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