In a ruling released today, the California Supreme Court has ruled that the State of California can legally abolish local redevelopment agencies. Earlier this year, the State introduced legislation to do just that, to preserve funding for the K-12 schools, and the California Redevelopment Association sued.
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Late yesterday, Alameda Unified School District Superintendent’s Assistant Kerri Lonergan released a media statement announcing that the school district and the teachers’ union are officially at an impasse. The teachers’ union has called for all-teachers emergency meeting. Staffers at the Alameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector’s office have advised Action Alameda News that the annual mailing of property tax bills has begun. The Alameda Unified School District has named the members for the 2011/12 committee that will oversee the implementation of the parcel tax that voters approved earlier this year, which will run for seven years, and first appear on property tax bills in the coming weeks. The Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) Board of Trustees is set to vote tonight on a new employment contract with Superintendent Kirsten Vital that would maintain her $204,225 per year salary, and add 3% increases and $15,000 annual performance bonuses for four years, beginning July 1 2011 and ending June 30, 2015. Last week, the Alameda Unified School District filed a response to a lawsuit filed against the district over a 7-year parcel tax ballot measure that passed in March. The filing was six days late, coming after the August 4th deadline. Tonight, the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) will wrap up two past local parcel taxes, and make preparations to implement a new, 7-year parcel tax approved by voters this past March. Yesterday, the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) suffered a setback in Alameda County Superior Court when Judge Frank Roesch overruled the District’s request to dismiss a lawsuit intended to invalidate a 7-year parcel tax enacted by voters on March 8th of this year under a ballot initiative called “Measure A.” The Alameda Unified School District Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting at an unusual time today – at twelve noon. On the agenda are labor negotiation items, including a performance review of the Superintendent, Kirsten Vital, and negotiations with Ms. Vital, and negotiations with represented and un-represented AUSD staff. In an April community newsletter, released to the press yesterday, Alameda Unified School District Superintendent Kirsten Vital warned that the school district still faces program cuts despite the passage of Measure A in March. |
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