It would be good to see how enrollment changes over the next 3 years. It may go down due to fewer kids aged 2 to 4 today. New housing hasn't been yielding as many new students as the district once thought.

"All of the parties need to be carrying out acts of good faith" is a telling statement for just how damaged this relationship has become. I've become weary of the shenanigans of our elementary school district and am seriously considering taking an active role to vote down any parcel tax that they try to bring forward. Let's use the tax funds to buy up land that we'll need for parks given the districts fence out policies and desire to walk away from the wonderful field sharing agreements that made everyone love our neighborhood schools (whether you have school age children or not). Can we please bring in new leadership for the betterment of our community and school children? Enough is enough.

Unfortunately, MVWSD President Berman does not Understand Exactly what she is talking about! That is, at least, when it comes to MVWSD's extended run of understating / underestimating what the General Tax Revenue of the district will be, based on the Assessed Valuation increases in the MVWSD district property values. The City and MVLA are much better!!! Every Year, Revenue exceeded MVWSD staff projections, every year the left overs Increase the unspent RESERVES in the General Fund.(1) Every year now, the MVWSD must sign off on a 'waiver' of why they are holding such an excess Reserves percentage over 10 percent.(2)

That is why Superintendent Rudolph and Chief Business Officer Westover should never be 'just believed' or 'just parroted.'


The staff could have explained "emergency spend-down of Reserves" for two years to 'paper over' the gap out-at-three-years. There is more than $20M that could easily been used for that (Unallocated Reserves) book keeping tab. Move it to Allocated Reserve - Code 9789 Reserve for Economic Uncertainties / now $0.(3)

BTW - excess Administrative costs, over County and State averages - Superintendent Rudolph has expanded his personal staff from one Executive Secretary to 4 people in his 8 years. Added 2 PR people and one Dir. of Equity.

(1) revenue LCFF Sources / Code 8010-8099, General Fund 01-07 year end reserves $38.8M up $7.2M (easy to access ed-data) / Web Link">Web Link
tabs -Revenue and Finances, Governmental Funds (01-06); very top of page, Fund 01-07
(2) Web Link
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check tabs -Revenue and Finances, Year End Summary for General Funds;
near bottom of page, Object Code 9789 Reserve for Economic Uncertainties