Vote Yes on F, on the May 7, 2024 ballot, to protect our schools’ youngest learners and most vulnerable students.

 

Measure F funds are dedicated to specific academic and educational support programs that are essential for our youngest students, students at risk of falling behind, and those with special needs:

• Support reading and literacy development for the youngest learners

• Provide qualified classroom teachers specializing in students with special needs and counselors to support struggling students

• Address student mental health needs

 

Our high-quality local schools have implemented specific, focused instruction to support literacy and other classroom skills and expanded counseling and tutoring aimed at helping struggling students keep up. These programs work. Early literacy data shows that these efforts are giving all our youngest learners the strong foundation in the basics they need to succeed.

 

Unfortunately, state government is ending funding for these essential programs. They will go away unless we can find local funding to protect them. 

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Measure F is essential to protect these proven academic and classroom support programs. 

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Strict Accountability Keeps Measure F Local and Ensures Results:

• All funds are locally controlled and cannot be taken by the state

• Funds can only be used to support the identified academic and student support purposes

• No funds can be spent on administrators’ salaries and pensions

• Citizens’ oversight annual audits ensure funds will be spent as promised

• Senior citizen homeowner exemption

 

Protecting quality schools is a wise investment that improves the quality of life for our whole community and protects the value of our homes.