Chico Unified has another bond on the November ballot, Measure C. I just want to remind people how they spend money down at the school district. Here’s an excerpt from a post I made in 2021, when four members of Chico Unified School Board were up for recall over a decision to spend COVID relief money on their own bonuses – yes, three of those four board members were also school district employees, two of whom were teachers who benefitted directly from the decision to hand out the bonuses.
https://chicotaxpayers.com/tag/chico-unified-school-district-hands-out-almost-2-5m-in-bonuses/
“I’ve got a few notes lately from anxious parents and even some administrators about a recent school board decision to spend $2,463,606. on bonuses for school district staff, on the heels of a controversial decision to keep schools open only half days for the rest of the term.“
This decision disturbed me because not only had these teachers been fully paid throughout the COVID shutdown but had called numerous times to close the classrooms over their fears of COVID. But they not only kept collecting paychecks, they gleefully accepted bonuses out of money that should have gone to help the kids and their families.
Just in case you think teachers are underpaid, here’s a look at salaries in CUSD – they are only updated to 2022, remember these people get an annual raise, it’s in their contracts.
https://transparentcalifornia.com/salaries/2022/school-districts/butte/chico-unified/
The salaries go up while the test scores go down – just half of CUSD students are performing up to par in English skills (reading and writing) and less than half are up to par in math skills (‘rithmetic).
https://caaspp.edsource.org/sbac/chico-unified-04614240000000
What are you sending your kids to school for? To have their heads messed around over gender? We need to ask ourselves – what is school there for, and how much should it cost?
Did you know, Superintendent Kelly Staley, a member of the $300K Club, is set to retire this year?
Here’s a report about over $368,000 spent on ONE electric school bus – remember folks, we fund the CEC too.
NO on Measure C.
Chico Taxpayers Association 
Well, if you would read Mike Wolcott and the Chico ER Measure C endorsement you would know that CUSD needs one BILLION dollars. And with the Er and everyone else in the community supporting Measure C it is going to pass and it won’t be the last CUSD bond measure.
So if I were you I would stop wasting time complaining and start trying to figure out how you will pay your fair share when the bond measures and sales tax increase pass. And remember, EVERY bond measure CUSD has put on the ballot has passed. Why would this one be any different?
And please realize, tax increases are the gift that keeps on giving. Measure C and the sales tax increase Measure H are going to pass. By the time your grand kids are grown the sales tax here will be at least 15%. And with the passage of Measure H we will be nearly two-thirds of the way there! (Hey, how’s that for CUSD math?) And there will probably be at least two or three more CUSD and Butte College bond measures! YAY! ❤️❤️
And you have the nerve to go after Tom Lando? A community can never have too many Tom Landos!