Beach Elementary Needs Assessment Survey

Dear Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

Beach Elementary School would like to invite you to participate in a comprehensive needs assessment survey. The survey is an opportunity to share your experience of our school’s program, social climate, communications, and assessment practices.

It is an online survey that takes approximately 30 minutes to complete.

The survey is anonymous and the results will be shared with the Board of Education, School Site Councils, and the entire PUSD education community.

We are requesting one survey per household.

Please reply by June 1st.

Your participation in this survey helps promote our culture of continuous improvement.

The survey can be reached at:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/ElementaryNeedsAssessment

B & E in Brief

The ballots are here – Vote YES by mail today!

Why vote YES on both B & E?

Measure B

• California underfunds schools – we rank 46th in the nation on spending per pupil.
• Piedmont’s response for the last 24 years has been to invest locally controlled funds from a School parcel Tax that gets has been renewed every four since 1985.
• Measure B is a consolidation and simple renewal of existing taxes – Measure B will NOT increase your taxes

Measure E

• Due the current California State budget crisis school funding has been cut even more.
• These cuts will &ct the classroom.
• Measure E is a temporary (3 year) measure designed to only partially offset the latest cuts.
• Measure E will add less than $20/month to the average household’s tax bill.

Did you realize that even if B & E pass, there will be cuts?

Assuming that B&E pass and the State budget situation does not worsen, the equivalent of 55 full
time teachers and 5 full time support staff will be eliminated by:

• Increasing class sizes in grades 6-12
• cutting back on administrative staff services
• Reducing counseling time
• Reducing classroom aides and occupational therapist time
• Cutting back on ground services and facilities maintenance

If Measure E doesn’t pass, cuts will be more drastic

In addition to the above cutbacks, the equivalent of 3.5 full time teachers and 6 MI time support
staff members will also be eliminated by reduction of:

• Classroom aides in Grades K-3
• Library services and library assistants and for K-12
• K-12 counseling services
• Positions such as high school department chairs, activities coaches, music accompanists
• PMS/PHS administrative support
• Custodial staff K-12

The Challenge

1. Approve Measures B & E by the required 2/3 majority of voters [66.7%), when nearly 70% of Piedmonters don’t have kids in school.

Concerned? What you can do!

1. Get Out the vote -yours, every voter in your family and your neighbors -for both B & E in the June 2 election
   Help combat the low expected turnout for single issue June 2 B&E election
   Last day to register to vote May 18
   http://www.sos.gov/elections/elections_vr.htm
2. Vote by mail TODAY! Ballots arrived this week
   If you vote by mail, your ballot anived this week Send it in ASAP!
   Otherwise, request an absentee ballot ASAP
   Last day to register for absentee ballot is May 26
3. Register as an Endorserhttp://www.yesonbande.org/how-you-can-help/endorse_email
4. Register for a Yes on B & E Lawn Signhttp://www.yesonbande.org/how-you-can-help/lawnsign_email

Want more info or to help?

Visit our website at www.YESonBandE.org