Santa Clara County Grand Jury • 2009-2010

Luther Burbank School District Established in /906

Published: August 27, 2010 3 pages
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Findings and Recommendations 1 findings

F1
Education andfinancial benefits can be achieved by consolidation and unification of certain county school districts. Luther Burbank School District (LBSD) partially agrees with this finding. The District would need to see research and data before issuing a statement of support or opposition to this finding. While there may be some research to support the financial benefit to consolidation of some districts, there is no research to substantiate that there is an educational benefit to consolidation and unification.
Related Recommendations (2)
R1A
The Boards of Trustees should unify Cambrian School District, Campbell Union School District, Moreland School District, Union School district, and Luther Burbank School District with Campbell Union High School district. This recommendation requires further analysis. There has been no attempt to unify the five partner districts with Campbell Union High School District in the past 20+ years. In 1999 Moreland voters voted to remain in separate elementary and high school districts. There is no indication that an attempt to unify the districts would gamer community Board of Trustees Lizandro Carrasco • Blanca Diaz • Lorraine Garza • Pam Ortiz • Antonio R. Perez 4 Wabash Avenue. San Jose, California 95128-1931 District 408-295-2450 •School 408-295-1814 •Fax 408-295-3168 • Child Development 408-295-1731 support. It is unknown, given the limited resources ofthe District as to when such an investigation will be undertaken. Recommendations IB The Boards of Trustees should unifYLakeside Joint School District, Lorna Prieta Joint Union School District, Los Gatos Union School District and Saratoga Union School District with Los Gatos-Saratoga High School District. LBSD will not implement this recommendation because it is not reasonable. The Board of Education of the Luther Burbank School District has nojurisdiction over these districts.
R1C
The Boards of Trustees should unifY Cupertino Union School District and Sunnyvale School District with Fremont Union High School District. LBSD will not implement this recommendation because it is not reasonable. The Board of Education of the Luther Burbank School District has nojurisdiction over these districts. Recommendation ID The Boards of Trustees should unifYLos Altos School district and Mountain View Whisman School district with Mountain View-Los Altos High School District. LBSD will not implement this recommendation because it is not reasonable. The Board of Education of the Luther Burbank School District has nojurisdiction over these districts. Recommendation IE The Boards of Trustees should consolidate Alum Rock Union School district and Mount Pleasant School District toform a new elementary/middle school district. LBSD will not implement this recommendation because it is not reasonable The Board of Education of the Luther Burbank School District has nojurisdiction over these districts. Recommendation IF The Boards of Trustees should consolidate Berryessa Union School district and Orchard School District toform a new elementary/middle school district. LBSD will not implement this recommendation because it is not reasonable. The Board of Education of the Luther Burbank School District has nojurisdiction over these districts. Please contact us with any further questions. resident- Board of Trustees Luther Burbank School District

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