RBUSD bond dilemma
The November ballot will not only decide the future president, but also the future of California’s budget-constrained schools and the quality of education across the state. Locally Redondo Beach is looking at a potential bond to add to the ballot to fill a $2 million shortfall from the district’s $67 million budget, upgrade the district’s energy usage with solar power and allocate funds to propel the district’s classrooms into the 21st century. “We need to move forward and make sure we make the investment to start making a serious change to transform the way our students learn [and] to leave the industrial revolution in the past and move forward and change the way learning goes on in our school system,” said School Board member Drew Gamet. The board, with support of the local unions, the PTA and Redondo Beach Unified School District parents, is attempting to move forward and strategically plan how to market yet another bond to an already education-tax-heavy ballot and money-strapped community. “The time for leadership is now,” said school board vice president Laura Emdee. “[We] need to be prepared for state funding situations and need to be proactive instead of reactive on this…
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