Fighting for fair school construction funding in California
Santa Rita Union School District, in Monterey County, is constantly patching up rotting floors and leaking roofs. Wealthier districts in the same county have state-of-the-art theaters, gymnasiums and science classrooms. That’s partly due to a decades-
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Show Notes
Santa Rita Union School District, in Monterey County, is constantly patching up rotting floors and leaking roofs. Wealthier districts in the same county have state-of-the-art theaters, gymnasiums and science classrooms.
That’s partly due to a decades-old method for funding school construction in California that many say has exacerbated inequalities.
How did California's funding formula for school facilities become so unequal? And what are advocates proposing to do about it?
Guests:
- Melissa Alderman, Superintendent, Santa Rita Union School District
- John Fensterwald, Editor-at-large, EdSource
Read more from EdSource:
- Behind the scenes, a battle looms over fair funding for school construction
- Property-poor districts demand fairer funding for school facilities
- Achieving fair funding for school modernization in California: a case study [VIDEO]
Education Beat is a weekly podcast hosted by EdSource’s Zaidee Stavely and produced by Coby McDonald.