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2012 2014
FACT
More than 90 of all
general fund expenditures
in
WCCUSD are either
spent at schools or directly
on students.
Of the
331
million
budget
for
331 m l
budget for 2015
2015-16, 82
is
spent on
instruct ion
or instruction-
related services
with
11 going to
plant
& operations
services almost
all
of
which is
spent at
our
schools.
Only
7% of the budget
goes
to
general
admin istration.
ata
Source
:
goo gi/ZZquxM andwccusd
ne
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In 2012, State Superintendent
Tom Torlakson lifted state
control after the District paid
off
its state loan
si
x years
early. Payments
to the
state
were scheduled to go until
2018,
but
WCCUSD was ab le
to
save funds to pay
off the
loan sooner than expected.
For the last 10 years,
our
budget has had positive
financia l
cert
ifications
2016
2018
from bo
th
the
Count
y
and
the
State.
ata Source:goo gi/
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y vP
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FACT
The Board ended the
guarantee of life time
health benefits
in
2010.
While we
cont
inue to pay
health benefits for
past
retirees. WCCUSD has
saved 93 million
from
c
app
ing those benefits.
:wccusd.net/financialstewardship
FACT
All
of our
budgets.
reports and
audits
of
bo
t h
ge
neral financial and
bond program performance
are available on
our
website.
While there
are a
lw
ays areas
where we need
to
improve
our practices.
we use
our
audit
findings
to make those
improvements.
You will rarely find an
aud
it
f i
nding
in
more than
one year s reports.
Data
Source
:
wccusd
.net/Page/1
0 and wccusd.net
/
page
/
96
FACT
Our construction costs
lower than averages in
Bay A rea or Los Angele
It should be noted that
available Bay Area
and
Angeles data is throug
20
12 while the WCCUS
data
is through 2014. C
are presented per squa
foot (s.f.)
of
school spa
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Data
Source :
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Office of th
Superintendent
1108
Bissell
Avenue
Richmond,
CA 94801-3135
Board of Education
Randy Enos, President
Liz Block, Clerk
Val Cuevas
Todd
Groves
Madeline Kronenberg
Bruce Harter, Superintendent
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ECRWWS
FACT
The WCCUSD Board
of
Educat
saved
the
ta xpayers at least
5
million
by
refinancing several
b
without extending the payback periods. WCCUSD h
never exceeded the tax rates promised in
the bond
measures, ensuring that all have remained wi thin the
rate limitations. As a result of our
effect
ive
managem
practices, we ve also been able to leverage 165 mill
in state
matching
funds
to
help build state-of-the-ar
schools across the District.
Data Source: goo.gi/Myhie9
and
goo.gl/voru6f
A c ~ Bond funds
r
can
only be
spent
on
capital
projects like renovating
schools. Parcel
tax
revenues
are in
the
general fund and are
used for school operations like
funding
co
unselors, librarians
and
textbooks.
Data Source
:
goo
.gl/pA336r and
goo
.gi/JmWM9e