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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

T

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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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

POSTAL CUSTOMER

NONPRO IT

ORG

US Pos

tage

P ID

R

chmond. CA

Permit No.

117

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

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