Although the State Supreme Court recently upheld Alameda's Measure A, it did little to guarantee a stable foundation for a district that has struggled to obtain sustainable, long-term sources of funding.
When the state Supreme Court let stand last week a controversial measure that allows Alameda Unified School District to fund employee salaries through a property tax, Superintendent Pasquale Scuderi said he felt extremely relieved. The years-long legal battle had consumed his time, threatened the district’s ability to retain talent, and put a full 20% of the district’s funding at stake. “There were doomsday scenarios we didn’t want to consider,” Scuderi said. “It created a lot of anxiety.”
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In a precedent-setting case, a California appeals court last week upheld the ability of a school district to base a parcel tax on a building’s area with a ceiling on