Pacifica Resources:
Pacifica School District web site: Information about Pacifica schools, including budget updates, board meetings, and a presentation explaining the Pacifica School District budget by Superintendent Heather Olsen.
Pacifica Education Foundation: A local volunteer-run foundation that strives to improve funding for all Pacifica School District schools through donations and grants. If you live in Pacifica, please consider becoming a member.
Understanding California School Funding:
ed100: An excellent resource, with detailed lessons about how school funding is allocated.
Ed-Data.org: Provides extensive information on individual schools and school districts across the country.
Understanding Your School’s Funding A guide to figuring out how much your school is allocated, and how much it would need to provide an adequate education.
Organizations and Causes
Educate Our State IMPACT Campaign: A campaign to advocate for including regional cost of living differences in the LCFF.
Full and Fair Funding is looking for signatures for their petition asking our state legislature to raise school funding to the average of the top ten states by 2025.
Contact Your State Legislators
Find Your Legislator will allow you to input your address to find your state Assembly Member and Senator, with links to their web sites, so you can easily contact them by phone or email to share your concerns.
My Reps is a handy online tool created by the Participatory Budgeting Project. Enter your address to see a list of your elected officials at every level of government, with links to their web sites, social media accounts, and a contact button that lists their phone number.
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