Jefferson Union High School District

Measure E - 2/3 Approval Required

Vote Yes on E to prepare local high school students in Daly City, Pacifica, Brisbane, Colma, and Broadmoor for college and high-paying careers.

Jefferson Union High Schools provide a great education for students in our communities. Student achievement and test scores have increased significantly in recent years and three of our local high schools are California Distinguished Schools. Our schools need a stable source of funding to continue strong student achievement.

Our community generously supported students through voter-approved local education funding in 2012, which retains our highly qualified teachers and protects academic programs.

We can't rely on the State to provide the quality education that our local high school students need. That is why your YES vote on Measure E is critical.

Every penny of Measure E will go straight to our local high schools and cannot be taken away by the State.

Vote YES on E to prepare local high school graduates for success:

 * Enhance math, science, reading, and writing programs

 * Attract and retain qualified teachers

 * Prepare students for college and high tech, 21st century careers

 * Support educationally at-risk students to keep them on the right track

Measure E is fiscally responsible.

 * All funds go directly to local high schools - the State can't take a single penny

 * Citizen oversight and annual audits ensure all funds are used for voter-approved purposes

 * No funds can be used for administrators' salaries

 * Senior citizens may receive an exemption

 * Expires in four years and cannot be renwed without voter approval

Measure E will continue great education in local high schools, keeping our schools strong and protecting property values for all of us, even residents without children in school. Join us and vote YES on Measure E.

/s/ Jean E. Brink, Retired JUHSD Board Member

/s/ Thomas A. Nuris, Former JUHSD Trustee

/s/ Sergio Robledo, Teacher

/s/ Perla Ibarrentes, Daly City Personnel Commissioner

/s/ Rebecca Douglass, President, Oceana PTSO 

This latest tax increase from Jefferson Union High School District tries to use the state budget crisis to grab unearned money. The district wants to increase and "extend" (read: increase) the 2012 parcel tax of $48/year for another 10 years, and hike it to $60 per year - just when we thought its expiration would give our family budgets a boost.

Besides the fact that enrollment is decling, has the district earned this extension that will cost our households another $600 each?

Let's look at student test scores:

      2012-13 English results:              56% met proficiency

      2012-13 Mathematics:                 25% met proficiency

      2012-13 Science:                        55% met proficiency

      2012-13 History:                         51% met proficiency

    (Source: Education Data Partnership, www.Ed-Data.k12.ca.us)

If you got 25-56% of the answers right on a test, that would be a failing grade, would it not?

Should we, the voters, reward a 44-75% failure rate?

If you answered "no," we encourage you to vote No on Measure E.

The average expense per student statewide is $10,194 per year, versus Jefferson Union High School District's $10,374 or 102% of the statewide average. 

Yet they want more of your hard earned money to pad their salaries and fat pension plans.

Most school districts' parcel tax measures state, "none of the funds will be used for administration." But that wording is missing from Measure E. That means funds WILL be used for administration expenses without limits.

Here is the latest salary information for the district:

  2014-15: Average teacher salary = $65,619 plus hefty benefits

Their "family plan" benefits package costs us $17,504 per teacher per year while they work an average of only 180 days a year.

Tell Jefferson Union High School District to be financially responsible by voting NO on Measure E

For more information, please visit: www.SVTaxpayers.org/2016-jefferson-union-school-parcel tax

/s/ Mark W.A. Hinkle, President, Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association 

This latest tax increase from Jefferson Union High School District tries to use the state budget crisis to grab unearned money. The district wants to increase and "extend" (read: increase) the 2012 parcel tax of $48/year for another 10 years, and hike it to $60 per year - just when we thought its expiration would give our family budgets a boost.

Besides the fact that enrollment is decling, has the district earned this extension that will cost our households another $600 each?

Let's look at student test scores:

 2012-13 English results:              56% met proficiency

      2012-13 Mathematics:                 25% met proficiency

      2012-13 Science:                        55% met proficiency

      2012-13 History:                         51% met proficiency

 (Source: Education Data Partnership, www.Ed-Data.k12.ca.us)

If you got 25-56% of the answers right on a test, that would be a failing grade, would it not?

Should we, the voters, reward a 44-75% failure rate?

If you answered "no," we encourage you to vote No on Measure E.

The average expense per student statewide is $10,194 per year, versus Jefferson Union High School District's $10,374 or 102% of the 

statewide average. 

Yet they want more of your hard earned money to pad their salaries and fat pension plans.

Most school districts' parcel tax measures state, "none of the funds will be used for administration." But that wording is missing from Measure E. That means funds WILL be used for administration expenses without limits.

Here is the latest salary information for the district:

  2014-15: Average teacher salary = $65,619 plus hefty benefits

Their "family plan" benefits package costs us $17,504 per teacher per year while they work an average of only 180 days a year.

Tell Jefferson Union High School District to be financially responsible by voting NO on Measure E

For more information, please visit: www.SVTaxpayers.org/2016-jefferson-union-school-parcel tax

/s/ Mark W.A. Hinkle, President, Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association 

Voters should know that the author of the argument against Measure E is a high ranking Libertarian Party official who doesn't even live in San Mateo County, much less our high school district. Maybe that's why he doesn't understand how deeply the citizens of our communities believe in education.

Measure E will allow us to continue the job of preparing our students at Jefferson, Oceana, Terra Nova, Thornton, Westmoor, Shasta, and Adult-Ed High Schools for success both as students and citizens. Here's how:

 * Measure E means better education. Measure E will allow for continuing enhancement of programs in math, science, reading, and writing.

 * Measure E means college and high-tech careers. Funds from Measure E will give students increased opportunities to attend college and train for high-tech careers.

 * Measure E means quality teaching. Measure E will continue to allow our high schools to attract and retain quality teachers.

 * Measure E means taxpayer savings. Measure E funds go directly to the classroom, not to make payments to contractors or bond interest.

 * Measure E means fiscal responsibility. All spending of Measure E will be subject to independent citizen oversight and annual audits.

 * Measure E means local control. By law, all Measure E dollars must be spent locally. Not one dollar can be taken by the State and used elsewhere.

If we want our students to excel and compete for the jobs of tomorrow, they need more than just an average education. They need an Excellent Education.

Vote YES on Measure E!

/s/ Rosie U. Tejada, President, Jefferson Union High School District Board of Trustees

/s/ Joel Bruxvoort, Science Teacher, Jefferson High School

/s/ Clayton Koo, Terra Nova School Graduate, 2007

/s/ Paula Teixeira (Toland), Parent of JUHSD Grad

/s/ Dennis Mejia, Small Business Owner