Throughout the United States, there are more than 13,000 districts governed by about 95,000 school board members. Annually, these elected leaders manage approximately $640 billion that impact more than 48,000,000 students. In addition to fiscal oversight, school board members are also responsible for developing and adopting policies, curriculum, and the budget, employing the superintendent, overseeing facilities issues, and adopting collective bargaining agreements.
The West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) Board of Education currently has five board members. November 2020 was the first election cycle where school board members in West Contra Costa were elected by wards, and not at-large.
Lea en español abajo. Our new board members will commit to upholding the law and working diligently to meet the mission of the district, "We provide the highest quality education to enable all students...
READ MOREEn las últimas semanas, alentamos a nuestros lÃderes a salir del modo de respuesta rápida y pasar a las siguientes fases de planificación e implementación para el año escolar 2020-21, y pedimos una visión clara, prÃ...
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Welcome to Board Watch for the 11.6.19 Board of Education meeting at Lovonya DeJean Middle School. C.2 Contracts We noted in our last Board Watch that most contracts presented to the board at the Oct. 23 meeti...
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At the last board meeting, WCCUSD leaders revealed that the district faces an unexpected $39.9 million deficit — almost 10% of the total WCCUSD budget — for the current school year. This news was surprising because in ...
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