Dishonest, immoral, discriminatory and dangerous. For thousands impacted by potential San Jose Unified elementary school closures, these adjectives have been throughlines for the entire operation.
San Jose Unified School District Superintendent Nancy Albarrán and Chief Business Officer Seth Reddy have facilitated a faux process heavy on smoke screens and gaslighting to manufacture an issue. Showing up in droves, flooding inboxes, researching and fact checking, San Jose communities have fought back to expose the deception.
District leadership claims enrollment issues, knowing it could resonate based on historical funding. However, SJUSD has been a basic aid district for 5 years, meaning funded publicly through property taxes, not receiving money per day of attendance. Yet district leadership continues this facade, insisting enrollment numbers require closures…