After voters greenlighted the effort by approving Measures K and L last fall, Santa Cruz City Schools is moving ahead on building 80 units district staff can rent at 60 to 70% of market rent.
Workforce housing
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Pajaro Valley Unified School District candidates on diversity, pandemic learning loss and teacher housing
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across Santa Cruz County. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.
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San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District candidates on tolerance, tutors and teacher housing
Sixteen candidates are running for nine seats in five school districts across Santa Cruz County. Lookout sent questionnaires to all of them asking about the most pressing issues facing their schools. Here, we take a look at San Lorenzo Valley Unified School District.
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Measures K and L: $371 million in bonds to Santa Cruz City Schools for repairs, building workforce housing
Voters in the Santa Cruz City Schools high school and elementary school districts will be casting ballots in the November election to decide if the district should issue $371 million in bonds to fund renovating the schools and building workforce housing. If the measures pass, property owners will pay between the equivalent of four cups of coffee per month or one pizza per month, depending on where they live and which of the measures applies to them.
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Affordability, teacher housing, student well-being: Superintendent outlines county’s top challenges
As schools welcomed students back to classrooms this past week, education leaders, including Santa Cruz County Superintendent Faris Sabbah, are ready to focus on student well-being, workforce housing solutions and funding. Local education faces the same issues as all employers — and increasing worries about a “fiscal cliff” even amid this year’s unprecedented state allocations.