Vote Yes on Measure D May 19th

The May 19th ballot is full of confusing, divisive, monotonous propositions (all of which happen to be critical for our state). However there is one item on your ballot that is easy to understand, Measure D.

Measure D is a local school parcel tax of $99. It would last five years. It will generate $7.5 million in revenue for the school district. This is revenue that the Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD) desperately needs. The district has had to cut $30 million over the past two years. As a former student of the district (CHS Class of 07) and an older sister of a current student (CHS Class of 11), I have personally seen what these cuts have done to our schools. Concord High has had to pink slip 50% of its teachers. Over 500 pink slips have gone out to teachers, staff and other employees of MDUSD.

MDUSD has also been forced to cut all elementary school, most middle school and some high school Vice Principals (one from CHS); funding for all high school sports , all fourth grade band, and 9 of 16 middle school and high school librarians. This is a list of just some of the important programs cut from our schools.

We need Measure D to pass if we want any hope of bringing back these programs. Voting Yes on Measure D is a way for MDUSD voters to say that education is important to them! All of Measure D’s money will watched by a citizen oversight board and the wording of the measure prevents any of the money from going to district administrators. Measure D isn’t about adding superfluous programs to the district…it’s about providing a basic education to the children of the Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

I hope you will all join me May 19th on voting Yes on Measure D!

For more information, please visit http://www.protectourlocalschools.org/