During his final state of the state address last month Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger assured the public that he would spare K-12 education in his next budget.  After two years of deep and damaging cuts to public education this was a welcome message.

The Student Services Department’s Family Literacy Project is once again proud to take the lead in bringing the Watsonville On the Same Page community reads event for 2010 to the Pajaro Valley Unified School District.

Pajaro Valley Unified School District will hold its Annual Parent Conference on Saturday February 20, 2010. “Keeping the Connection” offers local parents/guardians the opportunity to learn positive practices that will support them in remaining connected to their children throughout their development. Parents/guardians will enjoy a keynote speaker and the opportunity to attend 2 sessions from over 20 informative and educational workshops; offered in English, Spanish, and Mixteco.

Información en Español…  

Pajaro Valley Unified School District Board of Trustees will be holding its Annual Organization Meeting at Ann Soldo School’s Multi-Purpose Room. The change of venue is due to an expected increase in public interest as the Board will be discussing and acting on the District’s Fiscal Stability Plan.

The Pajaro Valley Unified School District (PVUSD) will begin implementing its Open Enrollment Intra District Transfer for the 2010-2011 school year beginning November 1, 2009 through December 18, 2009.  Open Enrollment means that parents living in PVUSD can apply for a transfer (Intra-District Transfer) for any other school in the District for their children in all grade levels, kindergarten through grade 12. 

You may have questions – about whether to notify parents/staff/friends of confirmed or probable cases of H1N1 at your site/department, and what to tell parents/staff/friends of parents and staff about whether or not to keep healthy family members at home when another family member has H1N1.   So, here’s a quick repeat of what we’ve been told by the CDC and others on these two issues:

PVUSD has set up an area for staff, students, parents and community members to read about the latest information regarding the California budget crisis, its effects on the Pajaro Valley Unified School District, and ways that we will be addressing this crisis.