Why do we need to provide supplemental funding for public schools, especially in a town that pays so much in property taxes to Sacramento?
Since Prop 13 was passed, property taxes in almost all jurisdictions including Coronado do not stay within the community. Instead, all property taxes are allocated on a fair-share basis to cities and counties across the state. So, Coronado receives no more than other communities and in fact, often less funding, since the demographics of our students do not provide much in additional funding (like Title 1 funds). As a result, our schools receive the Average Daily Attendance (ADA) funding per student and little additional public funding to operate the schools.
