http://sanbrunoviews.com Stuff about San Bruno, all of the time. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 21:43:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en San Mateo county parents, teachers and students joined together to protest the proposed budget cuts to public education. In San Bruno, hundreds lined up along El Camino Real with handmade signs and heartfelt cheers in an effort  to let California legislators know that further cuts to public education would not ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/03/05/sacramento-legislators-join-san-bruno-to-protest-budget-cuts-to-public-education/ Last night the San Mateo Union High School district's 7-11 committee held a public hearing in the little theater at Hillsdale high school in San Mateo. The third public hearing held by the committee and the first in San Mateo, the hearing presented a interesting perspective on the public view of ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/03/03/saving-the-crestmoor-site-waging-the-war-beyond-the-7-11-committee/ State Senator Leland Yee reached out to the San Bruno Views today to impart some helpful hints on how to fight the cuts to education that are on the table as part of the Governor's 2010-2011 budget. In a previous post I pointed out that Senator Yee was a fan of education in California and sees ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/03/02/saving-our-schools-holding-elected-officials-accountable/ California schools continue to bear the brunt of budget cuts under the Schwarzenegger administration. California's schools rank at the very bottom of all 50 states in staff-to-student ratios and nearly last in the nation in per-pupil spending. In fact, California is ranked 47th in the nation in per student spending for ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/03/01/state-senator-leland-yee-joins-the-fight-for-californias-schools/ School districts across California are under siege from the current round of Sacramento budgeting efforts. As per the usual when it comes to state legislators, cutting school funding is an easy way for them to bridge the budget shortfalls. Every year more money is drained from the already struggling school ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/02/26/march-4-2010-save-our-schools-now/ By now it's now secret that the city of San Bruno is experiencing issues with the current waste water infrastructure. Last week the California Regional Water Quality Control Board threatened the city with a $630,000 fine for spilling nearly 1.9 million gallons of sewage into the Bay and the Pacific Ocean.  ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/02/25/san-brunos-waste-water-woes-continue/ This meeting highlighted two key areas of focus for the council: The budget shortfall for fiscal year 2009-10 and the current waste water issues. Tonight's meeting was sandwiched in between a city council study session aimed at reviewing budget strategies and a closed session with legal council regarding litigation against the ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/02/24/san-bruno-city-council-meeting-roundup-february-23-2010/ As mentioned in an earlier post, the San Bruno Park School District will soon be laying off teachers throughout the district. Thanks to Sacramento's cuts to class size reduction funding, classroom sizes will be expanding and teachers will lose their jobs. San Bruno teachers are asking for your support by joining them in ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/02/22/march-4th-call-to-action-san-bruno-teachers-protest/ Thanks to the ongoing California legislative money grab, schools in districts all across California will be feeling feeling the pinch to shave money from their budgets. Some districts will be recommending cuts, the likes they have never seen. Educators are faced with painful cuts directly into the classroom, including widespread ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/02/20/san-bruno-schools-facing-layoffs-amid-state-budget-cuts/ I recently had the opportunity to hear from Millbrae councilman and former mayor Dan Quigg. It's good on occasion to hear a different perspective from a different city and to move outside of the box that is San Bruno. Millbrae is our neighbor to the south and shares critical services such as fire ... http://sanbrunoviews.com/2010/02/18/millbrae-san-brunos-neighbor-to-the-south/