Despite budget improvements after layoffs, Pajaro Valley Unified School District to look at closing some schools

PVUSD Trustees grapple with possible school closures, grim budget outlook

Pajaro Valley Unified School District teachers often dread the week of March 15, the state’s deadline to issue layoff notices or “pink-slips” to workers across the district.  These notices are preliminary warnings, and don’t always guarantee an official termination of employment. But in past years, this meant teachers had to fight from spring to summer to keep their jobs for another year. At least 85 teachers received layoff notices Monday and T…

Despite budget improvements after layoffs, Pajaro Valley Unified School District to look at closing some schools

Pajaro Valley Unified School District is weighing school closures and consolidations as part of a multiyear effort to address ongoing enrollment declines and long-term financial uncertainty, despite short-term budget improvements from recent layoffs. District officials say a community advisory group will develop recommendations by November, as tensions persist with teachers over layoffs and proposed benefit cuts.