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Measure A Territory Transfer Lakeside Joint School District Change in boundary - Majority Approval Required Final Official Results--includes both Santa Clara & Santa Cruz counties
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103 /
15.7% Yes votes ......
555 /
84.3% No votes
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Shall 17 parcels located on Marty Road and Jensen Springs Road be transferred from the Lakeside Joint Union School District ("Lakeside") into the Loma Prieta Joint Union School District (LPJUSD); transferring the designated attendance for elementary education (K-8) and the associated property tax revenue; relieving, then reapportioning the parcels' G.O. Bond obligations to remaining Lakeside parcels; relieving the $311 annual Lakeside parcel tax; and requiring an assessment of $150 annually for the LPJUSD parcel tax?
California law permits parcels to be transferred from one school district to another if both a majority of the votes cast on the measure in a district opposing the transfer is in favor of the transfer and a majority of voters in the entire territory in which the election is held is in favor of the transfer. If the transfer is approved, the two districts will be reorganized. In 2010, the Santa Clara County Committee on School District Organization (County Committee) unanimously approved a transfer of 17 parcels from Lakeside Joint Union School District (Lakeside) to Loma Prieta Joint Union School District (Loma Prieta). In 2012, the California State Board of Education unanimously affirmed the County Committee's approval of this transfer after hearing an appeal by Lakeside challenging the County Committee's approval of the transfer. The main source of funding for Lakeside is from property taxes. The proposed transfer of 17 parcels from Lakeside to Loma Prieta would result in Lakeside losing approximately 3% of its revenue. This loss would not result in Lakeside losing its basic aid status. A basic aid district does not receive its general purpose funding from the state; instead it receives all of its general purpose funding from local property taxes. Measure A seeks voter approval of the transfer of these 17 parcels from Lakeside to Loma Prieta. A "yes" vote is a vote to approve the transfer of 17 parcels from Lakeside to Loma Prieta. A "no" vote is a vote not to approve the transfer of 17 parcels from Lakeside to Loma Prieta.
Lori E. Pegg (Santa Cruz County) If this measure is approved by a majority of persons voting upon it, seventeen parcels of real property will be transferred from the Lakeside Joint Union School District to the Loma Prieta Joint Union School District. All registered voters of the Lakeside Joint Union School District (located partially in Santa Cruz County and partially in Santa Clara County) are eligible to vote on the question, although the properties subject to the transfer are located entirely within Santa Cruz County (on Marty Road and Jensen Spring Road). This is in accordance with a State law that provides that where an affected school district (in this case, Lakeside) opposes such a transfer and has an average daily attendance under a specified number, the election shall be held in the entire territory of the district opposing the transfer. This measure provides that if the transfer of the parcels is approved, those properties will no longer be obligated to pay the parcel tax previously approved for the Lakeside Joint Union School District, or its general obligation bonds, but will instead pay a previously approved Loma Prieta Joint Union School District parcel tax. The bond obligations of those seventeen parcels will be reapportioned to the remaining Lakeside parcels. A "yes" vote is to approve transfer of the seventeen parcels from Lakeside Joint Union School District and into Loma Prieta Joint Union School District. A "no" vote is to oppose transfer of the parcels.
DANA McRAE, COUNTY COUNSEL
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| Arguments For Measure A | Arguments Against Measure A |
| No argument in favor of Measure A was submitted.
| Lakeside needs your help. For 132 years, Lakeside has been educating our children and is currently one of the top-ranked districts in the state. This is true even though the state has been reducing funding for the last several years, requiring many careful cuts. If this measure were to pass, it would transfer students and funding away from Lakeside, making it evermore challenging to continue our tradition of excellence. Here are three reasons to vote "No".
First, this would push the majority of children in the proposed territory transfer area away from their school of choice, just to accommodate one student who wishes to attend another school. There is a simpler process called "inter-district transfer" that allows children to attend their preferred school without negatively impacting other families or their school of residence. The chief petitioners of this territory transfer, who are also the parents of this child, have never initiated an inter-district request. Second, families in the territory transfer area are not unanimous in agreeing with this proposal. We should support all families in our school district (including those who live in the territory transfer area and don't want their children to be forced out of Lakeside) instead of following the desires of a few who want to rewrite the boundary to suit themselves. Third, school funding is tied to parcels within our district. If these parcels were to transfer out, the resulting funding reductions will impact every student in the district. Further cuts will have to be made, and with few paths remaining we may have to reduce the teaching staff. This would negatively impact the education of all students in the district, with larger classes and more combined grades. Help us insure the lasting success of Lakeside. Vote "No" on Measure A.
/s/ Steve Cox
/s/ Bryan Loomas
/s/ Theresa Bond
/s/ Les Niles
/s/ Linda Kelley
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| Full Text of Measure A |
| Shall 17 parcels located on Marty Road and Jensen Springs Road be transferred from the Lakeside Joint Union School District ("Lakeside") into the Loma Prieta Joint Union School District (LPJUSD); transferring the designated attendance for elementary education (K-8) and the associated property tax revenue; relieving, then reapportioning the parcels' G.O. Bond obligations to remaining Lakeside parcels; relieving the $311 annual Lakeside parcel tax; and requiring an assessment of $150 annually for the LPJUSD parcel tax? |
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