FRESNO, Calif. — As voters cast their ballots, they will decide whether the state should borrow $10 billion to build and repair public schools and community colleges.
“Every student in the state deserves to be in a classroom that’s worthy of being educated in,” Yuri Calderon said. He is the Executive Director of the Small School Districts Association.
Proposition 2 would directly impact the campuses Calderon represents — those with less than 2,500 students.
“They are the vast majority of school districts in the state of California,” Calderon said. “They are – over 65% are small.”
Calderon says those schools are often overlooked and underrepresented in state funding and grants because urban schools are better equipped to apply for the money.
“That’s why these provisions are in this bond measure to ensure at least a portion of those funds end up in our rural and small communities,” Calderon said.
The state would distribute …