CUSDWatch Comment

Relying on Fundraising and Donations to pay for core educational programs in CUSD creates wealth based inequities that violate the civil rights of those students who attend schools that cannot afford to fundraise.

Illegal Donations include fundraising for:

• Instructional Aids
• Professional Development for Teachers
• Leadership Conference for Staff
• Science programs
• Math Programs
• PE Programs
• Art Programs
• Reading/Writing Programs
• Computers

Why is CUSD Foundation giving 1 school $7,000.00 and not any others?

Why is the City of San Clemente Spending $2,000 for 1 school to have reusable water bottles?

Why is the Moulton Niguel Water District donating money to a single school and no others?

High Schools: 3 High Schools received $0 in donations.

• Aliso Niguel: $3,164.53
• Capo Valley: $2,500.00
• San Clemente: $123,000.00

Middle Schools: 9 Middle Schools received $0 in donations.

• Vista Del Mar: $8,407.00
• Niguel Hills: $-0- Novocasat and Epson Projector
• Shorecliffs: $3,285.25

Elementary Schools: 11 Elementary Schools received $0 in donations

• Ambuehl: Violin
• Arroyo Vista: $25,500.00
• Bathgate: $348.77
• Bernice Ayer: $6,000.00
• Canyon Vista: $14,601.76
• Chaparral: $2,882.01
• Clarence Lobo: $7,984.00
• Concordia: $30,014.00
• George White: $327.17
• Hidden Hills: $1,340.00
• John S Malcom: $13,933.89
• Ladera Ranch: $1,025.00
• Laguna Niguel: $20,970.00
• Las Flores: $31,982.96
• Marblehead: $2,245.00
• Marion Bergeson: $22,777.50
• Moulton: $37,065.00 
• Oak Grove: $4,500.00
• Philip O'Reilly: $175.00
• RH Dana: $866.00 
• San Juan: $14,865.46
• Tijeras Creek: $2,650.00
• Truman Benedict: $6,815.00
• Viejo: $26,768.81
• Vista Del Mar: $24,708.00
• Wagon Wheel ES: $1,706.11

What is the Visual and Performing Arts School? 

• Jeff Stay $25
• Jeffrey Calentino $25
• Jessica Carlson $25
• Daren Stanley $25
• John Pert $25
• Angela Hill $25
• Benjamin Bayless $25
• Mike Roberts $25
• Zhaoxia Wu $25
• Allison Vurpillat $25

87% of CUSD's Budget goes to employee Salaries Pensions and Benefits. Employees have received 5 consecutive years of across the board compensation increases totaling over $150 million. They have been allowed to do that thanks to the generous donations of parents and taxpayers. 

There are 977 School Districts in the State of California. If donations to support schools are averaging $400,000 per month, that is $4.8 million per year per district... $4.5 BILLION A YEAR IN MORE TAXES FOR CALIFORNIA'S K-12 Public Schools. The Unions are laughing all the way to the bank! 

CUSD Staff thanks the Public for there VOLUNTARY generous donations every time this subject is brought up at a board meeting.