Vote YES on PUSD OVERRIDE!

There are over 112,000 registered voters in Peoria Unified School District — we were 535 votes short last time –

Remember we need YOUR YES vote on Tuesday! To find your polling place Click Here.

On Nov. 2, Peoria district voters in Glendale and Peoria can help PUSD students continue on the path of educational excellence, WITHOUT increasing their property tax rate.

State budget cuts have forced PUSD to slash $48 million over the last two years. Local funding through the override protects programs for our kids that state funding alone won’t provide. 

Vote YES to prevent:

• Increased class sizes at ALL levels
• Elimination of PE, Music, Art, Gifted teachers for K-6 grades
• High school sports fees more than tripled from $75 to $250
• Elimination of Elementary Band 
• Closure of at least one elementary school
• Cutbacks of counselors, librarians & nurses
• Elimination of all PAL reading teachers

This is what $18 million annually in local override funding means to our students.

This is NOT A NEW TAX –  the override equates to about $12.50 a month for the average homeowner.  A small committment for a BIG impact!

THANK YOU VOTERS for passing Prop 100 — which prevents more extensive state funding cuts over the next three years. Prop 100 helped reduce state funding cuts to PUSD from a potential $37 million to $22 million in 2010-2011.

Peoria district has already cut these areas over the last several years:  transportation, maintenance, district office administration and utilities.  Full-day kindergarten, instructional and intervention specialists, classified staff and high school advisors have already been eliminated or reduced.



PEORIA UNIFIED: A TOP-RANKED DISTRICT

 CLICK HERE to see a video that shows PUSD gives better results for less!

• PUSD spends MORE in the classroom (60.5% vs. 56.9% state average) and LESS on administration (7.7% vs. 8.2 % average for local peer districts, 9.2% state average and 10.8% national average).
• PUSD students score above county and state averages across all grades in math, reading and writing on the AIMS test.                       
• In 2010, PUSD received Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting, the highest recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting, from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada.

EARLY BALLOTS DECIDE ELECTIONS. Register NOW for the PERMANENT EARLY BALLOT LIST. Request to be on the permanent early ballot list here. Vote to support our schools!