Even the voters in deep blue, Progressive San Jose have had enough of failed government schools. The tech crowd understand it is not money, but curriculum that makes a student succeed. They see sexual growing, racism via DEI and radical politics in the classroom.
“The district said the parcel tax renewal was necessary to:
- Maintain and improve core academic programming in reading, writing, math, the arts and science
- Improve programs to prepare students for college and careers
- Attract and retain high performing teachers and educational staff”
They saw the 2016 tax did not improve the system. Plus, just six months ago the District passed a bond—now they want even more money. Maybe voters in other districts will get the courage to reign in out of control union owned and controlled government schools?
Voters Reject Parcel Tax Renewal for San Jose Unified School District by Wide Margin
By Barry Holtzclaw, San Jose Inside, 5/12/25 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/news/parcel-tax-renewal-for-san-jose-unified-school-district-falling-short-of-approval/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Mayor%20Targets%20Homeless&utm_campaign=SJI%20Newsletter%20-%20051525
A bid by the San Jose Unified School District to renew its $72 parcel tax has been soundly rejected, as a small turnout of district voters was falling nearly 1,700 votes short of the required two-thirds majority in mail ballots counted through May 12.
Since the May 6 deadline to mail ballots for the parcel tax renewal, another 3,671 ballots trickled into the Registrar of Voters office, but the percentages of Yes/No votes held steady, ensuring a defeat for the measure.
The San Jose district – the largest of the city’s 19 school districts – had touted the renewal of a nine-year-old parcel tax as a prerequisite for student success.
But Measure A, as the renewal measure was called, drew the support of 60.5% of the voters in the mail-ballot-only election, according to the Santa County Registrar of Voters.
San José Unified voters had approved a parcel tax, which provides approximately $5 million a year, in 2016. That tax expires June 30.
The district said the parcel tax renewal was necessary to:
- Maintain and improve core academic programming in reading, writing, math, the arts and science
- Improve programs to prepare students for college and careers
- Attract and retain high performing teachers and educational staff
The elections office reported at 5pm May 12 that the parcel tax renewal was approved by 16,268 voters – 60.5% – and rejected by 10,608 voters – 39.5%, far short of the two-thirds majority required for approval.
County election officials said 110 mail ballots remained to be processed, with just one day left for any outstanding mail ballots to arrive and be counted.
Approximately 17.5% of the district’s 153,317 registered voters sent in mail ballots, the county reported.
The parcel tax was supported by majorities in downtown San Jose, but opposition in a dozen precincts in South San Jose ensured its defeat, according to precinct reports by elections officials.
The district said on its website that no money raised by the tax could be used for administrators’ salaries or pensions, and that homeowners age 65 and over and low-income homeowners with disabilities would continue to be eligible for exemption from the parcel tax.
San José Unified voters last year approved Measure R, a school facilities improvement bond measure, for school buildings, technology and equipment. Funds from that bond cannot be used for teaching and academic purposes.
San José Unified School District is a TK-12 unified school district that covers a large portion of the city of San Jose. The district has approximately 25,000 students in 41 schools from downtown San Jose in the north to the Almaden Valley in the south.
