District overview
Belmont-Redwood Shores School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What is shaping the district right now?
BRSSD's defining current issue is a long enrollment decline. In February 2026 the Board kept Ralston, Nesbit, and Sandpiper's middle-school programs open through 2028-29 despite an administration recommendation to close the grades 6-8 program at either Nesbit or Sandpiper. The district is also executing a large voter-approved facilities program and using a local parcel tax for teachers, technology, libraries, and counseling.
Five-member elected board
The Belmont-Redwood Shores School District Board of Trustees governs the district; the December 2025 reorganization named David Koss president, Anne Dang vice president, and Shelley Tang clerk, with April Northrup and Jackee Bruno also serving.
Local taxes fund major work and services
Measure P authorizes $171 million in bonds for facilities and equipment. Measure C is a ten-year parcel tax, originally $292 per parcel with a 3% annual adjustment, supporting classroom teachers, technology, libraries, and counselors.
Enrollment pressure is documented
The 2025 demographic report projects total enrollment falling from 3,882 students in 2025 to 3,477 in 2030, a decline of 405 students.
The central Simbli board archive was technically blocked during this backfill. This draft does not yet establish the district's complete budget mechanism, every board action, or every governance development from the trailing year.
Where the district stands
September 2025 TK-8 count in the official demographic report.
Demographer projection; 405 fewer students than 2025.
Facilities bond approved in November 2024; $57.5 million was issued in May 2025.
Projected parcel-tax revenue in the March 2026 committee update.
Major projects
Middle-school alignment
All three programs retained through 2028-29The Board retained Ralston, Nesbit, and Sandpiper's middle-school programs and requested an advisory committee to promote Nesbit's International Baccalaureate and Sandpiper's Design Thinking programs.
- Demographic report projects a five-year enrollment decline of 405 students
- Board keeps all three middle-school programs open through 2028-29
Funding
District operating budget
The survey presentation estimated roughly $300,000 in additional operating cost for the small-school model.
Measure P facilities program
Tranche 1 construction underwayThe first tranche includes roofs, HVAC, multipurpose rooms, fields, parking and arrival changes, play structures, and related design and management work across district campuses.
- $57.5 million initial bond issuance
- Oversight update schedules broad summer 2026 work
- Further multipurpose-room, field, parking, and walkway work shown for summer 2027
Funding
Measure P general obligation bonds
$171 million authorized; the April update shows a $50.9 million first-tranche project budget before escalation, contingency, management, legal, and issuance set-asides.
Measure C parcel-tax services
Ten-year local funding measureMeasure C supports classroom teachers, technology staff and devices, library specialists and materials, benefits, and counseling. The March update projected $3,794,763 in 2025-26 spending against $3,767,431 in revenue.
- Oversight committee reviews the 2025-26 budget
- Committee reviews updated projections but lacks a quorum to approve December minutes
Funding
Measure C parcel tax
Originally $292 per parcel with a 3% annual adjustment; the measure runs through June 2033.
Partial overview based only on the 16 collected official district and oversight records. Central board records remain unavailable to the collector, so funding and governance coverage is explicitly incomplete.
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