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Bennett Valley Union Elementary School District

Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.

Who decides for Bennett Valley's two campuses?

One district board, one connected TK-6 program

The elected Bennett Valley Union School District Board of Trustees governs the district and the Bennett Valley Charter. Students attend Yulupa for TK-3 and Strawberry for grades 4-6; for official enrollment, grades 1-6 are in the charter while TK-K remain in Yulupa Elementary.

Board of Trustees

The five-member district board adopts budgets, curriculum, staffing resolutions, and district policy.

Two campuses

Yulupa serves TK-3 and Strawberry serves grades 4-6 as one connected program.

District Advisory Council

The districtwide council, including ELAC/DELAC subgroups, advises on LCAP priorities, programs, resource allocation, safety planning, and accountability reports.

The reviewed public site did not expose a current, bounded school-site council agenda archive for either campus.

Where the district stands

Campusescontext
2 campuses

Yulupa and Strawberry; official enrollment reporting also uses Bennett Valley Charter.

Public records reviewedcontext
148 documents

Twenty-three top-level records and 125 linked attachments across 14 meeting sections.

2025-26 LCAP actions continuingcontext
10 actions

The 2026-27 LCAP reports that all ten actions continue, with updates where implementation differed.

2026-27 projected revenuecontext
$19.16M projected

The 2026-27 LCAP projects $19,158,942 in total revenue.

Major projects

2026-27 LCAP and budget

Adopted

LCAP and budget placed on the adoption agenda

Next: Monitor unaudited actuals; the Sonoma County Office of Education confirmed on July 31 that the LCAP met all four review criteria.
  1. First LCAP public hearing
  2. Second LCAP and budget public hearings
  3. LCAP and budget placed on the adoption agenda

Funding

Local Control Funding Formula and other district revenues

Enrollment-aligned staffing adjustments

Included in adopted budget

Adopted budget assumes decreases of 1.0 certificated FTE and 1.98 classified FTE for 2026-27.

Next: Track staffing changes in fall enrollment and unaudited-actual reports.
  1. Board approved precautionary notices for 5.0 certificated FTE and elimination of 1.86 classified FTE.
  2. Adopted budget assumes decreases of 1.0 certificated FTE and 1.98 classified FTE for 2026-27.

Funding

General Fund

Grades 4-6 science curriculum adoption

Adopted

Board adopted Mystery Science for grades 4-5 and Mosa Mack for grade 6.

Next: Implementation during the 2025-26/2026-27 instructional cycle.
  1. Board adopted Mystery Science for grades 4-5 and Mosa Mack for grade 6.

Funding

Instructional program budget

Review of 148 stable public documents in the official Board of Trustees archive from August 13, 2025 through August 13, 2026.

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