East Side Union High School District — Financial

East Side Union High School District entered the 2025-26 budget year under a caution flag: in December 2025, the board approved a qualified certification of the district's first-interim financial report, meaning budget concerns were identified rather than cleared. Budget pressure built through the winter, and in March 2026 the board unanimously authorized release notices for six temporary certificated employees — including two English teachers, a dance teacher, a social science teacher, a math teacher, and a social worker.

In April 2026, the board acted on the funding side by authorizing the issuance and sale of 2022 Election Series A education-technology bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $25 million. Then in May 2026, the board moved on the expense side in its most consequential steps: approved resolutions to dismiss employees through reductions in certificated services and to dismiss or reduce classified employees because of lack of work or funds, and separately unanimously approved the final certificated dismissals tied to service reductions plus the classified dismissals or reductions tied to lack of work or funds.

Taken together, the alerts show a district that moved from a qualified budget certification to staff reductions and layoffs — alongside a multi-million-dollar education-technology bond authorization — all within roughly five months. Overlapping approvals dated the same day in May reflect the board formalizing both the initial resolutions and the final layoff actions.