District overview
Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary School District
Funding structure, how it compares to peers, and where major projects stand.
What shapes this small district?
Loma Prieta Joint Union operates Loma Prieta Elementary and C.T. English Middle on a shared mountain campus. Its five-member elected Board of Trustees controls the budget, staffing, curriculum, facilities, transportation, childcare, and superintendent oversight.
Local property wealth drives funding
Budget materials describe Loma Prieta as a basic-aid, or community-funded, district, making property-tax timing and local parcel-tax reserves important to its finances.
Small staffing changes are consequential
The 2026-27 budget proposed 48.78 total FTE, 3.24 fewer than the prior year, while management staffing remained flat.
One board governs both schools
The central archive repeatedly addresses school-specific curriculum, accountability, facilities, and programs for both Loma Prieta Elementary and C.T. English Middle.
Families also encounter district-run services
The district operates Kids & Company childcare and mountain transportation, both of which had 2026-27 rate changes or proposals.
The district projected a 16.15% reserve for economic uncertainties at Second Interim, so the staffing reduction is not evidence of immediate insolvency.
Where the district stands
14 structured meeting payloads and 14 full packages across 14 meeting dates.
2025-26 state directory context across two schools.
2026-27 budget compared with 2025-26.
March 2026 budget presentation.
Major projects
North-campus parking lot rebuild
Contract approvedThe district approved a full parking-lot rebuild including drainage, paving, lighting, electrical upgrades, and two EV chargers.
- Board approves a $640,000 project budget
- Board approves Galeb Paving contract 5-0
- Published target completion date
Funding
Measure R bond
The July contract attachment listed $481,400, below the approved project budget.
Elementary science curriculum rollout
Adopted for 2026-27Loma Prieta Elementary is moving from a supplemental Mystery Science resource to National Geographic's Exploring Science as its K-5 core program.
- Three-program pilot begins
- Board approves the program and up to $50,000
- Full classroom implementation planned for the start of school
Funding
Restricted lottery funds
Six-year licenses and print materials, lab kits, and professional development total up to $50,000.
2026-27 budget and staffing reset
Budget adoptedThe adopted spending plan incorporates a proposed reduction of 3.24 total FTE while maintaining eight management, confidential, and administrative FTE.
- Board considers temporary-teacher release and classified reductions
- Board considers final classified layoff notices
- Board adopts the 2026-27 district budget 5-0
Funding
General Fund
The adopted-budget presentation shows total revenues of about $9.62 million and staffing salaries 4.3% below 2025-26.
Recent news
Based on every structured meeting record and full agenda package in the district's official Diligent archive from September 2025 through August 2026, reviewed chronologically with scanned minutes rendered for visual inspection.
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