District overview
Petaluma Joint Union High School District
How the high-school LEA is governed and how shared budget cuts affect it.
Why do Petaluma records name two districts?
Petaluma Joint Union High is its own active local educational agency, but it is governed alongside Petaluma City Elementary by the Petaluma City Schools Board of Education. Shared resolutions and the common-administration budget can apply to both, while high-school course, alternative-education, facilities, and staffing records may apply only to this component LEA.
The high-school identity stays distinct
Its NCES LEA id is 0630250 and its California district code is 4970862.
The board is shared
The same elected board and superintendent act for both component LEAs.
Funding is formula-driven
California's LCFF, state and federal categorical funds, parcel taxes, and local revenue feed a combined common-administration budget.
The cuts reach courses and alternatives
Adopted reductions name secondary course assignments, alternative-education teachers, counselors, and principals.
The adopted 2026-27 common budget is positively certified and projects reserves above the state minimum, even while it documents an intra-year cash-timing gap.
Where the district stands
Combined common-administration figure; not a high-school-only allocation.
District plus charter total reported in the common budget; not high-school-only.
Authoritative NCES/CDE identity context.
Major projects
2026-27 budget reductions
Approved and entering implementationA $6.123 million shared reduction plan produced formal service and staffing reductions, including secondary courses and alternative education.
- Board makes the $6.123M recommendation its basis for reductions
- Board approves 44.0 FTE of service reductions across both LEAs
- Board approves another 6.6 FTE centered on alternative education
- Shared 2026-27 budget adopted with positive certification
Funding
Districtwide energy modernization
Agreement approvedThe shared board approved HVAC electrification and related solar-capacity increases.
- Board approves amended energy-services agreement
Funding
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