Pleasanton Unified School District — Financial

This budget season, Pleasanton Unified faced a gap that required significant reductions. In February, the Board approved a 2026-27 reduction plan totaling $11,161,702, spread across staffing, programs, operations, workdays, and professional development — the most consequential item in this cycle.

In the same week, the Board authorized the concrete staffing steps behind that plan. One resolution tied to reductions of 41.196 certificated FTE, affecting elementary specialists, intervention staff, counselors, social workers, and secondary teachers. A companion resolution authorized classified service reductions totaling 35.0375 FTE, including parent liaisons, health-services assistants, reading-intervention staff, library staff, and wellness positions.

When the adopted 2026-27 budget was finalized in June, it projected a 3.42% reserve and a $470,623 adjusted unrestricted ending balance — restoring the minimum reserve the district must maintain. Crucially, it did so while retaining all approved staffing reductions, meaning the budget solution relied on those earlier cuts.