THE LIFESTYLE MAGAZINE OF MORGAN HILL, GILROY & SAN MARTIN
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JUNE 29, 2018
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NON-PROFITS BENEFIT FROM FIREWORKS SALES LEADING UP TO 4TH Staff Report
Robert Eliason
“Safe and sane” fireworks are legal in Gilroy, but with many important safety and fire prevention restrictions. Gilroy is the only city in Santa Clara County that allows the sale and use of “safe and sane” fireworks. Fireworks purchased in Gilroy can’t be taken to any other city or unincorporated areas of Santa Clara County. A public fireworks display will be held on the Gilroy High School baseball field at 10th and Uvas Park Drive on Wednesday, July 4, from approximately 9 to 10pm. In previous years there were about 400 fireworks set off during a 20-minute display. No personal “safe and sane” fireworks can be set off at this location, city police said. City officials reminded the public this week that “safe and sane” fireworks
DO THE HOP The Jantz and Ferrito families get down to Arena during the first Downtown Live performance of the summer season.
Music rocks downtown The Gilroy Downtown Business Association (DBA) kicked off its summer music series with the band Arena on Thursday, June 21. The event, formerly held on Fridays as Fifth Street Live, is rebranded this year as “Downtown Live”— now taking place Thursdays through Aug. 22, from 5-9pm.
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SWEET TREATS Bella Tankersley opts for dessert first with
Omarri and Olympia Neville (background) at cupcakes for college.
Food trucks, arranged by DBA, start the evenings off at 5pm. The music and dancing begin at 7pm and continues until 9pm. For more information and a full lineup, visit visitgilroy.com/event/ downtown-live.
2018-19 GUSD school budget approved
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The Gilroy Unified School District’s Board of Trustees approved a $126 million budget for the 2018-19 school year at its June 14 meeting. The budget, which can be viewed on the district website, www.gusd. k12.ca.us, includes $128,031,802 in
total general fund revenues and $125,767,772 in total general fund expenditures for the upcoming school term, with more than $15 million in reserves. In its June 14 presentation, the district—which continues in contract negotiations with its largest union, the Gilroy Teachers Association— outlined that 87 percent of the budget goes toward salary and benefits. Trustees heard reports of a decline in enrollment from 2016-17 to 2017-18, which resulted in fewer Average Daily Attendance dollars for the district. Officials anticipate that trend to continue into 2018-19,
for a funding loss of $2.2 million. Tied to the budget is the LCAP, the district’s game plan in allocating funds from its Local Control Funding Formula, based on eight state and local priorities: basic learning conditions, Common Core State Standards, parental involvement, student achievement, student engagement, school climate, course access and other student outcomes. “The LCAP is expected to include information about the goals, services and spending plan that address the needs of all pupils and each significant subgroup of the district,” according to the staff
report. “The LCAP and site plans are aligned, and site level advisory groups are both informed and engaged in providing input to the development of the LCAP.” As part of the LCAP and budget presentation, staff introduced more than $729,000 in districtrecommended budget reductions. However, “these budget cuts have not been board approved, and have not been factored into the 2018-19 budget,” the agenda states. Those decisions will be made in late August/September with a revised GUSD budget based on the enacted state budget.
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GILROY SCHOOLS ANTICIPATE $2.2M LESS REVENUE, BLAMING DECLINE IN ENROLLMENT