Issues
Bring Funding Into the Classroom
Build public and private partnerships, clear the hurdles that block grants, and spend the money on paid teacher training and classroom modernization through Mission Valley ROP.
New tools and training cost money. I will work to bring in public grants and private-sector partnerships, and to clear the hurdles that keep those dollars from reaching classrooms: match rules, slow paperwork, and partnerships that never get signed.
The use of that money is specific. Pay teachers to learn the tools, and modernize classrooms through Mission Valley ROP, the regional occupational center New Haven already governs with Fremont Unified and Newark Unified. High school students in those three districts can take ROP classes at no charge.
The scale is real. Under the joint-powers addendum covering funding through June 2025, New Haven passed through $1,318,144 a year to Mission Valley ROP. Statewide, the 2024–25 K–12 Strong Workforce Program directed $150 million to school grants, with awards from $250,000 to $2 million. California’s Career Technical Education Incentive Grant requires teacher professional development and written partnerships with industry and colleges, and a regional occupational center can apply. I want New Haven positioned to accept that money and spend it on teachers and classrooms.
What I'll push for
- Seek public grants and private partnerships, and clear the local hurdles that keep funds from being accepted
- Spend new dollars on paid teacher training, so tools are something teachers know how to use
- Modernize classrooms through Mission Valley ROP, the regional occupational center New Haven already belongs to
- Tell families, in plain language, which dollars came in and what they bought