Sacramento needs to hear from us now about the crucial need for more adult school funding!  During the week of May 6-10, join the letter writing campaign to request an additional $110 Million for adult education.  The governor’s budget currently provides no additional funding for adult schools, leaving them in the same financial bind they have been in since 2008.  We need to ask that  this be corrected in the May revise of the budget, which will come out soon. For more information, follow this link to California Council for Adult Education’s letter writing campaign: https://www.ccaestate.org/l ..read more

SAVE THE OLDER ADULT PROGRAM!  Come to the West Contra Costa Board of Education meeting April 24 to support the adult school Older Adult program! What:       West Contra Costa Board of Education meeting When:     Wednesday, April 24 at 6:30 PM (Come at 6:00 to sign up to speak in public comment) Where:    Lovonya DeJean Middle School 3400 Macdonald Ave., Richmond   94805 Contact the Board to express your support for the Older Adult Program: Tom Panas President  C: (510) 610-9438 tom.panas@wccusd.net Stephanie Hernandez-Jarvis Clerk C: (661) 303-2394 stephanie.hernandez-jarvis@wccusd.net ..read more

Elected Officials Need to Hear from Us NOW! The governor’s budget for 2019-2020 currently does not include any increase in funding for California’s desperately underfunded adult schools. A revise of the budget is being prepared now for May release. The governor and other elected officials need to hear from adult school teachers, students, and the general public now! Write them now to request that an increase in funding for adult schools be included in the May revise. Our elected officials also need to hear about the need for state funding for adult school Older Adult programs. The state stoppe ..read more

March 24, 2019 Dear Governor Newsom, I am an adult school Citizenship teacher in Richmond, California. Most nights, I have 20 or more students and 9 tattered Citizenship textbooks for them to share. In these textbooks, Barack Obama is still president because the books were purchased at the beginning of his term. When I ask for a new set of textbooks, or at least some additional textbooks so students won’t have to double up or even triple up on the books, I am told the adult school has no money for this. No money for ten more books! Needless to say, I was very disappointed to see that the 2019 ..read more