STAND With Ross Valley Schools is a grassroots parent-led organization advocating for Ross Valley School District, and for equitable, truly public education. Click here to support our efforts or email us at: hello@standwithpubliceducation.org

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We urge advocating for proper oversight of Ross Valley Charter by Marin County Office of Education to end:

1. Segregation & Inequity in serving the most underserved populations

2. Taxation Without Representation. RVC was not approved or supported by local taxpayers. Local districts have little authority to safeguard their fiscal health.

3. Lack of Oversight & Transparency RVC is operating without a publicly elected board and is not held to the same accountability as truly public schools. RVC has never met their enrollment or financial projections.

Ross Valley Charter Takes Funds and Facilities From Our Neighborhood Schools

Ross Valley School District is a high-performing (top 7% of CA) but cash-strapped district (bottom 10% of CA). We can’t afford and don’t need a charter school here. RVC has had a significant and ongoing impact on our neighborhood public schools, including:

• Loss of funding

• Duplication of overhead & administrative costs

• Increased class sizes

• Loss of district staff time, which should be spent on our kids and teachers

In addition, RVC demanded our district house them by invoking Proposition 39, resulting in:  

• Costs of litigation ($350k) due to Prop 39 allocation disagreements

• District costs ($190k) to make White Hill Middle School suitable for elementary-aged students

• Loss of classroom space at White Hill

• Loss of student access to the gym and library one day per week

• Loss of teacher prep space and break rooms

• Crowding and disruption for kids and teachers at White Hill

Ross Valley Charter Survives by Acquiring Debt

RVC has aligned with the Walmart, Walton Family Foundation and the Hastings Fund, both right-wing billionaire groups, aligned with Trump/Betsy DeVos and their privatization agenda, intent on dismantling public education and replacing it with charters, vouchers and other corporate-backed privatization strategies. The large grants RVC received from these foundations were needed to backfill a $150K+ operating deficit and more than $500K debt (due to low enrollment and the increased cost of Prop 39 legal action against our District).  RVC has never met their enrollment goals and continues to survive by acquiring staggering debt.