Quail Run Parents Rally for Equity as Board Certifies Budget, Drops Absence Rule

More than 20 parents packed the San Ramon Valley Unified School District board meeting March 10 to demand leadership and resources for the district's largest — and most underfunded — elementary school, headlining an evening in which teachers and parents also squared off over online course policies eating into classroom enrollment. The board unanimously certified a positive second interim budget showing a sharply reduced deficit, but the specter of a $25 million hit from the governor's proposed Prop 98 withholding loomed over every fiscal conversation.

• Over 20 Quail Run parents demand assistant principal at district's largest, highest-need Title 1 elementary school, citing bottom-tier spending and leadership turnover

• Teachers and parents clash over non-district online courses that teachers say inflate grades and trigger layoffs in world language, theater and STEAM programs

• Board certifies positive budget with deficit spending cut from $35.8M to $14.8M, but $25M in state Prop 98 funding hangs in the balance

• Revised absence policy drops 10-day doctor note rule over teacher objections that it removes their strongest truancy deterrent

• CSEA president publicly rebukes board for silence on classified layoffs while expressing concern about certificated cuts

• Seven SRVUSD schools named 2026 California Distinguished Schools, more than all but one district statewide

A coordinated wave of parents and community members urged the board to restore an assistant principal position at Quail Run Elementary, framing the fight as the district's most visible equity test.