District Ends Year $5.2M Ahead, but Enrollment Cliff Threatens Every Dollar

The San Ramon Valley Unified School District closed its books $5.2 million better than expected — and promptly heard a warning that the surplus may already be spoken for. With enrollment down nearly 5,000 students since the pandemic and still falling, the board approved financial reports, labor agreements, and a textbook sufficiency resolution while fielding pointed frustration from its teachers' union over wages that haven't budged.

• $5.2M budget surplus may be consumed by enrollment losses — the district is already running 150 students below projection, and every 100 students lost costs $1.3M annually

• Teachers' union president tells the board 1,700 educators have received no raise while the cost of living climbs and classroom support falls short

• Cal High teacher demands a textbook replacement plan, citing math and social studies materials adopted as far back as 2002

• Board ratifies four labor agreements aligning classified employee work years with CalPERS audit rules and updating layoff protections

• Students push for sodium-ion battery study and environmental education center, flagging the district's low climate literacy score

• Parent calls on SRVUSD to lead on AI-era education, asking what graduates should be capable of when artificial general intelligence arrives

Assistant Superintendent/CBO Vince Morales delivered the longest and most consequential presentation of the night: the 2025–26 unaudited actuals for a general fund exceeding $500 million.