Chester Elementary School

Two things for your consideration this week:

1. Report cards went home today. Additionally, if you are interested in seeing them online, they will be posted in your student's Parent Portal account tomorrow, 3/22/25. Any questions? Please don't hesitate to contact your child's teacher.
2. If you haven't yet heard, the Plumas Unified School District is experiencing a rather significant financial crisis. What does the current circumstance mean for for CES? Good news and bad news: the good news is that none of our teaching staff received a layoff notice for the 2025-2026 school year. The bad news is that several support staff did receive layoff notices. We have a special team at CES, so the potential loss of even one is a hit to us all. PUSD is experiencing both a structural deficit of up to $3,000,000 (hence the layoffs) and also a situation where interfund borrowing over the course of multiple years has caused the accrual of additional debt as certain funds were not repaid, resulting in a possible minimum amount for repayment of approximately $10,000,000. It could be more. This will result in PUSD needing to seek out a loan to cover this cost, which means a long-term debt repayment situation. Much is going to be needed to be done in order to get our fiscal house in order. This circumstance could result in a State administrator being assigned to our school district, with that person directing both the school board and district administration to take specific actions to make PUSD solvent. The next couple of months will reveal much. So, what do we do with this? Tough times, yes, but we're a tougher staff and community. Great things will continue at CES.

Thanks, again, for your overwhelming support of what we do on behalf of your kids. Chester is a special place!