President's Welcome Message

Dear Friends: 

As our students return to school this fall, we, as members of the Coronado community, may notice that many district construction projects are nearing completion.  Each campus contains beautiful buildings and grounds, making our district one of the most physically appealing in the county.  Many are unaware that construction of our newest school facilities was funded from a completely separate source than the one used to operate the schools.  This construction-funding source is not available for teachers’ salaries, textbooks, materials, utilities or basic curriculum needs.  Local property taxes, which, due to our town’s high real estate tax base, could potentially generate substantial revenue for our schools, cannot cover this gap. In California, as in many other states, property taxes collected for public school support are pooled statewide and then redistributed under a goal of equalization. The California equalization formulas have long challenged some of Coronado’s best and brightest to interpret and predict the annual shortfalls they have tended to create.

I am using this rather sobering introduction to this year’s newsletter, not to ruin the excitement of the first days of school, but to remind us all that Coronado’s public schools dearly need our financial support. Year after year, the Coronado community comes together as the Coronado Schools Foundation “CSF,” embarking on a goal of raising money to make up the funding shortfall caused by the exodus of local tax dollars to Sacramento.  These efforts have been widely supported each year by parents, businesses and residents who recognize the importance of preparing Coronado children for productive futures through public education delivered at the highest levels.

With a donation to Coronado Schools you can actually see your generosity making a difference by listening to a student describe a lesson presented on one of the Doc-u-cam  projectors CSF donors have provided;  meet the Technology Resource Teachers who help fellow teachers bring classes alive with the latest educational technology;  view the impressive library collections; go online and see supplemental research tools, such as the “World Book” Library Portal made available to all students through Coronado community members’ donations to CSF. 

Your donations are an investment in the futures of our community’s children and the return on that investment will surely be priceless. Thank you for your continued support of this important cause.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey S. Kob
Foundation President