[BHS etree] ETREE: what is BSEP?

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ETREE note: BSEP is such a big deal that it is easy to forget that there are
new parents who don't know what it is.  BSEP stands for Berkeley School
Enrichment Project and it is a parcel tax which generates roughly 10 percent
of the BUSD's annual budget.  At least it did generate 10 percent.  Now, due
to inflation, it is not buying as much.  Hence Measure B, which we all hope
will pass and is designed to supplement the BSEP money.  Most of the BSEP
money is used to reduce class size. At Berkeley High alone it hires 28
teachers. Imagine class sizes without those teachers!  If measure B passes,
Berkeley High is hoping to hire additional teachers as early as January.
This will help the crowded class conditions. In addition, each  BUSD school
is given a set amount--roughly $150 per pupil --to be spent by an elected
committee of parents and teachers and--at the high school--students for
enrichment purposes. Berkeley High gets roughly $500,000 from this
discretionary fund and it pays for the college advisor, the Afro-Haitian
drummer, tutoring, the Athletic Equipment Manager, a strength and
conditioning coach, technology support, the Writer's Room, etc, etc.
Elections for parent reps on the site committee were held at the first PTSA
meeting in September.  It is this site committee which will be meeting next
week.
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