Paramount Unified School District

Furlough Days Observed in PUSD

Paramount Unified School District has determined that furlough days are an effective way to work at maintaining fiscal solvency in light of the severe budget cuts in State funding.

All employees will be subject to furlough days for the 2010-11 school year. The decision was reached through the negotiation process with the California School Employees Association, Chapter 447 and with the Teachers Association of Paramount. Teachers and classified employees will have four furlough days in the upcoming school year. Management will have six furlough days.

Furlough days are unpaid days off for each employee. The furlough program for the 2010-11 school year will be a cost savings of $1,202,021 to the general budget and an additional savings to categorical restricted funds of $617,517.

The furlough days will have the instructional year for students reduced by 3 days and will be observed on Friday, November 12, 2010, Friday, March 18, 2011 and Friday, May 27, 2011. K-12 teachers will also take a furlough day on June 17, 2011, which is not an instructional day. On January 3, 2010 management, classified employees and pre-school teachers will have a furlough day in lieu of June 17, which allows for smooth operations of the District.

The School District will be closed on the following dates:

Friday, November 12, 2010
Monday, January 3, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Friday, May 27, 2010

There is a great appreciation to all employees for contributing to addressing the deficit that exists as part of the severely reduced State funding. We will continue to address our mission statement which is to ensure learning and success for each student by providing a quality education.