BUSD Community,
As the 2023-2024 school year sunsets, we extend our heartfelt gratitude to each one of you for your unwavering support and active participation in various District programs. Your volunteer work, advocacy, and financial contributions have been instrumental in our success. Our strong partnership, built on your support, has contributed to a successful school year filled with achievements, growth opportunities, and promise for a successful future.
BUSD volunteers and supporters are the glue that holds our school community together. Whether through sweat equity or fundraising, your support has allowed us to provide an outstanding program level. Thank you for chaperoning field trips, supporting classroom projects, fundraising through PTG and booster activities, the Measure C efforts, and volunteering during extracurricular activities such as athletics and the fine arts. Your involvement has significantly impacted our students’ lives; we are truly grateful!
To our dedicated BUSD Staff, you are the backbone of our success. Your extraordinary commitment to creating a nurturing and stimulating environment for our students has not gone unnoticed. The extra hours you’ve spent developing lessons, grading papers, and researching strategies to improve student outcomes have contributed to learning and growth. We are deeply grateful for your invaluable contribution to our school community. Your work ethic and character are commendable and paramount in successful student outcomes. Each of you plays a crucial role, and we appreciate you and your contributions.
BUSD students, you are the reason why we are here. You have once again exceeded expectations, and we are filled with great excitement and pride as we cheer you on in your journey to the next grade level or chapter in your lives. Your competitive spirit was on display as we watched our Speech and Debate team excel at historical levels, our athletic teams win section championships and advance to the championships, and our Career Technical Education program and our fine and visual arts showcase their brilliance throughout the year. Your diligent work and incremental gains toward continual improvement make us most proud.
On behalf of the Benicia Unified School District, students, staff, and community supporters, we wish you a summer filled with fun and relaxation. You have certainly earned it. We will see you in August as we launch another outstanding school year, and we are confident that, with your continued support, we will achieve even greater heights. Your contributions, whether big or small, have a profound impact on our school community and students; for that, we are truly grateful.
Respectfully,
Damon J. Wright, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Benicia Unified School District
Benicia High School Art Installation
Ms. Christine Chu and Ms. Tina Silva are committed to campus beautification by highlighting student artwork. Benicia High School students created cultural-themed tiles for the planter and custom tiles that were both structured and broken up. The art pieces were then transferred into beds of mortar for “stepping stones” and placed in the garden area near the BHS library entrance.
Please enjoy the project photos below.
CITIZENS’ BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
As required by law, BUSD has a CITIZENS’ BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE (CBOC) to review the BUSD expenditures related to the Measure C School Facility Bond Program. Measure C was approved by the voters in March 2024, and provides funding for school facilities projects. The purpose of the CBOC is to inform the public, review bond expenditures and present an Annual Report to the School Board. There are seven (7) members on the CBOC.
Currently the following spots are vacant on the CBOC, and BUSD seeks interested citizens to fill these spots:
- A member active in a senior citizen’s organization.
- A member active in a bona-fide taxpayers association.
- A member who is a parent or guardian of a child enrolled in BUSD.
In addition, to qualify for membership on the CBOC, the member must be at least 18 years old, must reside within BUSD, and is not a BUSD employee, not a BUSD official, not a BUSD vendor, not a BUSD contractor, or not a BUSD consultant.
The term of the CBOC membership is two (2) years, and no member may serve more than three consecutive terms. The CBOC is currently scheduled to meet quarterly. In order to be considered for the committee, an application must be completed and submitted to the BUSD Bond Director, Roxanne Egan at [emailprotected] or submitted to the BUSD District Office at 350 East K Street in Benicia. The BUSD Superintendent will review the applications and then bring a recommendation to the School Board for appointment to the CBOC. Applications may be picked up at the BUSD District Office at 350 East K Street, or from the BUSD web site Measure C page at https://beniciaunified.org/measure-c/#documents, under Measure C Documents > Citizens’ Bond Oversight Committee Meeting Documents, at the bottom of the page.
The Benicia Unified School District wishes you a great summer. School sites will be closed during the break. Please review the school site office hours listed below.
If you have questions, please contact or visit the BUSD Office, located at 350 East K Street, at 707-741-8300. The District Office is open Monday through Thursday between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.
New Student Enrollment Information
Please click the link below to access new student enrollment information and to begin the enrollment process: https://beniciaunified.org/families/new-student-enrollment/
A representative from the school site will contact you to complete the enrollment process once they reopen. The first day of school is Tuesday, August 13, 2024.
Parent Data Confirmation will open Monday, August 5th, 2024 on the Aeries Parent Portal. If you do not already have a parent portal account, we’ll send out an email that week with instructions to create one.
