That night, she wrote two words on the whiteboard: .
Then, the state announced a 40% budget cut. euhsd synergy
"The math worked," she said. "We shared three buses instead of six. We combined our library databases. We even shared substitute teachers. Our total cost dropped 28%, but our student outcomes—college acceptances, test scores, arts participation—went up 15%." That night, she wrote two words on the whiteboard:
Cedar Ridge’s principal spoke first: "So… what's next?" but our student outcomes—college acceptances
The principals grumbled. They talked about logistics, liability, turf wars. Elena listened, then said: "You have two choices. Work together, or work alone into extinction."
The answer was always the same: Someone right here. In EUHSD.