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AFTER 8% RAISE GETS APPROVED, SOME QUESTIONS EMERGE ABOUT LGSUHSD SUPE’S CREDENTIALS
Drew Penner, Editor
On Sept. 27, Eric W. Thornburg loaded up into a passenger van with his coworkers and headed out on a field trip into the Santa Cruz Mountains just above Lexington Reservoir. The Saratoga resident just happens to be the CEO of SJW Group, a utility company that clocked net income of $32.4 million in just the first six months of 2024.
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SJ WATER CO EMPLOYEES TAKE FIELD TRIP TO LEARN ABOUT WATERSHED
Company’s CEO and president come along for the ride through the Santa Cruz Mountains
Clause quietly altered in Sanderson’s contract as teachers share leadership concerns On Sept. 24, the L os Gat o s - S a r a t o g a Un i o n Hi g h School District Board of Trustees approved an 8% raise for Superintendent BIll W. Sanderson, jumping to a base salary of $308,448—$28,448 more than his initial annual rate of $280,000 in 2022. His new pay package was approved unanimously, with trustees—still basking in the honeymoon period with their relatively new leader—expressing confidence in his ability to continue to steer the district in positive directions. But tension has arisen in various quarters, and some parents and teachers have raised questions about whether Sanderson really had all the credentials he was supposed to when he landed the job in the first place. For example, during the meeting, Alicia de Fuentes, the
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