Parents rally in San Jose to protest Berryessa school closures

As Berryessa Union School District in San Jose considers closing multiple schools due to budget constraints, dozens of parents and their children gathered Thursday evening to protest the potential closures and ask the district to consider alternative solutions.

The proposal to consider closing schools emerged from BUSD’s Budget Stabilization Committee, which was established in 2023 to create recommendations for $6 million of reductions in the district’s budget amid declining enrollment, according to the district’s website.