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WHY DO THEY ALWAYS HAVE MONEY TO FIGHT QUESTIONS—BUT NOT ENOUGH TO HELP STUDENTS? Parents and educators hear the same message every year.

There is not enough money.
Not enough for counselors.
Not enough for intervention.
Not enough for classroom support.
Not enough for the students who need extra help.

But when people start asking questions about public spending, policy decisions, or what happened behind closed doors, there always seems to be money for outside lawyers, consultants, and long response letters.

That does not automatically mean every legal expense is wrong.

But it does create a fair question for every taxpayer:

How much public money is being spent defending decisions—and how much is being spent directly helping students?

I am continuing to follow the public records, the contracts, and the invoices.
Because a budget is not just numbers.

It shows what an institution chooses to protect.

: When public school administrators compensation packages at the district office reach top tier private sector figures, the public expects measurable returns inside the classroom.

For starters, here is the third Grade Literacy Contradiction:
Why do they reward bad work?

Ana Boyenga for Merced's central campaign pledge promises to have every Merced County student reading at grade level by third grade. Yet across her years directing educational services and curriculum over 11 school sites at AESD, California School Dashboard and state testing metrics demonstrate persistent literacy gaps, with large percentages of elementary students falling below state standards in English Language Arts.






For those supporting here, tell us what made you choose Ana and if you're still backing the establishment, just because it's easier.

Things won't change if people keep throwing away their morals to be cool.

President Trump proposed a five thousand dollar dividend to all American citizens, but explicitly conditioned the payout on the GOP winning the House and Senate. Vice President Vance later walked back the logistics, stating the funds would come from tariffs and would not go to everyone.

There's no way he could cover that expense.

Follow along on the main floor. The system is designed to consume itself. Your job is to stand outside the architecture.

Study the blueprint.

Local Republicans still vote for p**o president though and then be surprised when this happens. Boundaries people.

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🎒MERCED COUNTY: When the executive branch of county education coordinates leadership transitions behind closed doors, public resources shift from student intervention to institutional self preservation.

Central office overhead balloons. High level executive salaries multiply while frontline instructional aides, behavioral technicians, and school counselors across our local districts fight for crumbs.

The Merced County Office of Education oversees tens of millions of taxpayer dollars intended for high stakes student programs: regional occupational training, alternative education, and special education services for children with critical needs.

Every executive hour burned tracking independent citizen researchers, orchestrating political alliances, and insulating succession lines is funding stolen from classroom support.

The public records reveal an administration hyper focused on public perception yet completely indifferent to the operational chasm separating central bureaucracy from student realities.

County educational leadership was never created to serve as a self serving political machine. When an agency abandons its statutory nonpartisan obligations, the community will enforce transparency through comprehensive public audits.

The receipts are public. The investigation continues tomorrow. Alberto Velarde. Jose Moran. Ana Boyenga for Merced County Superintendent of Schools 2026 Luis Lara, Merced County Board of Supervisor-Elect, District 3