padilla lopez's daughter also attends renaissance academy at fisher. definitely wrong.ces more than 100 people packed the school board meeting monday and others spilled out into

also donald meyer elementary school, joseph george middle school and renaissance academy at fisher todayrents speaking out about that decision. kron four's terisa stasio met with moms at one school being shut down in east san jose. >> i want this happening again. i don't want is school picnic for it was very for earth. that. >> unfair parent. candace douglas is distraught. heard owners beloved school renaissance academy in senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. take it away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and my family, family mentally i have t

donald meyer elementary joseph george middle school and renaissance academy at fisher. lots of parents certainly have passionate thoughts about this decision as you can imagine. >> yeah, kron four's terisa stasio met with some of the schools that are being shut down in east san jose. >> unfair. i don't want this happening again. i don't want is my for me. it was very for earth. was a parent can't is. douglas is distraught. >> her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in east saint is a is slated to be shut down. really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not some. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. taking away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with a 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be

leaders decided to combine renaissance academy at fisher with renaissance academy. kelsi thorud has the story. >> how do you vote? >> aye. >> trustee, how do you vote? >> aye. >> and myself, aye. motion passes unanimously. >> reporter: after close to five hours of discussion and public comment, alum rock union school district board of trustees voted unanimously to close six schools and consolidate four others. the decision brought high emotions for those on the public and online. >> and we can provide a better education if we close some schools. is everybody going to be affected? is everybody going to be mad? yes. but who will benefit in the end? who will it benefit the most? the children and their learning, and that is why i'm here. >> reporter: the district is facing a fiscal crisis due to a significant decline of student enrollment in recent years. the school closures will help balance the budget. still, many parents were not happy with the way the board went about deciding these closures. many voiced their displeasure in person at monday night's meeting. >> it b

also on that list, renaissance academy at fisher will merge with renaissance academy at matheson.er mergers include luca, luca and san antonio elementary schools. paynter elementary and middle schools. also on that list. critics say that the closures will hit low income families the hardest. they actually can least afford to send their children to schools farther from home. the district has been firm in saying that it cannot afford to operate the same number of schools, with three fourths of the number of students it had ten years ago. the today show is just ahead, but you can continue watching today in the bay on roku wherever you stream live at 8:00. how inflation is impacting the cost of a partridge in a pear tree. we talked with one expert about those rising prices when it comes to the 12 days of christmas. join us for our 8 a.m. newscast online at nbcbayarea.com or smartphone app and the swans are swimming in cold temperatures this morning. yeah, it is pretty chilly out there, but it warms up nicely. today we're headed for about 70 degrees for many of the inland valleys. good

leaders decided to combine renaissance academy at fisher with renaissance academy.d has the story. >> how do you vote? >> aye. >> trustee, how

. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with a 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and my family personally, emotionally mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. >> i want my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from us. padilla lopez's daughter also attends renaissance academy at fisher. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the places more than 100 people packed the school board meeting monday and others spilled out into the hallway. >> the district said that it had no choice and was forced to make the hard choices of closes schools. in a statement to kron 4 news, the superintendent said, quote, this decision is one of the most difficult we face as a district, but it is guided by our commitment to providing the best possible education for every student for this

in the meantime, renaissance academy at fisher will merge with renaissance academy at matt mahan lucia elementary, will merge with san antonio elementary, and paynter elementary will merge with shepherd middle school for the second time. a delaware judge ruling tessa cannot pay ceo elon musk tens of billions of dollars in bonuses. scott mcgrew explains that fight and why, for now, musk will not get his money. that judge said no because she agreed with a group of tesla shareholders who were concerned that musk had railroaded the tesla board into giving him that $100 billion pay package. the concern is that the board is too loyal to musk instead of operating as an independent body. the way it's supposed to. musk argues he did the things required in the contract to get that kind of pay. he boosted tesla's stock enough to make all shareholders happy and profited in the process. some do criticize musk for making pie in the sky promises to boost and keep the stock high, but it does the job. as you pointed out, this is the second time this judge has said no after the first defeat in court. te

renaissance academy at fisher will also be closing.ll merge with a renaissance academy at matt mahan lucia elementary, will be merged with san antonio elementary, and paynter elementary will be merged with shepherd middle school. and that's not all. at least one more school closure is planned for the following school year. it's a long list of schools impacted by tonight's decision. these are schools that serve a lot of low income families. there has also been lot of confusion among parents. there was a lot of back and forth between the trustees tonight. the board ultimately saying they had no choice but to make this tough decisision. the is a $20 million budget shortfall, like like we mentioned. but parents feeling like they were not heard tonight. it's heartbreaking because the district did not take the parent concerns into consideration. superintendent sturla went to our school, spoke to our parents, spoke to him, and he didn't put anything on his report. back to the board members. i personally emailed each and every one of the board

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in east saint is a is slated to be shut down. really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. taking away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and my family personally, emotionally mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from us. padilla lopez's daughter also attends renaissance academy at fisher. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime voices m

donald meyer elementary school, joseph george middle school and renaissance academy, a fisher tuesdayt the decision and kron four's terisa stasio met with some moms at one school slated to close in east san jose. >> i want this happening again. i don't want is school picnic for it was very earth. that. >> unfair parent. candace douglas is distraught. heard owners beloved school renaissance academy in senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. take it away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and i found that sullivan family a mentally >> i

also on the list, donald meyer elementary joseph, george middle and renaissance academy at fisher ons spoke about the decision and kron four's theresa stasi or heard them. >> i want this happening again. i don't want is school picnic for it was very for that. >> unfair parent. candace douglas is distraught. heard owners beloved school renaissance academy in the senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. take it away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and i found that sullivan family i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was a

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. >> the program that's here is going to be. take it away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and my family, mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime place this more than 100 people packed the school board meet

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in the senate say is slated to be shut down. >> reallyhool is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. taking away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and my family, family, a mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. >> i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime place this more than 100 people packed the school board meeting monday and othe

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drivese is not some. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. taking away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with a 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and i found that sullivan family a mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. >> i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime place this more than 100 people packed the school board meeting monday and others spilled

meanwhile, renaissance academy at fisher will merge with renaissance academy at matt mahan lucia elementaryr elementary will merge with shepherd middle school. let's talk about the weather. you can expect a little bit of a warm up this week. here's meteorologist kari hall with our 7-day forecast as we take a look at what to expect over the next several days. lots of sunshine and also warm temperatures for this time of year. it's going to reach 70 degrees for parts of the south bay today and upper 60s tomorrow. for much of the rest of the bay area, from the east bay to the north bay, as well as more mid to upper 60s. into the end of the week, we may see a few more clouds on saturday, but it looks like it stays dry and a slight dip in temperatures for the start of next week in san francisco. look for a high today of about 65 degrees. partly cloudy for the next few days, and slightly cooler weather as we go into saturday and sunday. thanks, was not fulfilling a promise, so he contacted consumer investigator chris kimura's for team help. one in san jose says his blender was among the 4.8 millio

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drivesy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. >> taking away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with a 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and i found that sullivan family a mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. >> i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime place this more than 100 people packed the

heard owners beloved school renaissance academy in the senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. take it away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and i found that sullivan family a mentally. >> i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime place this more than 100 pe

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in senate say is slated to be shut down. >> really driveschool is not the same is not fun. >> and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be. take it away. and this this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >> skyrocketed in the school. >> renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with the 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >> and i found that sullivan family a mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. >> i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime place this more than 100 people packed the school board meeting mon

and then at the end of this academic year, renaissance academy at fisher will merge with renaissance academy and madison lieu elementary will merge with san antonio elementary and paynter elementary will merge with shepherd middle school. now, critics say that these closures will impact low income families who can least afford for their children to go to school farther from where they live, where they cannot walk necessarily. now, the school district has been firm in saying that it cannot afford to operate the same number of schools, with three fourths of the students that they had ten years ago. now, the new superintendent visited campuses on the closure list, but at least one parent told us she didn't feel hurt. it's heartbreaking because the district d not take the parent concerns into consideration. superintendent went to our school, spoke to our parents, spoke to him and he didn't put anything on his report back to the board members. i personally emailed each and every one of the board members got two responses back. now, there will be a number of changes in the 2627 school year

leaders decide to combine renaissance academy fisher with matson, our kelsey thourd breaks down the decision tonight. >> how do you vote? >> and myself, motion passes unanimously. >> reporter: after close to five hours of discussion and public comment, allen rock union school districts board of trustees voted unanimously to close six schools and consolidate four others. the decision brought with it high emotions from both those in the public and those on the board. >> they deserve better than what we are providing. we can provide a better education if we close schools, is everyone going to be effected and pissed off? yes, who is it going to benefit the most? the children and their learning and that is why i am here. >> reporter: the district says they are facing a fiscal crisis due to a significant decline in student enrollment in recent years the board says the school closures will help to balance the budget. still, many parents were not happy with the way the board went about deciding the closures and many voiced their displeasure in person at monday night's meeting >> it breaks my heart a

her daughters beloved school renaissance academy in east saint is a is slated to be shut down. >>really drives me crazy. is this renaissance school is not the same is not some. >>and they want to merge those 2 schools together. the program that's here is going to be take it away. and this cool actually works. the scores are high. that test scores are high in this cool daughter has severe dyslexic and learning disabilities and she has. >>skyrocketed in the school. >>renaissance academy at fisher is one of 6 schools. the alum rock union school board voted to close next year in an attempt to deal with a 20 million dollar shortfall. 8 schools will be merged as well in the coming years. >>i have family, a mentally i have ties to fisher from back in the case because i was an alumni here. i wanted my kids to go to them out of the traditional charter school to put them in apparent choice school and that was being taken away from and the padilla is daughter also attends renaissance. definitely wrong. the district did not hear the prime places more than 100 people packed the school board

castle, horace curtin, dorsey elementary school, as well, along with joseph george middle and renaissance academy at fisher. some parents say they're now concerned about overcrowding in their kids schools. >> it seems like they're just going to stick a bunch of kids in another school. it's going to be really hard for the teachers. it's kind of worried because i feel like they're like 20, 22 kids to a teacher now. and like, i think they're going to like 30 something kids to teacher. just doesn't seem like it's enough attention for each child. >> the district says its enrollment is down by more than 50% since the early 2000. the schools that were shut down were all at less than 45% capacity. the oakland unified school district is also considering school closures as a way to reckon with a growing $95 million budget deficit. at last night's school board meeting, administrators discussed several ideas on the table, including one that would consolidate ten schools that are already sharing campuses. next wednesday, the board is scheduled to vote on its options for balancing the budget. school districts

sylvia casale elementary, horace curtin elementary, dorset elementary, joseph george middle and renaissance academy at fisher, parents fear moving to an overcrowded school will negatively affect their child's learning. >> it just seems like they're just going to stick a bunch of kids in another school. it's going to be really hard for the teachers. it's kind of worried because i feel like they're like 20, 22 kids to a teacher. now, and like, i think they're going to like 30 something kids to a teacher just doesn't seem like it's enough attention for each child. >> one mom says getting her kindergartner to a new school will be the biggest issue. she's concerned this will be especially hard for low income families. >> we just moved in across the street and i just moved for the reason that the school was across the street for transit purposes. a lot of us are just walking to school, so we look for something close by so the kids can walk to school. so being closed down just because there's not a lot of kids, it's like, okay, what about the rest of us? >> this is all to save money. and it's a similar st

sylvia casale elementary, horace curtin elementary, dorset elementary, joseph george middle and renaissance academy at fisher. parents fear moving to an overcrowded school will negatively affect their child's learning. >> it just seems like they're just going to stick a bunch of kids in another school. it's going to be really hard for the teachers. it's kind of worried because i feel like they're like 20, 22 kids to a teacher now and like, i think they're going to like 30 something kids to a teacher. just doesn't seem like it's enough attention for each child. >> one mom says getting her kindergartner to a new school will be the biggest issue. she's concerned this will be especially hard for low income families. >> we just moved in across the street and i just moved for the reason that the school was across the street for transit purposes. a lot of us are just walking to school, so we look for something close by so the kids can walk to school. so being closed down just because there's not a lot of kids, it's like, okay, what about the rest of us? >> this is all to save money. and it's a similar sto

sylvia casale elementary, horace curtin elementary, dorset elementary, joseph george middle and renaissance academyfisher. parents fear moving to an overcrowded school will negatively affect their child's learning. >> it just seems like they're just going to stick a bunch of kids in another school. it's going to be really hard for the teachers. it's kind of worried because i feel like they're like 20, 22 kids to a teacher. now, and like, i think they're going to like 30 something kids to a teacher just doesn't seem like it's enough attention for each child. >> one mom says getting her kindergartner to a new school will be the biggest issue she's concerned. this will be especially hard for low income families. >> we just moved in across the street, and i just moved for the reason that the school was across the street for transit purposes. a lot of us are just walking to school, so we look for something close by so the kids can walk to school. so being closed down just because there's not a lot of kids, it's like, okay, what about the rest of us? >> this is all to save money. and it's a similar story

academies. aptitude and renaissance. other schools are being listed for consolidation.st during a tense meeting last month. it was open to the public. as you might imagine, a lot of people had a lot to say. the district is facing a $20 million budget deficit and declining enrollment. tonight's meeting begins at 530. well, a shakeup in silicon valley. the ceo of the bay area's most storied chip company stepped down abruptly this morning very abruptly. scott mcgrew says the future is very cloudy now for intel. good morning. pat gelsinger is out. he says he's retiring as of now. as of yesterday. actually, he had led intel since 2021 and not. well, the company's stock is down around 60% since he took over. two intel executives will co ceo temporarily. now gelsinger was the third ceo in about ten years, in the second to resign in that time frame. in a written statement, gelsinger said it's been a challenging year for all of us as we have made tough but necessary decisions to position intel for the current market dynamics by which he seems to mean a lot of layoffs. on a happi

academies. aptitude and renaissance. other schools are also listed for consolidation. the school board presented the list at a tense public meeting last month. it's part of a plan to help solve the district's $20 million budget deficit and decline in enrollment. the final vote is set to happen at a board meeting tomorrow at 530. a big reversal from president biden. this evening, he announced he's pardoning his son, hunter biden. previously, the president said he would not use his executive authority to pardon his son. hunter biden, set to be sentenced december 12th for his conviction on federal gun charges and he's scheduled to be sentenced on december 16th in a separate criminal case. in that case, he pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges. the pardon is expected to cover both the gun charges conviction and the guilty plea. in a statement, the president said he believes in the justice system but also believes politics. quote, infected this process and led to a miscarriage of justice. hunter biden also issued a statement following the announcement and said, quot

academies. aptitude and renaissance. other schools are being listed for consolidation. meeting last month. it said the list was a result of thorough review, with a committee of parents, administrators and labor representatives. it all comes as the district is facing a $20 million budget deficit and declining enrollment. tonight's meeting begins at 530. a bombshell announcement from san francisco state university. the school is letting go. dozens of lecturers due to budget cuts and declining enrollment. the school did not disclose how many lecturers have been let go, but one professor we spoke with estimates it's more than 100. a university sposperson says lecturer hiring is based on student enrollment and confirmed some lecturers will not be rehired in spring. one of the impacted teachers explains how it may affect classes. for sure, they're going to have fewer classes to choose from. they're going to be a bigger classrooms. they're going to lose people who are absolutely passionate and dedicated to the public mission of higher education. today, some of those lecturers

academies. aptitude and renaissance. the other schools are being listed for consolidation. the school board presented the list during a tense public meeting last month. the district is facing a $20 million budget deficit and also declining enrollment. like other institutions. tonight's meeting begins at 530. tonight, there is a growing memorial at the piedmont site where three college students died last week in a tesla cybertruck crash. the victims have been formally identified as sean dixon, jack nelson and krista sukara. all. they lost their lives when a truck burst into flames after striking a retaining wall and tree. all three graduated from piedmont school just last year. you can see the growing memorial at the site of that crash. the lone survivor is 20 year old jordan miller, who is currently enrolled at the university of wisconsin. this morning, the national highway traffic safety administration nhtsa, tells today in the bay its teams are still collecting evidence about the cause of the crash. they have not yet opened an investigation. well, happening today in san f

he was as close as we've had to a renaissance man, and he served in the navy, went to the naval academy was a submariner. he only left the navy because his father was dying of cancer and he had to settle his family business. he was a man of so many dimensions, and i hope that they will all be remembered. host: you knew former president carter for decades. do you have a fond memory or something you always were member him by? guest: i have two. one was unlike any president before or since, he knew we had to be away from families so he allowed the senior white house staff and their families to come to camp david. and when we were there, he would invite us over to watch movies and have corn. he invited my young son to jog with him and my other memory is only weeks after he had negotiated the first peace treaty between israel and its arab enemies, for our passover seder, would celebrate the exodus earlier from egypt. and the juxtaposition of that with sitting across her us in our dining room table, the man who had negotiated the first peace with egypt was really so meaningful. a memory i wil

he was as close as we've had to a renaissance man, and he served in the navy, went to the naval academy. he was a submariner. he only left the navy because his father was dying of cancer and he had to settle his family business. he was a man of so many dimensions, and i hope that they will all be remembered. host: you knew former president carter for decades. do you have a fond memory or something you always were member him by? guest: i have two. one was unlike any president before or since, he knew we had to be away from families so he allowed the senior white house staff and their families to come to camp david. and when we were there, he would invite us over to watch movies and have corn. he invited my young son to jog with him and my other memory is only weeks after he had negotiated the first peace treaty between israel and its arab enemies, for our passover seder, would celebrate the exodus earlier from egypt. and the juxtaposition of that with sitting across her us in our dining room table, the man who had negotiated the first peace with egypt was really so meaningful. a memory i