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06 May 2008
FALLBROOK —- Educators approved $600,000 in budget cuts during a 15-minute meeting Monday night in Fallbrook, voting to eliminate a popular shuttle service that runs between campuses near downtown Fallbrook and to cut corners elsewhere. In addition to the $600,000 in cuts approved Monday night, about $1.8 million in reserves will be used to cover an [...]
06 May 2008
Eleven employees of the Redwood City School District could lose their jobs if the state’s multibillion-dollar budget deficit hits local schools as hard as officials fear. The 8,000-student district, already struggling with its own shortfall, faces a $6 million loss from its general fund under the education cuts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed in January, according to [...]
05 May 2008
Imagine trying to plan your budget for next month without knowing what your paycheck will look like. That’s the situation California schools find themselves in most years because of the way the state budget is set up. And this year is worse than usual, because the state’s facing a multi-billion dollar shortfall. Governor Schwarzenegger has proposed more than [...]
05 May 2008
A sea of numbers has been churning this year since the governor proposed slashing state funding, including education: 10 percent across-the-board cuts, $20 billion state budget deficit, $4.8 billion cut from education, about 20,000 school employees given pink slips, 70 teachers in Kern County may lose their jobs. But beyond the numbers are the people. The [...]
