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LAUSD to halve its local offices
- 11-30-2009
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By Connie Llanos/Los Angeles Daily News
In a concession to unions, Los Angeles Unified Schools chief Ramon Cortines said Tuesday he will eliminate half the number of local district offices he helped create a few years ago in a bid to reduce next year's deficit of nearly $500 million. But Cortines said savings from the move will amount to just $12 million, and tougher cutbacks, including layoffs, will have to be made to balance the budget. "There is no way to avoid cuts," Cortines said at a special budget meeting called to inform the school board about the district's worsening financial outlook. "We have less state and federal money and fewer students ... the district has to adjust." On Tuesday, district staff said LAUSD now faces a deficit of $495 million for the 2010-11 school year - up $15 million from earlier projections that included cost-of-living adjustments that the district now does not anticipate receiving from the state. (more...)
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