Mt. Diablo school district future may see fewer high school classes, older textbooks

02-23-2010

By Theresa Harrington/Contra Costa Times

In the next three years, students in the Mt. Diablo school district could take fewer secondary level classes and do without new textbooks because of state budget cuts. The school board on Tuesday expects to discuss reducing graduation requirements and postponing the purchase of new instructional materials until 2013, as it attempts to slash more than $69 million from its three-year budget. It has already cut more than $16 million and is also hoping to negotiate employee pay cuts and to ask voters to pass a bond or parcel tax measure. "I think we should do what we need to do to balance the budget," trustee Gary Eberhart said Monday. "If we can delay some textbook adoptions and purchases versus having to lay off more teachers and other personnel, I think that makes a lot of sense." (more...)

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