Long Beach schools facing $100 million in cuts over next few years
By Kevin Butler/Long Beach Press-Telegram
The Long Beach Unified School District expects to make nearly $100 million in budget cuts over the next few years to cope with state funding reductions, the district's finance chief said Friday. "The development of this recession is still unfolding on our school district," said Kim Stallings, LBUSD chief business and financial officer. "We have made massive cuts and we are looking at (more) massive cuts," he added. The Long Beach Board of Education on Monday will consider a proposed 2010-2011 fiscal year budget that reflects about $57 million in cuts that the school board has approved in phases over the past six months. (more...)