Teachers to be spared on redevelopment dime

04-13-2011

By Emily Alpert/Voice of San Diego

San Diego Unified will use more than $7 million in redevelopment money to help cancel some planned layoffs for teachers and counselors, a move that city redevelopment officials argue is illegal. The school board opted to peel back some of its planned cuts even as it braces for a deficit that could be much worse than it had thought. San Diego Unified estimates in the worst case it could face as much as $55 million in added cuts on top of the roughly $120 million in cuts it has already planned for. "We've got to get real," said school board member Scott Barnett. He and John Lee Evans voted against the move. Barnett called it a shortsighted decision that would hurt schools in the long run. Financial experts outside San Diego Unified have warned school districts against writing off any possible cuts. (more...)

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