District cuts $14 million in positions and services
By Neil Nisperos/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
The Chino Valley Unified school board on Thursday made $14 million in cuts, which included employee layoffs and pay cuts. But the board of education decided to delay taking action on an additional $8.7 million in cuts recommended by Superintendent Wayne Joseph. The Chino Valley Unified School District faces a potential $31.5 million deficit and has spent the past month considering cuts to close the shortfall. Even with $14 million gone, another $11 million in cuts must still be considered by the board, officials said. "I feel badly as superintendent that any position has to be eliminated and yet we still have to go back and make more cuts," Superintendent Wayne Joseph said. "Unfortunately, we're not done with this process. It's not over." (more…)