$400,000 IN CUTS PROPOSED FOR WESTSIDE SCHOOLS.Byline: Karen Karen Any member of a variety of tribal peoples of southern Myanmar (Burma). Constituting the second largest minority in Myanmar, the Karen are not a unitary group in any ethnic sense, as they differ among themselves linguistically, religiously, and economically. Maeshiro Staff Writer LANCASTER Lancaster, city, England Lancaster (lăng`kəstər), city (1991 pop. 43,902) and district, county seat of Lancashire, NW England, on the Lune River. - Eliminating coaching stipends and the fourth-grade music program and permitting fewer students to ride school buses are among the nearly $400,000 in cuts proposed for next year's Westside Adj. 1. westside - of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan" west - situated in or facing or moving toward the west Union School District budget. The biggest savings will come from increasing the distances around schools within which no bus transportation will be provided - a cut expected to save the district $190,980 in each of the next three years. The board discussed the draft budget at last week's meeting and is scheduled to adopt it at the June 18 meeting. ``What we did was just go over next year's budget and give our comments and concerns,'' board president Gwen Farrell said. The Westside district, like others throughout California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). , must deal with increased costs and cutbacks in state funding. The district had said in March that it would have to dip into dip into Verb 1. to draw upon: he dipped into his savings 2. to read passages at random from (a book or journal) Verb 1. its financial reserves to cover a $1.4 million deficit forecast for the end of this school year. District officials said they expect deficits in the next two fiscal years of $454,000 and $289,000, respectively. Under the bus transportation cuts, district administrators want to increase - to 1 1/2 miles for elementary students and two miles for middle- school students - the minimum distance pupils must live from school to qualify for bus rides. Other proposed cuts: eliminating memberships in educational organizations, such as the California School Boards Association; reducing the number of cell phones; and eliminating bottled-water service. Cutting coaching stipends would save the district $60,504 annually, records show. Also targeted is pest control pest control n → control m de plagas pest control n → lutte f contre les nuisibles pest control pest n services, for a savings of $3,000 a year, and the district's annual breakfast, held for teachers on the first day they come back to school, which would save $1,014 annually, records show. Earlier in March the board had voted 3-2 to target for layoffs all of the district's counselors and elementary school elementary school: see school. music teachers, but a week later the decision was rescinded. Eliminating those positions would have saved the district about $500,000. |
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