CONEJO DISTRICT BUILDS 7 TEACHING POSTS INTO BUDGET.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer With enrollment expected to increase next year, the Conejo Valley Unified School District Conejo Valley Unified School District or CVUSD is a school district in Ventura County. It serves Thousand Oaks, California and its subsections Newbury Park and Westlake Village. has made room in its $81.5 million spending plan for seven new teachers. ``We anticipate seeing 300 to 400 new students,'' said Gary Mortimer Gary Mortimer (born 1967, Bristol, England) Hot air balloon Pilot and current holder of the South African Hot Air Balloon Altitude record. The record was set on 9th May 2005 when he flew to an altitude of 30,334ft with DJ Lev David, on a flight in the KwaZulu-Natal region of , assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of business services. ``The numbers seem to be increasing more in the lower grade levels than the upper grade levels.'' The 1996-97 spending plan, approved unanimously by the school board Thursday night, anticipates revenue of about $82.1 million - a conservative estimate, given that a final state budget is yet to be approved, he said. ``Our preliminary budget is a balanced budget Balanced budget A budget in which the income equals expenditure. See: budget. balanced budget A budget in which the expenditures incurred during a given period are matched by revenues. , we feel very positive about it and we look forward to hearing more about the governor's budget,'' he said. ``This budget was very conservative - it didn't include anything we didn't think possible.'' Still, Gov. Pete Wilson's revised budget from May includes a one-time windfall for state schools - and Conejo Unified could get about $1 million of it, he said. There may be some stipulations attached to the money limiting how the district can use it, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mortimer, but the district may use it for one-time expenditures such as supplies and equipment. The district saw 150 new pupils last year as enrollment grew to just over 18,000, he said. But a number of factors are driving that number up even more, including new residential developments that are bringing more new families and a rising local birthrate birth·rate or birth rate n. The ratio of total live births to total population in a specified community or area over a specified period of time, often expressed as the number of live births per 1,000 of the population per year. , he said. Most of the enrollment increase is expected to occur in kindergarten through sixth-grade classrooms, Mortimer said. ``As all those things change we see changes in the patterns of enrollment,'' he said. The budget also will allow the district to add nine part-time custodians
The Custodians is terminology in the Bahá'í Faith, which refers to nine Hands of the Cause assigned specifically to work at the Bahá'í World Centre in attendance to the Guardian of the Faith. and a computer technician who will help install computers, computer labs and a local area network, and allocate money so the high schools can hire a part-time chorus accompanist, he said. The district also will get three reading teachers, he said. Board member Dorothy Beaubien said she was satisfied with the budget, but expected that the district would have to make some changes after the final state budget has been approved. |
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