DISTRICT HIRES HELP TO TRACK MONEY.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. - 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 administrators want to hire a consultant for $10,500 to help them figure out why they underestimated the district's reserves by $1.6 million. The discovery of the extra money came after the district made about $1 million in cuts to balance this year's budget. ``That item is to bring in (the consultant) to review our budget development process and monitoring process and assist us in determining if there are things we need to do differently, to help with our level of accuracy because we are having problems with accuracy,'' Superintendent John Costello John Costello can refer to:
Trustee Gwen Farrell Farrell, city (1990 pop. 6,841), Mercer co., W central Pa., on the Shenango River at the Ohio line and adjoining Sharon, Pa.; inc. 1901. It is a railroad center, and its steel- and ironworks industries have declined. , who earlier said she was not comfortable with district administrators' explanations of what happened, said she has qualms about the hiring a consultant. ``I have my concerns that we keep hiring people to come in and consult for an item that I personally feel we should be able to work out on our own,'' Farrell said. Farrell added that district auditors AUDITORS, practice. Persons lawfully appointed to examine and digest accounts referred to them, take down the evidence in writing, which may be lawfully offered in relation to such accounts, and prepare materials on which a decree or judgment may be made; and to report the whole, together who came to the district last week found that the reserve surplus was not as large as previously stated and is more in the neighborhood of more than $500,000. The board will discuss the hiring of Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team Services at its meeting on Tuesday. District officials said last month that the district had an ending balance in the 2002-03 fiscal year of nearly $2.2 million, up from the $612,952 that was originally projected. Officials attributed the extra money to increased enrollment and cuts the district had made. About half of the extra money will go to employees as bonuses or increased salary or benefits because their contracts entitle en·ti·tle tr.v. en·ti·tled, en·ti·tling, en·ti·tles 1. To give a name or title to. 2. To furnish with a right or claim to something: them to half of any extra funds that come in. Costello said one possibility was a 3 percent raise, but no decisions hade hade n. Geology The angle of inclination from the vertical of a vein, fault, or lode. [Origin unknown.] been made yet. He also said raises could be funded from income from the state as a result of student growth since the reserve funds are one-time funds. ``We are taking a look at growth dollars that are unallocated, trading those with one-time dollars,'' Costello said. ``There's more growth so there's available income that we haven't specified its use that could be used to fund raises.'' No decisions have been made on restoring cuts, with Costello adding, ``program restoration will not be a function of these dollars (from the reserve). These dollars are not ongoing.'' The district in June cut about $1 million, including eliminating a year- old alternative program for seventh- and eighth-graders who fall behind and are in danger of not graduating to high school. Officials for the district also said they would reassign teachers who serve as curriculum specialists back to the classroom and send back to the classroom three teachers who provided computer lab instruction at elementary schools elementary school: see school. . The board avoided eliminating the elementary school music program and other cuts by raising enrollment projections and reducing the amount the district keeps in reserve. Karen Maeshiro, (661) 267-5744 karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com |
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