DISTRICT SEEKING WAYS TO CUT COSTS.Byline: Amy Raisin raisin, in botany and cooking raisin, dried fruit of certain varieties of grapevines bearing grapes with a high content of sugar and solid flesh. Although the fruit is sometimes artificially dehydrated, it is usually sun-dried. Staff Writer VALENCIA - Faced with a $1 million shortfall, the Newhall School District The Newhall School District is a school district in the Santa Clarita Valley that serves the Valencia and Newhall communities within the city of Santa Clarita, California, as well as the Stevenson Ranch community in unincorporated Los Angeles County. is looking at budget cuts for the next school year, district officials said. Don Hughes, 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. for business, said the district has not yet decided where to trim expenses but explained that some of the shortfall is due to a significant reduction of multitrack mul·ti·track adj. 1. Having, using, or produced with multiple recording tracks: a multitrack tape recorder. 2. year-round funds at the state level. ``We're looking across the board at all positions and programs, but we want to try and identify (areas that) won't have as big an impact on children,'' Hughes said of cutting costs. Parents have raised concerns that the district's popular music program, the only one of its kind in the valley, would be cut. The program is already losing two teachers this year, and officials did acknowledge that these positions won't be filled this school year. The program is an important one for the district, and falls low on the list of potential cuts, Hughes said. ``Music is a very high priority for the board and it's something that we don't want (to cut),'' he added. Another cost-cutting factor stems from attendance growth estimates in previous budgets that have fallen short, reducing the state's per-pupil allotment A portion, share, or division. The proportionate distribution of shares of stock in a corporation. The partition and distribution of land. ALLOTMENT. Distribution by lot; partition. Merl. Rep. h.t. of funds. Hughes was careful to explain that funds available through Measure K, the school bond passed in 1999, are for school site improvements and construction only and cannot be used to infuse in·fuse v. 1. To steep or soak without boiling in order to extract soluble elements or active principles. 2. To introduce a solution into the body through a vein for therapeutic purposes. the budget. ``What we're looking at is the best way to really hone the district's expenditures so we're getting the most bang for our buck,'' Hughes said. The 2000-01 budget is $37 million, including nonnegotiable non·ne·go·tia·ble adj. 1. Difficult or impossible to settle by arbitration, mediation, or mutual concession: a nonnegotiable demand. 2. Nonmarketable. items like state textbook school improvement funds. The deadline for the 2001-02 budget is July 1, but Hughes said the district will have mapped out the majority of the plan by the end of March. |
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