PANEL TO DETAIL CUTBACKS DISTRICT BRACING FOR PROJECTED 2003-04 FINANCIAL CRUNCH.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 PALMDALE Palmdale, city (1990 pop. 68,842), Los Angeles co., S Calif., in the irrigated Antelope Valley; a growing residential suburb of Los Angeles near Little Rock Creek where it forms Lake Palmdale Reservoir, inc. 1962. - Facing a projected budget deficit of $3 million to $5 million next year, Palmdale School District The Palmdale School District is a school district that serves a major part of the city of Palmdale, California (USA). The Palmdale School District was first formed in 1888. Approximately 28,000 students are enrolled in the Palmdale School District. for the first time will ask its citizens committee to look at ways to cut costs. ``It's now going to take on an additional role this year,'' Deputy Superintendent Deputy Superintendent, or Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), was a rank used by police forces of the British Empire. In some territories it was called Deputy District Superintendent of Police (DDSP). Bob Rice said. ``It will take on the role of looking at budget reductions, different ways of saving money. In the past, it has looked at such things like audit reports, or it would go through budget proposals from the state. It's never been to provide input regarding budget cuts. That has not been its role previously.'' The district also will expand the committee's membership by having each of the five board members appoint a representative to the panel by Nov. 8. The committee's first meetings will begin in January and are open to the public, Rice said. The 10-person committee currently has as members teachers and nonteaching employees, a principal, a board member and several members of the community, Rice said. Board President Sheldon Epstein said he wanted board-appointed members - in addition to district employees - to suggest areas to cut. ``I'm looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. people outside the district who would come in with a neutral viewpoint and be objective on where priorities have to be looked at, people who represent different factions in the community to give us a feel about where our priorities should be.'' District administrators are forecasting another deficit for the 2003-04 school year because state funding is not keeping up with increased costs. Officials project increases of $2.5 million for salaries, $1.5 million in health-insurance costs and nearly $1 million in workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. expenses. The district this school year slashed slash v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es v.tr. 1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush. 2. $4.2 million in spending, including $624,000 from the elementary-school music program, which pared teaching positions from 16 to 9, and $857,000 by reducing school-bus service. The district eliminated school-bus service to three regional schools, changed attendance boundaries, and strictly enforcing the district's policy against giving bus rides to children who live within a mile of the school they attend. |
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