San Diego Unified School District officials are pondering how to cut their budget to close a projected $70 million deficit in the district’s general unrestricted fund for next school year as public schools across California grapple with the double whammy of a major state budget shortfall and expiring pandemic recovery money.
But San Diego Unified’s projected deficit actually may be more to the tune of $100 million once the district factors in updated projections of lower state school funding, according to officials’ discussions during a district budget workshop Jan. 4.
SDUSD operates the five public schools in the La Jolla Cluster: La Jolla High, Muirlands Middle, and La Jolla, Torrey Pines and Bird Rock Elementary.
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Budget cuts are coming for San Diego Unified schools as state faces deficit and pandemic relief funds dry up
- by: Kristen Taketa
- 2024-01-05
- Source:
La Jolla Light
- 01/05/2024
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