Budget cuts are coming for San Diego Unified schools as state faces deficit and pandemic relief funds dry up

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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