School board president comments on Measure E

the Measure E Parcel Tax  tjat would have provided $2.5 million annually to prevent cuts and restore programs.

"We had created a restoration list in the event that it passed so we could restore our programs cherished by parents and community members," School Board President Robert Hidalgo said. "We also created a deeper cut list in the event that it did not. All it means is we will revisit that deeper cut list and make some more difficult decisions."

Election returns show 52 percent of residents voted in favor of the tax, while 48 percent voted against it, according to the Los Angeles County Registrar- Recorder/County Clerk.

It required two-thirds to pass.

The School Board will now reassess its budget at a special meeting scheduled for July 7.

If approved the measure would have assessed an annual parcel tax of $120 per home in district boundaries for the next five years.