PVP cuts outlined
The Palos Verdes Peninsula school board has agreed to prepare layoff notices, put more students into classrooms and slash administration for the 2008-09 school year.
The move Thursday comes in response to steep cuts announced by Sacramento and would trim nearly $4 million from the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District's budget over the next 18 months.
"We're going to have to be, along with every other district in the state, very prudent with what we spend," board President Malcolm Sharp said. "The banner we're marching under is we have to plan for the worst and hope for the best."
The cuts are expected to be finalized Feb. 28. At that time, the district would send layoff notices to more than 50 employees, officials said. The district must issue the notices to teachers, counselors and other certificated employees by March 15.
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