After a bruising round of cuts this year, the Long Beach Unified School District said it anticipates even more next year to balance its budget and keep the required minimum balance in its reserves.
On top of the $47 million in cuts the district has already made, administrators warned at Wednesday’s school board meeting that $40 million will need to be trimmed next year. They presented a sobering chart of future deficit spending, expected to grow and tempered only somewhat by the district’s fiscal stabilization plan.
“We’re already hearing from our communities the impacts of these cuts, and this is perceivably just the beginning of these difficult decisions,” said school board member Juan Benitez…