Facing an approximate budget shortfall of $30 million this year, Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent Elizabeth Blanco provided the public with a timeline of how the district’s fiscal stabilization plan will unfold.
In a message to the community Friday, Aug. 22, Blanco said the reasons for the financial issues are a combination of increasing costs and declining enrollment.
“This is a serious and urgent challenge, one that demands our full attention, collective resolve, and a commitment to make thoughtful, student-centered decisions,” Blanco wrote in the message.
Because of the district’s financial situation the Los Angeles County Office of Education required the district to approve a fiscal stabilization plan along with its fiscal year budget in June. The plan laid out how to cut about $83 million over three fiscal years.
Included within the three-year stabilization plan is an ongoing reduction of 120 full-time employees starting in the 2026-27 fiscal year.
This year, district officials will focus on special education efficiencies, grant maximization, central office reductions, contracts and procurement review, transportation analysis, asset management opportunities and staffing and vacancy evaluations.
Step one will begin next month and into October when the Superintendent’s Budget Advisory Committee will meet and analyze options. In November, committees will complete their recommendations and reduction options will be presented to the Board of Education.
According to Blanco, December is the project time when the implementation of the reductions will begin following approval from the board.
“This will require difficult decisions,” Blanco said. “And with transparency, collaboration, and a shared commitment to our students’ futures, and as with all our past challenges, I am confident that we will emerge stronger.”
According to the Thursday, Aug. 28, Board of Education meeting agenda, district officials will be presenting the fiscal stabilization plan implementation to the board.
Last school year the Board of Education approved the cutting of about 150 full-time positions. While the final number of layoffs ended up being much fewer after a process guided by state law and the collective bargaining agreement, the process drew the ire of teachers and the community as it came in the wake of 120 teachers losing their home in the Eaton fire.
Thursday’s meeting will be streamed live on the KLRN Pasadena YouTube channel.
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