$1.5 million in cuts includes 9 Reeths-Puffer teaching positions

$1.5 million in cuts includes 9 Reeths-Puffer teaching positions
"The district will cut 9.2 teaching positions next year -- three of them through layoffs, said Superintendent Stephen Cousins.
About $1.5 million in spending cuts are included in a proposed 2009-10 budget expected to be approved by the school board Monday. The cuts would have been deeper if not for $545,000 in special education stimulus funds, Cousins said.
'That'll keep some people working that otherwise would have been laid off,' Cousins said. 'Our concern is that we're using a lot of stimulus money to augment the budget, and that money's going to be gone next year.'"

Using "stimulus" money to offset current budget shortfalls is exactly like borrowing from your credit card to pay you current bills......except your kids co-signed and they will have to pay the credit card bill.

Crooks and idiots!