Education cuts slice through tightknit community - SignOnSanDiego.com:
"ALPINE — From secretaries to school board members, folks in the small Alpine Union School District talk proudly of how everyone knows each other and tries to work like family. Many of the district's employees live in the community off Interstate 8 in the foothills near the Cleveland National Forest. They bump into each other in the grocery store. Their children play sports together after school. “It's very tightknit,” said Superintendent Greg Ryan. When the 2,000-student district was facing a budget crunch last spring, all of its employees, including school board members and administrators, agreed to take 2 percent pay cuts. Teachers also agreed to trim two days from their calendar and nonteaching employees four days to further reduce salaries."
"ALPINE — From secretaries to school board members, folks in the small Alpine Union School District talk proudly of how everyone knows each other and tries to work like family. Many of the district's employees live in the community off Interstate 8 in the foothills near the Cleveland National Forest. They bump into each other in the grocery store. Their children play sports together after school. “It's very tightknit,” said Superintendent Greg Ryan. When the 2,000-student district was facing a budget crunch last spring, all of its employees, including school board members and administrators, agreed to take 2 percent pay cuts. Teachers also agreed to trim two days from their calendar and nonteaching employees four days to further reduce salaries."