"SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The Natomas Unified School District sent a message to families Monday letting them know that its school year would be reduced by five days because of budget woes.
Superintendent Dr. General Davie said modified traditional schools will end on May 27, and year-round schools on track will be shortened by one week.
'Trustees have voted to shorten the 2009-10 school year to cut costs, with the Natomas Teachers Association voting last Thursday to ratify a Tentative Agreement to take five furlough days at the end of this school year,' Davie said in the message.
Members of the Natomas Teachers Association are also are taking six furlough days in the next school year to save $2.2 million, Davie said.
'Our total savings from our three employee groups taking furlough days and pay cuts now totals $4 million over two years,' Davie said in the message."