School positions restored
Money raised from a grassroots community fundraising campaign combined with expected federal monies enabled the school district to restores positions mostly in the elementary schools.
By Jonathan Friedman / The Malibu Times
The Board of Education last week Thursday restored more than 30 staff positions in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District that were eliminated in June. A combination of $1.5 million collected through the Save Our Schools (SOS) campaign and federal money the school district is expecting to receive were used for the reinstatements. Several district officials cautioned that these funds were one-time dollars, and the SMMUSD must find new ongoing revenue sources for stabilization or else it must cuts positions again before the 2011-12 school year.
The federal and SOS dollars will pay for 13.5 full-time equivalent, or FTE, elementary school teachers, 4.6 FTE secondary teachers (including 1.6 FTE teachers at Malibu High School), four elementary music teachers, four elementary library coordinators, $220,000 for readin
By Jonathan Friedman / The Malibu Times
The Board of Education last week Thursday restored more than 30 staff positions in the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District that were eliminated in June. A combination of $1.5 million collected through the Save Our Schools (SOS) campaign and federal money the school district is expecting to receive were used for the reinstatements. Several district officials cautioned that these funds were one-time dollars, and the SMMUSD must find new ongoing revenue sources for stabilization or else it must cuts positions again before the 2011-12 school year.
The federal and SOS dollars will pay for 13.5 full-time equivalent, or FTE, elementary school teachers, 4.6 FTE secondary teachers (including 1.6 FTE teachers at Malibu High School), four elementary music teachers, four elementary library coordinators, $220,000 for readin