Board to look at the coming cash crunch

The Del Norte County Unified School District Board will look at a  preliminary projection of the 2010-2011 budget Thursday evening.

The School Board will also look at a list of programs in the budget and where cuts could be made to offset funding cuts from the state, said Super­intendent Jan Moorehouse.

“We’ll look at what beyond the basics that we’re doing,” she said.

School Board members wanted a list of all of the district’s programs and their funding to see where cuts could be made, she said.

“There’s a lot of things on the list that need to be discussed,” Moorehouse said.

Board members have indicated that “everything is on the table,” she said about possible cuts.

The school district could be facing a $3 million shortfall next fiscal year, Moorehouse said, unless there is more federal stimulus money, which helped balanced the 2009-2010 budget this summer.