Greedy CCSD Faces Budget Shortfall Of $180,000,000

CCSD faces a budget shortfall of $180,000,000 in the fiscal 2012 year.
From the Las Vegas Sun: “Ouch,” one board member murmured.
The Clark County School District budget for fiscal 2012 is expected to be about $2 billion.
Jim McIntosh, the school district’s deputy chief financial officer, told board members that a $150 million of the shortfall is projected because of falling state funding, falling property tax receipts and expected employee pay increases when union concessions expire in the year beginning in July 2011. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/nov/17/school-district-faces-180-million-budget-shortfall/
Of course, what the writer of the article didn't write is that the district got a one year $57 million stimulus compliments of Harry Reid, Shelly Berkley and President Obama. Since this was a one time expenditure, the District hired a bunch of new employees, put the administrators who were reassigned to lower positions back into their former positions and rehired many of those who were laid off. At our school, we have fewer teaching staff but one more administrator and several more curriculum leaders. Is that good or bad- depends on who you talk to. We also have fewer students than last year.
Now, the District is saying they will have to layoff 2000 employees. But if the District wasn't so greedy in the Fall by accepting the bailout money, the shortfall will be much lower. And you know with the GOP in control of the House, they are not going to be sympathetic to school districts and other state and local government agencies to their financial problems and they shouldn't be.
So, because of the greed of the District, there will be another year of cutbacks, throwing the District into chaos. Again.