"Where we as a board and administration messed up was in not catching this sooner; not notifying you, the community, the teachers; not being on top of what is happening now," said Trustee Jeremy Ray. "But we could not have prevented the change to our budget. There's nothing that we can do to control that."
Nearly 40 jobs are on the chopping block at the Live Oak School District. The district finds itself with insufficient reserves, unable to meet its financial obligations for the next few years.
In the face of a looming budget crisis, the Live Oak School District's governing board declined to approve a series of recommended employee cuts, at least for now, at its meeting Wednesday.
"We are truly interested," said Live Oak School District Board President Kristin Pfotenhauer, "but we also need to protect that property until we have an identified site that will work and we're actively in that process. We are looking."
The Santa Cruz County Office of Education invites all families, educators, partners and interested community members to a celebration of Santa Cruz County’s TK-12 school community at 6 p.m. Feb. 29 at Sequoia Schools.