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Coachella Valley Unified presents three fiscal-cut options; trustees debate restoring wellness centers and parent liaisons
Summary
District staff presented three options to close a structural deficit (reductions roughly $17.5M–$22M) that include staffing reviews, consolidation of facilities functions, and potential elimination or reduction of wellness positions and the Latino Commission contract; trustees and public urged preserving mental-health supports and parent liaisons.
The Coachella Valley Unified School District presented an updated fiscal stabilization plan outlining three options to address a structural deficit, and trustees spent extended time debating which services to protect.
District staff said the three revised options include varying levels of reductions over the next three years: an option with approximately $20,000,000 in reductions (including about $14,700,000 in staffing reviews and the elimination of the Latino Commission contract and seven wellness positions); an option with slightly higher total savings that retains wellness staff while using one-time state discretionary block grants;…
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