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Entries tagged with 'budget'That giant sucking sound you hear ...... is the interest rate on DISD investments circling the drain. According to a finance report given to trustees last week, in December 2007 the district's average rate of return on its short- and long-term investments was 4.93% In February,... DISD's deficit: 'The good news is there is no bad news'That, in a nutshell was the crux of the finance report trustees got yesterday from Larry Throm, the district's new CFO. It was the first full financial report Throm presented to the board since coming to the district in early... Dallas ISD Daily DishToday's buffet of hot district morsels ... ** The feds could bail DISD out of its budget mess with a $201 million slice of the stimulus pie. Question: Why would giving money to schools stimulate the economy? ** Kids are... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** A DISD teacher wonders if the budget mess might not be the result of fraud. Meanwhile, the cuts are a tipping point for one district parent, and not in a... Here's the RIF "plan" the board rebuffed on ThursdayI was out of town Thursday and Friday, so I missed the late-week festivities. Something tells me that the story will play out -- again -- this Thursday. For those of you who are wondering why trustees haven not yet... LIVE BLOG! DISD trustees delay voting on layoffsWe're trying out a new "live blog" program. Click below at 3 p.m. to follow our live coverage of today's meeting on the budget shortfall. Join the live discussion by commenting at the bottom of the box.... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Mr. Teacher's school cancels recess for the rest of the year because dodgeball isn't on the TAKS. ** The Eduwonkette wonders why we don't judge schools like we judge heart... Dallas ISD Daily DishWhat the media, blogs and others are saying today. ** Orientations for Spruce High students are a What the media, blogs and others are saying today.">few weeks away. ** A blogger alleges shenanigans over a new AG ruling that says... More layoffs coming at Ross Avenue?UPDATED: During a discussion late yesterday with Steve Korby and Carolyn Jones about the how they'll use the over-due audit findings to shore up the district's finance shop, the two let drop that another as-of-yet unnamed administrative department will be... Attending Thursday's board meeting? Expect dual protests and a crowd.Here's advice for all planning to attend tomorrow's 5:30 p.m. board meeting: Show early! The parking lot and board auditorium will be packed. Aliance AFT is planning a demonstration at 4:15 p.m. Thursday before trustees hold a public hearing on... Employees need one more "yes" vote, union boss saysAimee Bolender, president of Alliance AFT, continues to push for support employees to get a raise in this coming budget cycle. Teachers will get their regular step increase, but it's looking like support employees won't see an increase in... Teacher pay tug-of-warThere's good news and bad news for veteran teachers who fear losing their longevity pay in this next budget cycle. Let's get the bad news over first: There is no doubt that longevity pay will end for veteran teachers. That's... The 2008-09 budget: Does money matter?A faithful and reliable District worker bee one-upped my work on the budget spreadsheets this morning. She sent along a spreadsheet of her own, where she took my per-student funding analysis and added to it each campus' accountability rating. She... The 2008-09 budget: All the documents I could wrangleSeveral weeks ago, trustees asked the administration for more details on the 2008-09 budget -- before they're asked to approve it. Last week, they got some summary reports. I asked for the records too, seeing how I was carping about... Budget briefing leftoversSome interesting stuff yesterday's budget briefing didn't make it into the paper this morn because I only had about 30 minutes to bang out a story and I was limited to 300 words. So here it is ... The district... Tighten the belt: The budget looks lean.District honchos are planning to cut an estimated $4 million from the district budget in the coming fiscal year, a shortfall due largely to the district's declining enrollment. They outlined their 2008-09 spending plan for trustees Tuesday. Teachers would receive... Trustees want a more open budget processJust as I was nodding off toward the end of today's trustee briefing, I was jolted back to consciousness by a report from the district's finance czar. Amid a Power Point presentation on the time line driving the creation of... |