EDUCATION: Manhattan Beach Unified School District adopts budget, cuts 31 employee positions

EDUCATION: Manhattan Beach Unified School District adopts budget, cuts 31 employee positions

by Mark McDermott  The Manhattan Beach Unified School District Board of Education last week adopted a balanced budget for the next fiscal year. But that balance was scarcely achieved —  with a mere $54,000 projected left over in the General Fund’s remaining balance, in the context of a $100 million budget —  and came at the expense of 31 employee positions and a perilously depleting dip into district emergency reserves.  The budget was adopted w…