Conejo school district finalizes budget, anticipates keeping some teachers who had received pink slips
Deficit next year could be 'monumental'
By Joann Groff joann@theacorn.com
      Conejo Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) has approved next year's budget, which Dep. Superintendent of Business Services Jeff Baarstad called "the most difficult we've ever attempted." The estimated ending balance for the district is a little more than $7 million, which mostly consists of the staterequired 3 percent reserve.
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48 retire from Conejo school district
      Conejo Valley Unified School District celebrated the retirement of 48 employees earlier this month, including several longtime administrators and teachers. Thirty of the retirees were teachers. Betsy Kossler, a computer teacher at Redwood Middle School, has been with the district for 40 years.
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Economy impacts quality
      With the state budget crisis having a major impact on the University of California and California State University, more families are considering out-of-state schools. But public institutions in many states are under financial pressure as budgets are cut at the same time that more instate students are applying to relatively low-priced public colleges.
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TOHS grad earns internship
      Kimberly Hart has been selected for an internship, teaching at Mesa Community College in San Diego. Hart graduated from Thousand Oaks High School in 2002. She received her bachelor's degree in both English and anthropology from UC Santa Barbara in 2006 and her master's degree in English literature from San Diego State University in 2008.
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