WPCNR SCHOOL DAYS. From Michele Schoenfeld. February 1, 2007: The School District will convene the Annual Budget Committee next Tuesday evening at 7:30 P.M. at Education House to begin the process of developing the 2007-2008 school budget. The budget has already been trimmed to $174.4 Million because of the decision by the district they did not need $8 Million for possible certioraris. Today the District announced the names of the citizens who will help decide this year's budget.
The committee consists of 38 persons from the community with a number of new faces, and some veteran "budget watchers and approvers" in recent years. The process instituted in the 1990s gathers together a group of citizens to go over budget pressures and provides a forum for the school district to explain the pressures contributing to budget pressures in the coming year.
The members are Marc Bodner, Sheryl Brady, Kenneth Burford, Patty Cantu, Leonard G. Coleman, William Deering, Al Dold, Innocent Enaye, Eli Fritz (League of Women Voters), Lina Gomez, Nikki Gray (NAACP), Stephen Holden (ROTARY), Lani Hosei (WPHS General Organization), Jim Hricay, Raymond Indelicato (Historical Society), Lewis Kanner (REALTORS), Nina Kimenker, Charles Lederman (CNA), Phil McGovern, Charlie Norris, Louis Petralia, Marc Pollitzer, Karen Reynolds (PTA Council), Chris Rivera (WPHS General organization), Jonathan Rodey, Judy Rubin, Joanne Sayer, David Schuler, Denise Serra (PTA Council), Peggy Shea (REALTORS), Naima Smith-Moore, Ida Stewart, Tapani Talo, Cathy Toohey, Gloria Vasquez, Irv Wiggs, Nick Wolff.
Leonard Coleman, Sheryl Brady, Charlie Norris also will serve on the Strategic Planning Core Committee announced earlier today.
