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VOL. 56, ISSUE 36
PUSD must solve a $7.5 million deficit
POWAY DIGEST Drug talk The third in a series of talks about teen substance abuse will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 15 at the Poway Center for Performing Arts, 15498 Espola Road. Parents are encouraged to attend with their teens. Guest speakers will talk about the dangers of synthetic and other drugs.
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Poway High School student Jimmy Moreno (under tarp) “dies” during a simulated DUI crash Tuesday at Titan Stadium. Photos by Steve Logsdon
PHS provides crash course on DUI dangers
If Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative does not pass this fall, Poway Unified School District will be facing an additional cut of $7.5 million to its 2012-13 budget, according to Superintendent John Collins. Brown is proposing tax hikes and an extension of some existing taxes to help ease state budget woes, an initiative that may be put before voters in November. Collins told trustees during Monday’s school board meeting since the district’s first interim budget rolled out
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Emergency workers scrambled to extricate a crash “victim” during a mock DUI accident Tuesday at Poway High School’s stadium. For some, the accident was more real than simulated, because students were thinking about friends who died in such crashes, said those portraying the “Living Dead,” SEE CRASH, Page A13
in December, “It’s been more confusing” when it comes down to what the budget will be for the upcoming school year. PUSD employee contracts expire June 30, which means negotiations about a continuation of the current eight-day work year “roll back,” which saved the district $7.2 million, would have to be discussed again. Candy Smiley, Poway Federation of Teachers president, said those talks with have not begun and the current 4 percent salary cut for teachers SEE PUSD, Page A13
The presentation clearly affected many of the students attending.
For the second time in three months, a split City Council has rejected a call to increase the maximum amount an individual may contribute to a candidate for municipal office. Since 1981 the limit has been $100 per individual. Councilwoman Merrilee Boyack, who during a Nov. 15 workshop session was the lone voice for an increase, on
Tuesday night picked up the support of Councilman John Mullin. Boyack had suggested the limit be increased to $300. Mullin, noting that $100 in 1981 is the same as about $188 today, suggested a $200 cap. Mayor Don Higginson, Deputy Mayor Jim Cunningham and Councilman Dave Grosch adamantly stuck to the $100 ceiling. SEE COUNCIL, Page A6
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