EDUCATION School board adopts budget that...
EDUCATION
School board adopts
budget that may change
The Newport-Mesa Unified School Board adopted a final budget on
Tuesday, although it is far from final.
There is still the potential that board members will have to make
changes once the state adopts its budget, which is now two months
late. The state is trying to resolve a $24-billion deficit that has
Paul Reed, assistant superintendent of business services, worried.
The district received its scores on the SAT-9 and California
standards tests students took last year, as well as the results of
how seniors performed on the SAT college admissions test.
The district continues to outperform both the state and the
country on the SAT, but the district’s percentile ranks are just
below the county’s in all four areas of the SAT-9.
* DEIRDRE NEWMAN covers education. She may be reached at (949)
574-4221 or by e-mail at deirdre.newman@latimes.com.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Woman, 82, injured in
Costa Mesa car crash
A two-car collision on Thursday in Costa Mesa sent an 82-year-old
woman to the hospital with severe lower body injuries.
The accident occurred when she allegedly ran a red light on
Arlington Drive and turned southbound onto Newport Boulevard, where
she was broadsided by another car.
A late night apartment fire Wednesday displaced a family of seven
on the Westside. The stucco apartment caught fire as the family
slept. No smoke detectors woke the family members, though no one was
injured.
* DEIRDRE NEWMAN covers education. She may be reached at (949)
574-4221 or by e-mail at deirdre.newman@latimes.com.
COSTA MESA
Huscroft House dealt
a substantial setback
If the Huscroft House could talk, it would probably ask council
members to just put it out of its misery. The old house has been
sitting on blocks on Arlington Road for more than a year, as the wood
continues to weaken and the rats run rampant through the
once-beautiful Craftsman-style home.
Council members said last week they were one step closer to
euthanasia for the house built in 1915, which still displays some
semblance of its masterful and handcrafted construction.
Although no formal action has been taken, the council said it has
abandoned any plans to move the house to Fairview Park, saying the
cost of the move and restoration are simply more than the city can
afford, despite $200,000 dedicated to the project in the Home Ranch
development agreement.
City officials said they will continue to negotiate with Home
Ranch developers C.J. Segerstrom & Sons about using the money for
some other purpose.
In other news, the Costa Mesa Planning Commission approved a
second-story addition for the Anderson-Davis family, which has nine
developmentally disabled children. However, the decision is being
appealed to the City Council.
* LOLITA HARPER covers Costa Mesa. She may be reached at (949)
574-4275 or by e-mail at lolita.harper@latimes.com.
All the latest on Orange County from Orange County.
Get our free TimesOC newsletter.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Daily Pilot.