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Castaic Union School District Superintendent Jim Gibson Serves Last Day Monday

Castaic Union School District’s longest serving K-12 Superintendent Jim Gibson will serve his final day Monday.


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Gibson was placed on paid non-disciplinary administrative leave on May 4 by the Castaic Union School District’s Board of Trustees.

In a statement following the announcement of Gibson’s administrative leave in May, The district’s Board of Trustees President Steve Teeman said it was a “personnel matter that has not yet been resolved.”

Teeman added that speculation swirling around assistant Superintendent Janene Maxon replacing Gibson was, “premature.”

Last spring, the district realized a $4.1 million shortfall in its budget, prompting a series of community meetings and alarm from parents, as service reductions were announced.

School officials are in the process of cutting $4.1 million from the operating budget through: layoffs for 30 teachers throughout the district ($2.36 million); a reduction in classified staff, the equivalent of 13 full-time positions ($417,000); reductions in administrative staff expected to save more than $340,000; $50,000 in reduced transportation services; and the aforementioned reduction of $300,000 in services each year.

The district also decided to move its sixth-grade classrooms to the elementary school, from the middle school, which is expected to save a little more than $230,000.

Some of the significant factors contributing to the District’s financial condition are: 1) consecutive recessionary years without sufficient offsetting budget reductions for expenditures, 2) internal and external borrowings that mask the significance of cash flow shortages, and 3) declining local enrollment of students.

The district had been using short-term borrowing from inter-fund reserves and external sources, according to auditors.

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Castaic Union School District Superintendent Jim Gibson Serves Last Day Monday

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About Enzo Marino

Enzo became a staff writer at KHTS AM-1220 in June 2015. He is working towards his Associates Degree in New Media Journalism at College of the Canyons where he is currently involved with Cougar News, the on-campus student and community news outlet. Enzo’s passion for news started when he was an intern at KNBC-4 in Burbank