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# Q-Line: Should the city give the school district an extra $3.5 million?
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/030503-story/
- Published: 2003-03-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T01:43:52.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Community, Santa Monica, #archive-import

It seems as though every week the news gets worse for our city and school budgets. Deficits grow by the millions and officials say it’s going to get to much worse before it gets better.

The local school district is asking the City of Santa Monica to kick in an extra $3.5 million this year. The city already gives the district $3.5 million annually. Both entities are facing about the same deficit this year — between $10 and $15 million — based on ever-chaning estimates.

And as the city continues to fund projects like the new $56 million voter-approved library, the schools will lose up to 200 employees because of lay-offs and many educational programs plan to be cut.

So this week, Q-Line wants to know, “Should the city give the district more money? Why or why not?”

Call (310) 285-8106 with your response before Thursday at 5 p.m. We’ll print them in Friday’s paper. Please limit your comments to a minute or less; it might help to think first about the wording of your response.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 5, 2003.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/030503.pdf?ref=smdp.com)