SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO
A desire to keep the Capistrano Unified School District’s campuses well-lighted and cool has kept the Board of Trustees from finishing its 2000-01 budget projections.
Alarmed that the final spending plan set aside only $300,000 for what could become a $1-million energy bill, trustees approved the document last week only as a preliminary step toward a revised final budget.
School board members asked the district staff to revise the $265-million spending plan to include more money for utilities.
Since last year, the district’s energy costs have tripled for its southernmost schools, which are served by San Diego Gas & Electric Co.
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