Students, parents and Pasadena Unified School District employees made a final plea to district leaders Thursday, Nov. 13, that an array of programs and services be spared from the millions of imminent cuts required in the face of an ongoing structural deficit.

Thursday’s four hour-plus Board of Education special meeting served as a study session for trustees to review proposed packages of reductions from the eight workstreams being utilized to identify approximately $30 million in reductions.

Los Angeles County Office of Education Director of Business Advisory Services Octavio Castelo was one of three representatives of the county office observing the meeting.

“Your trajectory is the right trajectory,” Castello said to trustees at the conclusion of the meeting. “It’s something that shou

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