Total Transparency and Total Fiscal Responsibility

By Deanna "Dee" Rich

District Meetings and Financial Reports are Public Information. I am a Fiscal Conservative. We have a very small and efficient administration. The District has saved local taxpayers millions of dollars by pursuing additional revenue sources.

The San Dieguito School Board has saved the public millions by aggressively pursuing matching State construction funds to build our new high school, Canyon Crest Academy. Anyone can look online at the October 19, 2006 meeting, and see details of the general fund revenues and expenditures. It is clear to anyone reading our budget or attending a meeting that a combination of construction funds from the State Construction Bond Fund, Mello-Roos Funds, and local building funds were used to build Canyon Crest Academy. For 2004/2005 our Audited Accounts show that $47,800,000 was spent from construction funds not General Revenues to build Canyon Crest Academy and other smaller projects. The construction fund ended with a significant positive balance. The district did not overspend by that amount. Our meetings have been Paperless and Online for the last two years.

The North County Times, on September 11, 2006 stated: "A rose to the Trustees of the San Dieguito District. Through conservative budgeting, the San Dieguito folks are holding costs down...other Districts should follow their lead."