Dysart district expenses rise with student growth

Dysart Unified financial report approvedDysart Unified School District's governing board approved the 2007-08 financial report Wednesday. A summary of the report:

Total expenses from the maintenance and operations fund are $122.6 million, an increase of more than $18 million over the previous year. More than half of the increase is due to student growth.

Total expenses from the classroom site fund are $8.7 million, an increase of more than $700,000 over the previous year.

Total combined expenses from capital outlay and soft capital funds are $8.8 million, about the same as last year.