Facing a dire financial outlook, the Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education is poised to cut millions of dollars in programs and services on Thursday, to stave off a massive deficit and ceding control to county oversight.

The district’s trustees’ vote on Thursday will follow weeks of warnings and public outreach over the district’s $30 million to $35 million structural deficit – the result of declining enrollment, deficit spending, rising costs, the expiration of one-time COVID-19 relief dollars and uncertainty in state and federal funding.

At stake are what many consider to be vital programs and jobs that advocates say will impact the district for years.

District officials have laid out several scenarios of what could be eliminated by trustees in what will be a momentou

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