District confirms years of deficit spending, confirms reform advocates claims of Fleming Trustees' fiscal irresponsibility

Sam Miller, The Orange County Register "The district has spent more than it has taken in for five of the past six years, resulting in a $4.1 million deficit in this school year and a $6 million shortfall in 2005-06. Its reserves are a little higher than the legally mandated 2 percent."

Miller is the South Orange County education reporter for The Orange County Register.