Education reform means budget cuts for SAD 57
keepMEcurrent, October 24, 2007
(excerpt) “Our bottom line will change,” she [Superintendent Lynda Green] said. The current budget showed a four-tenths of a percent increase over the previous year’s spending plan, a number reached only after teacher and educational technician positions were cut, Green said. “We run on a shoestring as far as personnel and staffing for this office. I don’t know what we can cut.”
The state plan will also lower the amount of state aid dedicated to transportation, Green said, with activity and athletic buses the likely casualty. “I don’t know where else to go,” she said. Athletics and other extracurricular activities will be threatened by additional cuts in funding, Green said. “As a community, they are going to have to decide what they want.”
Though the plan does not mandate consolidation for districts the size of SAD 57, cooperation between districts may be the logical outcome of implementation.
(excerpt) “Our bottom line will change,” she [Superintendent Lynda Green] said. The current budget showed a four-tenths of a percent increase over the previous year’s spending plan, a number reached only after teacher and educational technician positions were cut, Green said. “We run on a shoestring as far as personnel and staffing for this office. I don’t know what we can cut.”
The state plan will also lower the amount of state aid dedicated to transportation, Green said, with activity and athletic buses the likely casualty. “I don’t know where else to go,” she said. Athletics and other extracurricular activities will be threatened by additional cuts in funding, Green said. “As a community, they are going to have to decide what they want.”
Though the plan does not mandate consolidation for districts the size of SAD 57, cooperation between districts may be the logical outcome of implementation.
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