There were 7½ hours of meetings this past week – 3 hours with a joint meeting among the school board, county commissioners, and the three members of the state legislative delegation last week (Thursday, February 8, as well as a 4½ hour school board work session on Tuesday (February 13).
At the latter meeting, school officials outlined how they plan to address their current financial situation, how they’ll spend the $250,000 the county commissioners allocated to them last week, and their intention to ask for a $3.2 million addition for this year’s budget, and even more money ($6 million, a 10.7% increase) for next year’s budget plan.
Here’s an overview:
- Superintendent lays out plan to cut staff; will not use $250,000 from commissioners for that (as commissioners had specified) but for utility bills: https://alamancenews.com/abss-to-use-250k-in-emergency-county-funding-for-utilities-rather-than-preventing-rif/
- Superintendent wants $3.2 million more (6.5% increase) for this budget year: https://alamancenews.com/school-board-weighing-superintendents-proposed-cuts-to-close-3-2m-deficit/
- Also outlines tentative plans for an even bigger increase ($6 million, 10.7%) for next fiscal year: https://alamancenews.com/school-board-previews-57-7m-county-budget-request/
- Everyone makes nice during joint meeting last week between school board, county commissioners, and legislative delegation: https://alamancenews.com/county-leaders-meet-in-joint-session-over-abss-funding-crisis/
- Our editorial page opinion: School system isn’t living in reality with its hands out for more money now and proposing new expenses and programs (with even more money) for next fiscal year: https://alamancenews.com/non-sequitur-illogical-or-just-plain-crazy/
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