School Superintendent Says Proposed Budget 'By No Means Represents What We Really Need'
The proposed FY14 school budget includes an additional $1.7 million from county government.
At Wednesday's regularly scheduled Board of Education meeting, School Superintendent Stephen Guthrie presented his proposed FY14 budget, which includes cutting 20.5 custodial positions and asking the county commissioners for a one percent funding increase. Guthrie said that the costs for state and federal mandates coupled with inflation make it difficult to balance the budget when revenues are not also increasing. "This is not what I think we need," Guthrie said. "This is what we are lacking ... these are the mandates that we are not addressing." The proposed budget includes $2.6 million in spending reductions. Guthrie's proposed FY14 operating budget totals $330,214,129. According to Guthrie, inflationary expenses that include employee …
JoAnn Nicholls
9:57 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013
they way I view this video on Common Core, local participation in the curriculum will not at all be possible. This intrusion of federal bureaucracy is terribly disturbing. more ›