Superintendent Wayne Ogden, Interim Finance Director Paul Funk, Asst Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski during the presentation on the outlook for the school department FY 09 budget.
Short summary: not good
- Approx. 45 teachers cut
- Class sizes rise
- Eliminates the late bus
- Bus fee increases from $225 to $325
- No programs are eliminated but most are "changed"
Why these cuts?
While the Commonwealth of MA is increasing the funding to the schools by 9%, the level service budget for the schools would call for a 7.4% increase, the town is currently limiting the schools to a 1.5% increase overall.
Stay tuned, this is the first pass. The budget season is upon us. There is much more discussion to come before the budget is final.
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