Will the school board have to cut $5.7 million due to the county's revenue shortfall?
As noted in today's article by Michael Biesecker, County Manager David Cooke suggested Monday that all county departments take a 1.8 percent funding cut. If implemented, it would mean the school system would have to cut $5.7 million to make up for a projected county revenue shortfall of at least $17 million.
If the school system is spared any cuts, other county departments — including such key operations as the sheriff’s office, EMS, and the 911 call center — will have to make deeper cuts of 4 percent.
Kevin Hill, vice chairman of the school board, said they wouldn't be able to spare the classroom if they had to find $5.7 million in cuts. He said they had cut as much as they could when the commissioners had provided $36.2 million less than requested this year.
Hill said he hopes both boards will meet before a decision is made by commissioners. What could help the school board is that the decision will be made by the new Democratic majority on the board of commissioners.
Comments
A line by line accounting
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 14:41 — AngelaWA line by line accounting is needed for the cost of converting 22 schools to MYR and then also the cost of uncoverting the two that are changing back......where are those budget items..no one seems to have those figures anywhere.
Needlessly spending lots of
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 14:36 — AngelaWNeedlessly spending lots of money by forcing MYR on to school such a LRMS which has less students than last year.
They can dip in their rainy
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 11:04 — g88ky07They can dip in their rainy day fund and just simply DEAL WITH IT!
Like they make parents do with EVERYTHING they touch!
NO SYMPATHY for the LIARS from here! NONE!!
One alternative...
Wed, 11/12/2008 - 00:16 — Bob_SconceThe county could save some money by zeroing out all "affordable housing" budgets & canning the new administrative building.
No Problem....
Tue, 11/11/2008 - 13:02 — WuptdoAnd the problem is.......
Sorry, WCPSS kept $6 million dollars last budget cycle because the WCC overpaid them due to "inflated" student numbers. When WCC ask for the money back, Rosa Gill and the rest of the "kool-aid" drinks expressed their collective IQ's by giving the WCC the index finger and kept the money. Where it went, who know. The WCPSS does have the very big "rainy day" fund box. How much is how much these days, $33 million dollars?.
So once again, no budget problems for WCPSS cause they got the money already. No story here folks.