The special education department will see the biggest change if voters approve Southern Cayuga Central School District's proposed 2007-2008 budget next month.
The proposal calls for five less teacher aides in the department; one aide has resigned and the remaining four would be laid off.
“We have 14 aides in the special education department and we know we can do what we have to do with just nine,” Superintendent Mary Kay Worth said.
Also, the proposed budget outlines losing two teaching positions in the special education department. One teacher resigned and that position would not be filled. The other teacher would be laid off.
“Our enrollment certainly supports these adjustments,” Worth said. “The biggest change affects special education and (with) our student numbers there, in house, we can provide those services with 6.5 teachers, and we had nine teachers.”
The board of education proposed a $15.9 million budget. This is an increase of 4.06 percent from last year's budget. The increase in tax levy amounts to an increase of 3.9 percent.
The board approved the budget 5-2. Members Michelle Dean, Steve Morse, Dan Winspear, Marian Brown and president Ted Rejman OKed the plan. James Wilcox and Leonard Jordan cast opposing ballots.
The community will vote on the district's proposal from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, in the planetarium.
In 2006, voters approved a $15.3 million budget with a levy increase of 5.4 percent. This included eliminating jobs, bus routes and selected student activities.
Other changes include shifts in current staffing to cover classes for an elementary teacher and high school math instructor. If given the voters' stamp of approval, these two positions would not be filled after the teachers put in their resignations this year.
The district also proposed not to replace a high school science teacher who announced he soon would step down. The proposed budget also eliminates an administration position, the director of pupil personnel services.
The fate of another position, an instructions support person is unknown.
The district could transfer the position to the pre-kindergarten program, which is being expanded to a morning and afternoon program with state funding.
“The board used a very intentional process that was responsible ... to maintain the quality of the (services) in the district,” Worth said.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be reached at 253-5311 ext 267 or
jessica.soule@lee.net
Budget Tour
The Southern Cayuga Central School District Board of Education members will make a series of presentations to the community. The following are a list of locations and times the members will discuss the budget.
€ Aurora Village Hall, 456 Main St., 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25
€ Aurora Rotary at the Triangle Restaurant, 1526 State Route 90, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 2
€ Budget hearing and Meet the Candidates, High School cafeteria, Route 34B, 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7
€ Venice Town Hall, 2778 Poplar Ridge Road, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8
€ Scipio Town Hall, 3707 Route 34, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9
Genoa Town Hall, 1000 Bartnick Rd., 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10
€ Budget vote and board of education elections 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 at the Planetarium
“We have 14 aides in the special education department and we know we can do what we have to do with just nine,” Superintendent Mary Kay Worth said.
Also, the proposed budget outlines losing two teaching positions in the special education department. One teacher resigned and that position would not be filled. The other teacher would be laid off.
“Our enrollment certainly supports these adjustments,” Worth said. “The biggest change affects special education and (with) our student numbers there, in house, we can provide those services with 6.5 teachers, and we had nine teachers.”
The board of education proposed a $15.9 million budget. This is an increase of 4.06 percent from last year's budget. The increase in tax levy amounts to an increase of 3.9 percent.
The board approved the budget 5-2. Members Michelle Dean, Steve Morse, Dan Winspear, Marian Brown and president Ted Rejman OKed the plan. James Wilcox and Leonard Jordan cast opposing ballots.
The community will vote on the district's proposal from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 15, in the planetarium.
In 2006, voters approved a $15.3 million budget with a levy increase of 5.4 percent. This included eliminating jobs, bus routes and selected student activities.
Other changes include shifts in current staffing to cover classes for an elementary teacher and high school math instructor. If given the voters' stamp of approval, these two positions would not be filled after the teachers put in their resignations this year.
The district also proposed not to replace a high school science teacher who announced he soon would step down. The proposed budget also eliminates an administration position, the director of pupil personnel services.
The fate of another position, an instructions support person is unknown.
The district could transfer the position to the pre-kindergarten program, which is being expanded to a morning and afternoon program with state funding.
“The board used a very intentional process that was responsible ... to maintain the quality of the (services) in the district,” Worth said.
Staff writer Jessica Soule can be reached at 253-5311 ext 267 or
jessica.soule@lee.net
Budget Tour
The Southern Cayuga Central School District Board of Education members will make a series of presentations to the community. The following are a list of locations and times the members will discuss the budget.
€ Aurora Village Hall, 456 Main St., 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 25
€ Aurora Rotary at the Triangle Restaurant, 1526 State Route 90, 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 2
€ Budget hearing and Meet the Candidates, High School cafeteria, Route 34B, 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 7
€ Venice Town Hall, 2778 Poplar Ridge Road, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 8
€ Scipio Town Hall, 3707 Route 34, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9
Genoa Town Hall, 1000 Bartnick Rd., 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 10
€ Budget vote and board of education elections 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, May 15 at the Planetarium
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