AUBURN -- District officials in the Auburn Enlarged City School District clarified, but did not elaborate on, what may be cut from its defeated school budget to abide by a state-mandated contingency budget.
During a special board of education meeting Wednesday, Superintendent J.D. Pabis listed items for which funding will be either reduced or cut to trim down district spending about $593,000 to meet state regulations in the wake of voters defeating the proposed 2008-09 school budget a second time Tuesday, 2,185-1,972.
Voters defeated the $66,490,371 budget, which carried a tax levy increase of 3.28 percent, May 20 by just three votes.
After the funding cuts, the contingency budget will be $65,896,428 with a tax levy increase of 2.28 percent.
A custodian position included in the proposed budget and equipment purchases that do not qualify for state aid will be eliminated under the contingency budget. Employees that are unaffiliated with the district and are not part of a collective bargaining unit will not receive salary increases this year.
There will also be a reduction in funding for field trips, transportation, curricular work, summer school, athletics and co-curricular activities, which includes intramurals and band.
Pabis reiterated that all of this information on what would be cut if the district had to operate under a contingency budget was available in mailers sent to voters' homes and in the public budget presentations.
For the full report, read Thursday's edition of The Citizen.
Voters defeated the $66,490,371 budget, which carried a tax levy increase of 3.28 percent, May 20 by just three votes.
After the funding cuts, the contingency budget will be $65,896,428 with a tax levy increase of 2.28 percent.
A custodian position included in the proposed budget and equipment purchases that do not qualify for state aid will be eliminated under the contingency budget. Employees that are unaffiliated with the district and are not part of a collective bargaining unit will not receive salary increases this year.
There will also be a reduction in funding for field trips, transportation, curricular work, summer school, athletics and co-curricular activities, which includes intramurals and band.
Pabis reiterated that all of this information on what would be cut if the district had to operate under a contingency budget was available in mailers sent to voters' homes and in the public budget presentations.
For the full report, read Thursday's edition of The Citizen.
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horseradish wrote on Jun 19, 2008 12:49 PM:
so the cuts will happen elsewhere. 500-600k doesn't come easily. There will be alot cut.
Either way, you should be happy the kids had so much offered to them up to this point. Many school districts have already made these cuts long ago. "
GoodbyeCNY wrote on Jun 19, 2008 11:37 AM:
It was this type of poor reasoning and arrogant attitude that caused the BOE and its budget to fail---TWICE
Why not cut administration? Can you explain why mid-level administrators, some recently added, are so vital to educating students?
I think you can only offer more rhetoric about how this was such a great offer. You are sounding a bit like a car salesman. "
bigal wrote on Jun 19, 2008 11:06 AM:
Anwyay. I just heard that Jerry Morgan admitted that he didn't even vote on the budget. Isn't that a hoot??? "
horseradish wrote on Jun 19, 2008 9:48 AM:
first, of course they aren't going to be eliminate administration. never will happen.
second, did you not read the article? they now have to go with a state mandated contingency budget. don't you people research anything you are voting on?
third, do you see the tax levy increase? see the percentage? see how it was around 3.28 and with the contingency would be around 2.28 percent? now go look at what the inflation rate has been over the last year? if you haven't noticed its been around 4%. which means, the budget that was just voted down, was actually more affordible for city residents than the previous one.
THERE WILL BE CUTS, THATS WHAT YOU WANTED! "
OMG wrote on Jun 19, 2008 9:29 AM: