Editorial: District needs to pay its share
An interesting perspective. I am not sure how the school ends up as the bad actor in this story. The time to have this discussion was in February. I am not sure the editorial is correct that this item can be added without violating education law. I will leave that to others to determine.
The district still has the opportunity to help the town deal with the issue. If they decide to fund the position as part of the 7/1/10 budget, it would still help the town in fiscal year 2010 without violating ed law.
The district needs to change its stance. There is a projected $4.3-million surplus in the school budget for the academic year that just ended last week, and there is a surplus built into this year’s budget. The town, though, is in such financial distress that it will just barely have enough cash flow to pay employee salaries through this year, and is carrying a budget deficit that is still hundreds of thousands of dollars from being closed despite making nearly every conceivable cut in recent months. On the other hand, the district created two new reserves last month just to have a place to put its extra money once it becomes available.
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