No good news for SCSD Budget

Facing State Aid Cuts Draft 2 Budget Cuts Spending Fourth Straight Year

School officials presented the second draft of the preliminary 2012-13 budget at the March 15 Board of Education meeting, a $20,065,160 budget that cuts spending for the fourth year in a row. Superintendent Robert Horan explained the district has little choice but to cut spending again after the state has proposed cutting state aid for the fourth year in a row. “All of this hurts. It’s not easy,” said Mr. Horan. 

A third and final draft of the budget will be presented at the April 19 Board of Education meeting, when the Board is scheduled to adopt the budget that will go to a community vote on May 15.

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