Wednesday, March 23, 2016

"We're not talking about 'nice to have,' we're talking about essential components."


School Business Administrator Miriam Goodman said the budget would see a decrease of seven full-time educators and three full-time assistants.
 
"We're anticipating these reductions will come through retirements and attrition," she said. "We're not looking at a reduction in force." 
Superintendent Maureen Sabolinski said the matter was the result of declining enrollment, particularly at the elementary level. 
"It's a national trend, and we'll continue to watch that," she said. "We have not yet had kindergarten registration - that happens in a few weeks - so we'll see what that enrollment shows."

Continue reading the article online (subscription may be required)
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20160322/franklin-schools-present-58m-budget-proposal

screen grab of presentation from broadcast
screen grab of presentation from broadcast


The full budget proposal presentation document can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/03/fy-2017-school-budget-proposal.html

The Franklin Matters reporting on the portion of the meeting participated can be found here
http://www.franklinmatters.org/2016/03/this-budget-should-be-alarm-to-community.html

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