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By Lorie Palmer (community editor)
COTTONWOOD -- Joint School District 242 trustees and administrations have been busily crunching numbers to try and figure our their 2010-11 budget.
"We were projecting $42,000 less out of our current budget by employing a superintendent half time," explained current superintendent Gary Blaz. He will move on to a job in Montana following this school year.
This leaves the district with a $596,118 deficit for the upcoming year.
According to Blaz, the board is discussing a variety of cuts which could include the following:
à Reduction of classified and certified staff
à Salary reductions, which would occur without cutting student education time, Blaz said.
à Increase levy amounts
à Cutting programs
"Simply put, everything is being considered on the chopping block," Blaz stated.
The trustees are still planing to close a school building next year to off set these deficits.
"We cannot take that action this year since our facilities will not accommodate the current enrollments," Blaz explained. "However, following the coming school year, it looks as if we will have the enrollment for just two of our three buildings."
Currently, Prairie Elementary School on Lewiston Street, by St. Mary's Hospital and Clinic, is slated to be closed at the end of the 2010-2011 school year. All students would then be housed at the middle and high schools.
"Somehow we have to get through this year to be able to make our budget whole for next year and the years after," Blaz said.
JSD 242's board plans to set a levy amount prior to the April board meeting, Blaz added.
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