Updated Update on the PWCS 2012 Budget
March 22, 2012 — pwceducationreformThe school board rejected the revised budget proposals at the meeting on March 21st and sent the division back to the drawing board. The school board will meet again on March 28th to discuss and hopefully approve a budget that:
- Provides a step increase for PWCS teachers, not just a 2% salary increase. Estimates are that providing a step increase will require $5 million more in cuts.
- Returns class sizes in MS & HS to their current levels as opposed to the state maximums as proposed in the revised budget. Cost to provide this is estimated at $3.1 million.
Gil Trenum asked that the Devlin Road school not be pushed back a year – estimated cost $2.7 million. Alyson Satterwhite asked that the division consider providing transportation to New Directions, the only school in the division that does not have transportation.
School board members also identified several items they’d prefer not be considered for reductions. This items include:
