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Sup. given go-ahead to trim budget for next year |
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By Daniel McGonigle
Argus Managing Editor
Superintendent Mike Moriarty was given the okay by the school board to look at ways to trim the budget for the upcoming school year by the Caledonia School Board.
Due to a reduction in student enrollment, the decrease in student enrollment will include the discontinuance of positions and/or the curtailment of programs, according to a report given to the board.
Moriarty must work to find ways to help keep the district within budget for the upcoming school year.
To do so, determinations must be made regarding which teachers’ contracts must be terminated and not renewed, and which teachers may be placed on unrequested leave of absence without pay or fringe benefits in effecting discontinuance of positions, again, according to a resolution directing the administration to make recommendations for reductions in programs and positions.
“If we have several (teachers) retire we should get by pretty easy,” said Moriarty. “We should have something to present to the board probably by late February.”
The district must have all of the unrequested leave individuals notified by March, as mandated by the state.
With unanimous approval, Moriarty was given the go ahead by the board to begin reviewing how best to handle next year’s budget.
Other news
A heating coil in the elementary gym was replaced at a cost of approximately $3,100 to the district.
“It wasn’t replaced when we did the retro-fit,” said Moriarty. “It was leaking and the replacement was completed over the Christmas break.”
Lisa Massman, of the Crisis Prevention Institute, trained the elementary and high school staff on verbal techniques to avoid a student becoming so angry that a physical intervention becomes necessary.
According to elementary principal Connie Hesse, “the training was very well received by the teachers.”
Mrs. Hesse also passed out copies of the new fine arts textbook adoptions. The textbooks focus on art curriculum, phy. ed. and a spotlight on the music program.
“The teachers are thrilled that we adopted that particular curriculum,” said Hesse.
The cost for the new curriculum to the district is approximately $18,000.
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