Cuts for All. Don’t Forget the Schools
And then there were these uplifting stories on some of the area’s schools. No word here on what it might mean for school libraries.
Again from The Reformer
The Bellows Falls Union High School Board slashed almost $300,000 from next year’s proposed budget, leaving the administration the difficult job of deciding what programs will have to be cut.
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The (Rockingham) school board unanimously approved a $9.1 million, K-8 budget, for the 2007-08 school year that shows a 3.7 percent increase and will mean steep cuts to schools in the district.Bellows Falls Central Elementary School stands to lose 3.7 teachers and 3.5 para-educators, while Bellows Falls Middle School will cut three teachers, two para-educators, a dean and a part-time maintenance person.The Saxtons River Elementary School administrators will have to find two para-educators to slash from their payroll.
The cuts to the Middle School will reduce the staff from 35 to 32, serving a student population of 276.The Central School staff will fall from 30 to about 26 for its 205 students.