Board members approved a decision to appeal the state Supreme Court ruling last month that dismissed the district’s petition challenging the tax agreement with Nine Mile Point Unit I. The board also approved the proposed budget for 2011-2012. The budget proposal is $74, 744,748 and contains a zero percent tax levy increase.
The monthly committee meetings for the Oswego City School District Board of Education will be conducted on Tuesday , April 12 and Wednesday, April 13 beginning at 5 p.m. in the Education Center Board Room.
At Tuesday night’s public hearing regarding the Oswego school district’s proposed budget a few speakers came forward. Some urged the board to reconsider some of the proposed reductions. Others said they agreed with the tentative cuts.
The Oswego City School District Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools will listen to the community on March 29. Beginning at 6 p.m. a preliminary budget hearing will be conducted in the board room at the Education Center.
The tentative $74,844,748 spending plan is less than the current budget. It would cut about 23 positions and increase the tax rate by 43 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation. Several members of the public spoke out against some of the proposed job reductions.
At Thursday’s meeting, the Oswego County Legislature will ask the state to reconsider instituting a program that would be detrimental to upstate youth. “Youth Bureau funding would be eliminated in many counties, which would promote inequities in prevention and positive youth development services across the state. It is economically not prudent to only support youth when they are at the doorstep of the child welfare and/or the juvenile justice system,” the director of the local Youth Bureau said.
Teachers’ union has agreed to a pay freeze for the coming school year. This puts $88,000 back into the school district’s budget, the superintendent noted. The district has come up with a little more than $500,000 in savings elsewhere. The final budget proposal will be presented March 22.
The monthly committee meetings for the Oswego City School District Board of Education will be conducted on March 8 beginning at 5 p.m. at the Education Center Board Room.
The expected budget discussion will not be conducted at this meeting as all board members are not able to be present. A budget workshop has been scheduled for March 1.
The proposed spending plan for the 2011-12 school year is likely to cut some staff. However, the superintendent pointed out Wednesday night that there might be a “cushion” that allows for some cuts to be restored. The entire school board will debate the tentative budget at the Feb. 22 regular meeting.
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