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WINDSOR: School-budget freeze planned
by Outspoken on Fri Nov 07, 2008 5:34 am
WINDSOR: School-budget freeze planned
BY MECHELE COOPER
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
WINDSOR -- The school superintendent is recommending a freeze in spending until the end of the year.
Superintendent Greg Potter said Windsor Elementary School needs to be financially set when it joins the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit next year.
Windsor residents voted in Tuesday's primary election to join the unit, which includes Windsor, Alna, Chelsea, Palermo, Somerville, Westport Island, Whitefield and Wiscasset.
"I'm just thinking in terms of what the state is forecasting for budget problems and the economic situation," Potter said Thursday.
"And we are looking at a new consolidated school system as well. The town should be in the best situation it can coming into a new school unit, and we want to make sure we have a handle on it."
He said a freeze on the $4.9 million budget would involve nonessential spending, such as supplies, field trips, seminars and training for staff.
The focus will remain on maintenance of the facility, he said. Essential services such as health and safety would not be affected, he said.
The school also is experiencing some new developments with special education that he said will cost more than originally budgeted.
The special-education budget amounts to $681,000.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5581884.html
BY MECHELE COOPER
Staff Writer Kennebec Journal
WINDSOR -- The school superintendent is recommending a freeze in spending until the end of the year.
Superintendent Greg Potter said Windsor Elementary School needs to be financially set when it joins the Sheepscot Valley Regional School Unit next year.
Windsor residents voted in Tuesday's primary election to join the unit, which includes Windsor, Alna, Chelsea, Palermo, Somerville, Westport Island, Whitefield and Wiscasset.
"I'm just thinking in terms of what the state is forecasting for budget problems and the economic situation," Potter said Thursday.
"And we are looking at a new consolidated school system as well. The town should be in the best situation it can coming into a new school unit, and we want to make sure we have a handle on it."
He said a freeze on the $4.9 million budget would involve nonessential spending, such as supplies, field trips, seminars and training for staff.
The focus will remain on maintenance of the facility, he said. Essential services such as health and safety would not be affected, he said.
The school also is experiencing some new developments with special education that he said will cost more than originally budgeted.
The special-education budget amounts to $681,000.
http://kennebecjournal.mainetoday.com/news/local/5581884.html
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