April 21, 2010
Some Pittsylvania County residents urged the Board of Supervisors to fully fund the proposed $82 million school budget Tuesday night, while others cited tough economic times and asked supervisors to control spending and not raise taxes. Only a half dozen people spoke during a sparsely attended public hearing on the 2010-2011 school budget. Kathy Buck, […]
April 21, 2010
The Board of Supervisors isn’t giving any indications it will increase the real estate and personal property tax rates to raise more revenues for schools, meaning it’s possible the county could go to a four-day school week. The supervisors are scheduled to adopt a 2010-11 budget Thursday night. At a meeting Tuesday night, a proposal […]
April 21, 2010
With less than 10 days left before the legislative session ends, an aggressive House plan to overhaul Medicaid may be in trouble. Gov. Charlie Crist said Tuesday afternoon that he had "concerns" about the proposal, which would shift nearly all 2.7 million Floridians on Medicaid to HMOs and other private managed-care plans or organizations. That […]
April 21, 2010
A contract settlement with the teachers’ union could offset $400,000 in proposed cuts to the Ames Community School District’s general budget for fiscal year 2010-11. Superintendent Tim Taylor told the school board Monday night he is confident the district and the Ames Education Association are close to agreement, and he came to the meeting prepared […]
April 21, 2010
The Annandale School Board has cut $397,100 from a list of potential program and staff reductions that totaled $1,018,800. The amount will cover the majority of a projected $575,859 deficit for next year if Gov. Tim Pawlenty can stick to his pledge to spare K-12 education as the state tackles a $1.2 billion deficit. If […]
April 21, 2010
Only two school budgets in Somerset County passed today after residents rejected tax hikes despite severe cuts to programs and staff in districts across the county. Somerset Hills Regional and North Plainfield were the only two districts out of a total of 17 to pass budgets today, while large districts like Bridgewater-Raritan and Franklin Township […]
April 21, 2010
Southern New Jersey voters came out in record numbers Tuesday, and many of them rejected their school budgets. But results in some counties were not as bad as had been feared, based on the unofficial results. Cape May bucked what appeared to be a statewide trend of rejections, approving nine of 15 budgets. Based on […]
April 20, 2010
Erin Swanson’s sixth-grade daughter planned to take show choir this summer to gain an edge in next fall’s tryouts at her middle school in Blue Springs. Swanson’s other daughter, a high school sophomore, planned to defer a summer job so she could take her little sister to morning practices while their mother works. But with […]
April 20, 2010
After getting an earful from hundreds of teachers, students and parents worried about state education funding, some state legislators who attended the rally said they would consider changes to Act 388 to return funding to schools. State Reps. Karl Allen, Bruce Bannister and Rex Rice attended the rally hosted by the Alliance for Quality Education […]
April 20, 2010
Governor Christie is insisting West Orange teacher take a 1-year pay freeze, while many residents say their taxes are too high. You will not see teachers in West Orange, New Jersey agree to the salary freeze. When voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will be voting on a budget that calls for a hefty […]