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EASTON/REDDING, Conn. – The Region 9 School District has requested a nearly 2.2 percent increase in spending for the 2013-14 school year to operate Joel Barlow High School.
A $22.5 million budget for next year, an increase of 2.17 percent from the current $22 million spending plan, was presented to the Region 9 Board of Education by Head of School Tom McMorran. Joel Barlow serves students from Easton and Redding, and each town pays a portion of the school budget.
General instruction makes up a bulk of the spending, accounting for $9.88 million of the expenses, an increase of about $314,000.
The district is also asking for a $40,000 increase to pay the salary of a fifth security staff member, said Peggy Sullivan, finance and operations director for the Region 9 school district. The district is also facing higher special education costs because more students with those needs are coming to Joel Barlow, she said.
The Region 9 school board and its financial advisory committee will host a budget workshop March 11. The board could vote on spending plan at its March 19 meeting, Sullivan said.
Comments (3)
They will not be armed. Fewer students but the budget going up. The roof needs tons of work 1.5 -1.8 million and a vote for an artificial turf field and improvements $2.8 million is going to to to a ballot. We may need to make some improvements but we don't need an artificial turf field just because other local towns made the foolish decision to install one.
JBHS needs a FIFTH security staff member? Sounds like overkill to me. Will they be armed, too?
If they are NOT armed, all they will be doing is inflating any potential body count.