State Monitor at BOE Budget meeting

uh right now these costs reflect the cost of the program we have in place now which is just the pilot program so we still have to get together and talk with other schools to see how far we can expand the tiering of bus and how much we'll save so right now this district has a revenue problem okay it has a high number of special education out of district placements it has high transportation costs even if you just if you just disregard it will knock her just demanding i mean your courtesy just your mandated costs more than what any other district for the size of this district so you're trying to squeeze a lot into a budget um and there's really we're having hard time finding places to reduce uh without hitting anything serious if i'm looking at the at this budget and correct me i'm wrong this year we have something to uh without choice as you're saying you have to take out the courtesy bussing next year that would not be hopefully we'll go back in right but it's unsustainable because really you have education that's on the line here and and the cab being limited by the cabinet is not sustainable do you agree that yes i would if if they don't start using the state aid formula okay this district's cost based on the public school districts enrollments are going up greater than the state average non-public school enrollment you're going up greater than the state average the costs are just going up much much higher than the two percent capital on property taxes and state aids continue to be held flat this district does have a a revenue problem not as spending probably in my and mike are there any specific items in this budget that you could tell us that you will work in the next month and a half until may 4th to try to bring it up to um something that would um a hard number to help cover those expenses and kind of narrow down those expenses so correct me if i'm wrong is saying that the special ed and the transportation numbers are still soft numbers yes and in the next month and a half you will narrow down and based on that that the current tentative budget will change it will change when we come back for the public hearing i i uh i'm almost guaranteeing you that you're going to see different numbers that'll be the end of april okay and we'll be working with the county office because we have to work with them so that they agree with our changes