With the completion of the construction referendum projects, we were able to bring a lot of special education students who had to be sent out of the district back into the district.
We addressed the class sizes, which was a big concern of parents, and we brought special education students back into the district to be with their peers, which was also a big concern of parents.
We also have escalating fuel and energy costs. It now costs us about $1 million a year for fuel and energy.
The budget was the best we could do. It was at cap. We had put back in lower class sizes, and we had added personnel back in. I don't know what the Township Council will ask for, but I'm very disappointed.
We have actually been able to put more teachers back in the budget, and we have addressed class size issues, which was one of the biggest concerns of parents.
I thought this was a good budget. I'm very disappointed, but we'll have to see what happens from here.
With a cap of four percent, how do you accommodate big numbers like that?
