School District Facing $1 Million Shortfall, Eyes Cuts
Administrators outline possible cuts and say that "all options are on the table."
When the Upper Dublin School District last announced 2012-13 budget numbers earlier this month, Patch reported that the district was facing a $565,000 shortfall. That number has now grown to just over $1 million dollars, and the district faces the prospect of cutting approximately $770,000 in expenditures by the budget's deadline in late spring, according to school administrators. In a presentation at a special budgetary session of the Board of School Directors Monday night, superintendent Michael Pladus and business administrator Brenda Jones Bray said that the shortfall comes from lower than expected revenues and higher than expected expenditures in 2011-12, and "most significantly," the impact of a HUB Properties Trust tax reassessment …
Kyle Bagenstose
5:09 pm on Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Hi Joe, We'll be writing a few other pieces on last night's meeting, so keep an eye out. Too much information to chew in one sitting. more ›