These changes, if approved, would close the district’s budget gap; however, many consider them to be too high of a price to pay for going under budget.
“I do hope that the school district can find other alternatives to outsourcing, maybe the state government will finally give additional and much-needed funding to our school,” Smarr said. “I know that this is not an easy decision for them and they would much rather things remain as they are.”
At the school board meeting on Feb 21, there was a proposal presented by Ann Marie Chaney, as a representative of the aides, in which they outlined ideas gathered from aides and classroom teachers across the district. These ideas included reducing the number of school days to the mandated 180 days, reducing the number of high school principals from five to four, and a pay freeze for administrators.
Superintendent Christina Spielbauer indicated at the meeting that they would take these, and other ideas yet to be presented, into consideration before making a final decision.
The CASD school board will make decisions within the coming months to close the budget gap. Those who are interested in commenting on the issue can visit any of the upcoming school board meetings, which take place on the third Thursday of every month.
