Superintendent: ‘Financial storm’ means trouble for Epping schools
November 25, 2008
The school superintendent is painting a bleak financial picture that would mean job cuts and reduced work hours for some staffers.
In a letter to the budget committee, Barbara Munsey described the situation as a “financial storm” that requires slicing $1 million from next year’s proposed school budget.
The financial troubles are compounded by tough times facing the national and state economies, increased costs for salaries, benefits and energy, and a declining student enrollment throughout the district, according to the letter, dated Nov. 22.
“It is disheartening to see our district affected this way; however, I acknowledge that our student enrollment and economic times cannot sustain things as they are,” Munsey wrote in the letter.
If the school board did not make cuts, Munsey said, the proposed budget would increase by $1.4 million to cover an additional $800,000 needed for increases in salaries, benefits and other costs and $600,000 to make up for a revenue shortfall.
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