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Board debates local operating budget priorities; continuation need roughly $3.3M, expansion requests push total request to about $10.3M

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District staff presented a continuation budget estimate of about $3.3 million and an initial expansion package of roughly $4.4 million. Board members debated priorities — increasing staff pay, reinstating positions reduced in prior years and creating a curriculum reserve — and signaled they will finalize a recommended request at the next meeting.

The Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools finance staff presented the Board of Education with the district's recommended local operating budget request and a list of expansion items the board could add to its submission to the Board of County Commissioners.

District finance staff projected a continuation need of just under $3.3 million, driven by a 3% assumed increase for personnel and benefits and other cost pressures. The superintendent's recommended expansion package included three main items: (1) an increase in the classified employer contribution/supplement (estimated at $725,000); (2) reinstatement of master's-degree pay for teachers who had previously been ineligible; and (3) a curriculum reserve fund. The superintendent's…

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