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Board approves initial budget steps: in-house nursing plan, transport changes and pause to Taft Montessori start
Summary
After a lengthy budget discussion, the Cincinnati Board approved a package of nearterm actions including moving nursing services in-house, negotiating an athletic-trainer contract, changing transportation for 7'12 students, altering start times for nine schools and pausing a planned Montessori classroom startup.
The Cincinnati Board of Education on May 19 approved a set of initial budget actions recommended by the superintendent to reduce projected costs and address timing-sensitive contracts. The board voted to allow the administration to pursue these steps while delaying a broader reduction-in-force decision.
The approved items included: authorization to negotiate and secure an athletic-trainer contract (administration said it needs to confirm terms with the prospective provider); a plan to shift nursing services to district employees (RNs/LPNs/SHA staff) rather than a contracted partner, projected by administration to reduce nursing-contract costs; a proposal to move all seventh- and…
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