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Board member says contingency would require just over $1.4 million in cuts if budget fails
Summary
Brendan Carty of the Cornwall Board of Education told residents that if the school budget fails the May 20 vote the board could either hold a second vote or adopt a contingency budget that would keep last year's tax levy and require about $1.4 million in cuts, affecting academics, staff, arts and athletics.
Brendan Carty, a member of the Cornwall Board of Education, said the school board would have two options if the district's proposed budget fails the May 20 vote at Cornwall Central Middle School: hold a second vote or adopt a contingency budget that keeps the same tax levy as last year and requires cuts.
Carty said a contingency budget would force the district to cut "just over $1,400,000" from the proposed…
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