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Board approves $1.2 million in curriculum and contract cuts; district estimates $2.6 million possible next year
Summary
The Bridgeport Board of Education voted to eliminate several curricular licenses and professional-development contracts this fiscal year to realize $1.2 million in savings and identified roughly $2.6 million of potential additional savings if several multi‑year contracts are not renewed.
The Bridgeport Board of Education on Feb. 10 approved eliminating a set of curricular subscriptions and professional-development contracts that district staff said will save about $1,200,000 for the remainder of the 2024–25 fiscal year.
The cuts, presented by Marj Hughes, executive director for school turnaround, remove several site licenses and associated professional development. "To begin with, we're proposing cutting the $590,000 IXL site licenses and professional development for their usage," Hughes told the board. She also identified $400,000 in savings from Discovery Education, a $160,000 reduction related to a revised Khan Academy quote, $53,000 from sheltered-instruction professional development and $8,000 from discontinuing the Move the World program.
Why it matters: district leaders said the reductions are…
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