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Superintendent outlines $8 million local ask, spotlights safety and school support priorities
Summary
New Hanover County Schools Superintendent presented a proposed budget that asks county commissioners for $8 million in additional local funding, centered on a 3% pay/benefit increase and district priorities including school safety and a two‑year pilot to add school-based specialist positions.
Dr. Barnes, superintendent of New Hanover County Schools, presented a draft 2024–25 budget that asks county commissioners for an additional $8 million in local funding to cover cost increases and new priorities. The request pairs a $3 million “cost of doing business” increase to hold staff pay and benefits steady with roughly $5 million for superintendent priorities, including safety investments and school‑level specialist positions.
The proposal matters because the district told board members it cannot balance next year’s budget without those local funds and is building its spending plan assuming continued federal and state allotments. “We are requesting from the county an increase in our local appropriation of 3%,” Ashley Sutton, presenting the financial packet,…
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