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Retired teacher raises staffing and budget-growth concerns during public comment
Summary
Steve McKennum, a retired teacher and former YEA president, told the board he reviewed budget summaries and expressed concerns about staffing growth, central-office spending and declines in the district fund balance; he urged board members to review multi-year budget snapshots.
Steve McKennum, a retired teacher and former Yakima Education Association president, used the public-comment period on Jan. 21 to urge board members to review the district’s multi-year budget snapshot and expressed concerns about staffing growth and fund-balance declines.
McKennum said he filed a public-records request for the district budget and summarized the snapshot on…
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