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Acton'Boxborough task force proposes cuts to specialists and classroom assistants to curb rising school costs
Summary
An Elementary Budget Task Force convened by the regional school district recommended sharing specialists, reducing classroom assistant hours and refocusing reading/math specialists'time to reduce costs and bend the district's spending curve.
Members of the Acton Finance Committee reported on the Elementary Budget Task Force's December findings, which the task force presented to the ABRSD school committee on Dec. 19. The task force, which included community members, teachers and staff, proposed structural changes that would reduce near-term costs while attempting to preserve core services.
"They were very explicit that this is uncomfortable," Christie, a member of the task force, said. "If you don't cut that money there, you have to cut it somewhere else." (Quote attributed to Christie as recorded in the Finance Committee meeting.)
The task force recommended several…
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