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Board hears special-education deficit update and approves food-service contract renewal
Summary
Administrators reported an estimated special-education deficit of roughly $3.7 million but said offsets and fiscal discipline should shrink the year-end shortfall. The board approved a one-year Sodexo food-service contract renewal with a 3.8% state-approved management fee increase and moved a slate of routine items by consent.
The Stratford Board of Education received an update on district finances and voted to renew its food-service management contract with Sodexo as part of a night that also included several routine approvals.
Chief operations/finance staff reported the district’s largest ongoing challenge is its special-education deficit. "It’s now in the area of exceeding slightly more than 3 point, 5,000,000, 3 point 7 million," the district finance official said. The official said the administration has identified offsets in salaries, benefits and transportation and has renegotiated vendor contracts; those actions, combined…
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