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Shelton superintendent asks aldermen to restore reserves, warns of Title I cut and rising special-education costs
Summary
Superintendent Ken Saron presented the Shelton Board of Educationoperational request on April 10, asking the Board of Aldermen to restore reserves for special education and health care after a year of budget pressure, and warned of a roughly $411,000 Title I funding loss plus growing pre-K and tuition costs that could widen a shortfall.
Shelton Superintendent Ken Saron told a special budget meeting of the Board of Aldermen on April 10 that the Board of Educationis seeking an operational budget that maintains current services and preserves previously established reserves to cover rising contractual and special-education costs.
Saron said the districtis asking for funding to meet legal and contractual obligations rather than to expand services. "This budget is about needs, it is not about wants," he said, and urged aldermen to re-establish reserve accounts that were used this year to avoid a $2,000,000 deficit.
The superintendent outlined several specific pressures that drove the request. He said the district faces roughly $2.3 million in contractual obligations for staff and a $20,000 increase for building equipment and services. He also said a midyear federal Title I funding cut reduced the districtallocations by about $411,000 for next year, money that currently…
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