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Board weighs adding apprentices, summer school and ABLE program as finance staff readies targeted cuts
Summary
At a May 20 budget work session, Washington County Public Schools staff and board members discussed adding reading and math apprentices, expanding summer school and restoring the elementary ABLE virtual program; the board asked staff to prepare cuts/options and set a follow-up work session.
Washington County Public Schools staff told the board on May 20 they could budget to expand several student-focused programs — reading apprentices, limited math apprentices, a larger summer-school offering and the elementary ABLE virtual program — but those additions would require identifying roughly $2.6 million to $4.0 million in offsets or new revenue.
Superintendent Dr. Sabine and Chief Operating Officer Mr. Prue presented program costs and options. On the reading-apprenticeship program, staff said the district currently supports about 35 apprentices (paid, 15 hours per week during the school year) but had received as many as 60 applications in a recent cycle. "Our number is pretty consistent right around 35," Dr. Willow said when asked about current program…
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