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Timberlane committee outlines plan to cut 36 positions, seeks $6.63 million gap reductions; school board to act April 3
Summary
District administrators told the Timberlane Regional School District budget committee they have identified $6,626,151 in reductions needed to align the proposed and voted budgets, including a $3,532,403 reduction to salaries and benefits achieved by eliminating 36 positions; the school board will consider a detailed plan April 3.
The Timberlane Regional School District budget committee heard detailed proposals from Superintendent Maria on steps the district plans to take to close a $6,626,151 gap between the proposed budget and the budget voters ratified.
Maria told the committee the district and school board set a reduction target and developed a package of cuts intended to meet that figure. "The delta between the proposed budget and the voted budget, you can see there at $6,626,151," she said, and described a plan that reduces the salary-and-benefits line by $3,532,403.
The proposed personnel reductions would eliminate 36 positions: 4 through attrition (vacancies created by resignations or retirements), 22 by cutting currently vacant positions, and 10 by reduction-in-force affecting staff currently employed. Maria said the 22 vacant positions in the plan include many paraeducator roles and that, in places, those positions currently fund contracted services. "We're essentially…
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