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Carmel board debates cuts to clerical and float-nurse positions, approves transfers and studies
Summary
Trustees discussed clerical reductions, elimination of two float nurses, budget transfers totaling several million, and an RFP for fiscal advisers; the board approved large budget transfers and awarded a bus-electrification impact study while deferring a fiscal-adviser contract vote pending further RFP detail.
At its June 18 meeting, the Carmel Central School District Board of Education devoted substantial time to budget and staffing issues, including clerical position cuts, the elimination of two district float nurses, budget transfers and a planned capital project.
Barbara Faranda, representing the Carmel Office Staff Association, told trustees her unit experienced roughly a 10% staffing reduction and said overtime lines were cut to zero; she urged the board to create a separate overtime budget line for clerical claims and questioned why breakage from administrative departures wasn—t used to restore nursing or clerical roles.
Trustees debated the decision to eliminate two float nurses during the budget process. Administration said contracting with an agency has covered many…
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