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Timberlane budget committee recommends $88.211 million budget, approves a few staffing additions
Summary
The Timberlane Regional School District budget committee voted Dec. 15 to recommend a $88,211,000 proposed budget to the school board after trimming capital and staffing lines; it also approved modest increases to several special-education and technology positions.
The Timberlane Regional School District budget committee voted on Dec. 15 to forward a recommended proposed budget of $88,211,000 to the school board, after days of line‑by‑line review and debate over capital and technology spending.
The recommendation, approved 4–2, follows committee discussion about reducing the capital improvement plan and deferring some technology requests. The committee also approved three personnel funding actions: an extra 50 work days distributed across five special‑education facilitator positions ($26,232.69), a salary increase for a senior technology specialist ($21,847.49), and an increase in days for the district’s out‑of‑district coordinator (from 187 to 217 days; $17,038.59).
Why it mattered: Parents and school‑board representatives urged caution about further cuts. A letter read into the record from Laura Moll, an Atkinson Academy parent, warned that “further budget reductions would... lead to…
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