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Parents and former teacher urge transparency on budgeting and staff redundancies during Southampton budget hearing
Summary
During the required public hearing on the FY27 school operating budget, community members urged transparency about school–board and board-of-supervisors responsibilities and called for a review of administrative staffing to redirect funds toward classroom teachers.
At the public hearing portion of the Southampton County School Boards Jan. 12 meeting, community members raised questions about district funding, governance and staffing that board members acknowledged but did not resolve during open session.
Peggy Gillette, a retired teacher, addressed the board during the citizen comment period and summarized her research into school governance and funding. "Since this is all new to me, I called my informal report, public school funding for dummies," she said, then outlined her understanding of the relationship between school boards and boards of supervisors and the partiesresponsibilities for…
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