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Oshkosh school board approves revised budget-reduction plan 4–3 after contentious debate
Summary
After hours of public comment and board discussion, the Oshkosh Area School District board approved a revised budget-reduction plan intended to close a roughly $5.5 million gap. The 4–3 vote drew criticism over process, director-level cuts and proposed library/media staffing reductions.
The Oshkosh Area School District Board of Education on Wednesday approved a revised budget-reduction plan intended to close a multi-million-dollar shortfall, voting 4–3 to adopt the package after extended public comment and debate.
Administrators told the board they had reduced the district's projected deficit from $6.0 million to about $5.5 million by removing certain administrator market adjustments and identifying roughly $4.7 million in concrete reductions, with additional savings expected from secondary scheduling changes to reach the full target. The package retained some programs previously proposed for elimination, including the mental-strength teacher at Oshkosh…
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