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Provo district lays out $6 million in potential savings, seeks board direction on $2 million cuts
Summary
Superintendent Wendy Dow told the Provo School Board the cabinet has identified about $6 million in possible savings but the district needs roughly $2 million in cuts before truth-in-taxation; options discussed include eSchool consolidation, AVID changes, discretionary funding reductions, furlough days and program adjustments.
Provo School District leaders presented a range of budget options and trade-offs to the board during the Jan. 27 study session as they seek to close a multi-million-dollar gap.
Superintendent Wendy Dow said cabinet work has identified roughly $6 million in potential savings, but restoring teacher pay increases and a projected insurance cost would reduce that cushion. "If we were, for example, to increase teacher salaries at $2,000 on the base, that would be almost $2,100,000 — so now my $6,000,000 worth of savings went down to $3,900,000," Dow said, illustrating the trade-offs between restorations and savings.
District staff described specific line items and estimated savings: consolidating the existing eSchool option could save…
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