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Oshkosh school board candidates differ on handling $5M deficit as cuts loom
Summary
At a League of Women Voters forum, five candidates for two Oshkosh Area School District board seats debated proposed cuts intended to avert a reported $5,000,000 deficit, with disagreement over priorities, transparency and whether administrative savings should precede classroom reductions.
Five candidates competing for two seats on the Oshkosh Area School District board debated how to respond to deep budget cuts the district adopted to avoid a reported $5,000,000 shortfall and additional staffing reductions scheduled for an April meeting.
Mallory Schneider Burschbach said the cuts were “not something I like to see,” and urged the board and community to focus spending on math and literacy while appealing to state legislators for more funding. “We need to look at students as individuals who have unique needs,” she said.
Incumbent Barb Herzog described the proposals as…
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