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St. Francis board approves program-reduction plan after projected $600,000 funding drop
Summary
Facing an estimated $600,000 drop in compensatory education funding and lower enrollment, the St. Francis Area Schools board approved a resolution to reassign staff and reduce select programs. The administration said reassignments and external reimbursements limit net layoffs; the vote passed on roll call.
The St. Francis Area Schools board on Feb. 23 approved a district plan to discontinue or reduce certain programs after administrators said the district faces an anticipated reduction — described as 'about $600,000' by Superintendent Anderson — in compensatory education funding and lower projected kindergarten enrollment.
Superintendent Anderson told the board the projected shortfall results from changes in the state's compensatory funding formula and that the district is also 'about 30 kids down in kindergarten' compared with last year. To address the gap, the administration proposed a combination of reassignments and targeted reductions: recoding positions to generate reimbursements, assigning some literacy and coaching…
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