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Nordonia Hills board presents plan of roughly $1.5 million in savings, including staffing reductions
Summary
Superintendent and staff presented a multi‑part plan that the district says achieves about $1.5 million in savings through $548,719.35 in immediate appropriation reductions, $414,000 in next‑year budget reductions and about $585,000 from staffing changes, including a new annual approach to layoffs and targeted non‑replacements.
Mister Wright, the district superintendent, told the Nordonia Hills School District Board on March 18 that a month‑long review with department heads and principals produced roughly $1.5 million in cost reductions. He said the work began after a February resolution that directed him and board member Mister Kiffer to identify at least $1,000,000 in savings for the next school year.
"When we started talking about it, we had to make strategic decisions," Wright said, adding the district’s priority is to protect a "high quality educational program" while stretching every dollar.
Administrators described the savings in three categories: immediate appropriation reductions (about $548,719.35 that will appear as a decrease of appropriations on the agenda), reductions to the 2024–25 budget (about $414,000),…
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