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District proposes $2.2 million bus purchases from reserves; transportation staffing and aid losses highlighted
Summary
Administrators proposed using reserves to buy 13 buses (about $2.2 million) and warned driver shortages, contracted-transportation costs and state 'non-allowable pupil' rules are costing the district significant aid.
At the third budget workshop, district operations staff reviewed building-level spending and transportation pressures and announced a proposed $2,200,000 purchase of buses to be funded from capital reserves.
Melanie Ward summarized building budgets and said the district expects roughly $64,000,000 in building-based budgets next year, with 94% going to staff salaries; she also noted increased participation in EMCC vocational programs through BOCES. “This year, for the first time in, I believe, 10 years, the…
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