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Londonderry board presses superintendent for cut scenarios, restores fifth-grade science books
Summary
At a Jan. budget workshop, the Londonderry School Board reviewed a roughly $60 million proposed operating budget, voted 5-0 to restore fifth-grade science textbooks, debated reinstating a North School teacher (motion withdrawn) and asked the superintendent to model $200,000 and larger reduction scenarios for the Jan. 6 follow-up meeting.
The Londonderry School Board asked the superintendent on Monday to return with concrete options to narrow a proposed operating budget while it approved restoring a missing fifth-grade science textbook set.
Superintendent Nate Greenberg presented a budget that administration described as roughly $60 million, noting it stands a small amount above the current operating budget but remains below the statutory "default" budget. A staff presenter said contractual updates discovered after printing altered health, dental and property-insurance lines; the resulting adjusted proposal was described in the meeting materials as about $73,000 above this year's operating budget and roughly $1.43 million below the default budget.
Board members focused much of the discussion on how to present reductions and on where to find savings…
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