Superintendent outlines $4M-plus plan for new state funds, seeks January board OK

Superintendent Doctor Sanchez told the Southeast Delco School District Board on Dec. 11 that the district will receive a new $2.5 million Ready to Learn allocation this school year and additional basic and special-education funds, and proposed a roughly $4 million plan to spend the dollars on staffing and student supports. "This district is receiving another $2,500,000 that we have to use this school year," Doctor Sanchez said.

The plan aggregates multiple funding streams: an increase in basic education funding of about $570,778, special-education funding of roughly $239,042, and an estimated $2 million in reinvested cyber charter savings; Doctor Sanchez said the proposed package accounts for about $4,000,000 with an additional $2,400,000 not yet allocated. "We have over 1,000 students at Southeast Delco who are identified as children with special needs," he said, noting that special-education needs are driving much of…