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East Troy board approves $530,000 in impact needs; administration plans to use fund balance to cover projected shortfall
Summary
Board approved a package of budget 'impact needs' including Act 20 training, an elementary reading interventionist, middle-school FTEs for agriculture and Spanish, special‑education staffing changes and technology refreshes; administration estimated a $190k shortfall and said it can cover $200k–$300k from fund balance.
The East Troy Community School District board approved a package of budget "impact needs" on March 18 that together total about $530,000 and include staffing additions, mandated literacy training under state Act 20 and infrastructure updates.
Administrators presented six primary items described as "impact needs": implementation of Act 20 professional learning (a 55‑hour science‑of‑reading training for K–3 teachers), an elementary reading interventionist to meet the law’s screening and intervention requirements, one middle‑school agriculture FTE and one shared middle/high school Spanish FTE, a reconfiguration of teaching‑and‑learning leadership, conversion of up to 18 special‑education paraprofessionals to fuller hours…
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