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Berwick Area School District faces $2.9 million budget gap; board weighs attrition-based staff cuts
Summary
At a work session, district staff outlined a projected $2.9 million deficit and presented options to reduce the shortfall — chiefly attrition-driven staffing changes that would avoid layoffs but raise elementary class sizes and cut some curriculum and technology spending.
At a Berwick Area School District work session, district staff presented a projected $2.9 million budget shortfall and a menu of options to narrow the gap, emphasizing changes designed to avoid layoffs.
A staff member leading the budget discussion said the $2.9 million figure “does not include any increase in real estate tax” and cautioned that expected state revenue — about $848,000 in the governor’s proposal — is uncertain. “I don't count money before we have it,” the staff member said.
The proposals the district described center on reducing positions through retirement and attrition rather than involuntary layoffs. One modeled option would…
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