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VoTech budget trimmed; Berwick trustees consider shared services for special‑education and business management
Summary
Board discussion of the VoTech preliminary budget described cuts that reduced an initial $700,000+ projected deficit to roughly $132,000–$184,000; administrators proposed shared services for a business manager and special‑education director (part‑time onsite coverage or contracted services) as a cost‑saving strategy to bridge the budget gap.
The board reviewed a revised VoTech preliminary budget that administrators said had been reduced significantly from an earlier projection (which staff described as around a $700,000 deficit) to an amount in the low‑to‑mid hundreds of thousands. The presenting official summarized reductions, retirements and potential positions that would shift costs, including not replacing two positions outright but pursuing shared services.
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