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Mentor school board scrutinizes professional development spending and eyes subscription cuts
Summary
Board members pressed district staff April 14 to identify cuts to professional development and digital subscriptions as part of a multi‑year $10 million reduction plan; Ms. Ayala said she was "a little bit shocked" by the district's PD spending and urged prioritizing subscription and PD reductions over staff layoffs.
At its April 14 meeting, the Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education pressed district staff to narrow the district's professional development (PD) and digital subscription spending as part of a five‑year, $10 million budget‑reduction plan.
"I was a little bit shocked by especially for the amount spent in professional development," said board member Ms. Ayala, who asked staff for an itemized accounting of PD and subscription costs and urged the board to explore cuts that would avoid reducing…
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