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Board hears Morristown-closure savings estimates, including shuttle busing and staffing changes
Summary
Superintendent Winter presented line-item savings tied to a possible Morristown closure, listing shuttle busing at about $55,605, staff mileage, clerical and maintenance savings and noting some amounts are estimates and utilities are unknown. The board deferred final decisions to the regular meeting.
District staff presented estimated line-item savings tied to a possible closure of the Morristown facility. The presentation listed shuttle busing at an estimated $55,605; staff mileage between buildings $4,000; clerical savings $35,152; a nurse assistant position savings of $37,523 (with a note that some time might be added back or positions reorganized); maintenance savings $63,163; and technology savings of $15,500 — aggregating to roughly $210,943 for the listed categories. Food-service savings of about $24,000 were noted as estimated and recorded in a different fund; additional utilities savings were listed as unknown.
Superintendent Mark Winter cautioned that moving $130,000 from Maintenance to LTFM could delay planned projects or otherwise require funds be taken from long-term facilities accounts. Board members asked for enrollment and class-size detail as they weighed program and personnel tradeoffs. No formal action on closure was taken at the work session; the board asked staff to prepare recommendations for the regular meeting.
