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Board hears $3.3 million estimate for late bussing; superintendent says service unaffordable without cuts
Summary
Superintendent presented a memo estimating roughly $3.3 million to add late bussing for private and parochial schools, saying implementing that service would require cutting programs or increasing class sizes; the board did not adopt changes to the proposed budget at the meeting.
Dr. Loper raised the recurring request for late bussing to serve private and parochial school students and said he shared a cost memo from Mr. McDade estimating the expense at about $3,300,000.
"The cost to that, as per the memo for mister McDade, is about $3,300,000," Dr. Loper said, and he warned that adding late bussing would force the district to eliminate newly proposed programs, increase class sizes, or identify new revenue to cover the expense.
He noted the board has discussed late bussing in past years and asked whether members wanted to revise the proposed budget to include it; the board did not vote to revise the budget during this meeting and moved the budget back to committee for further review.
