Council clarifies figures for school programs; superintendent cites data-entry typo
Councilor Boston questioned order figures for the school essential programs budget; Superintendent Ray said a keystroke error in the formula caused the discrepancy and staff corrected the order before the council approved it.
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During discussion of the school essential programs and services budget (Order 3C), Councilor Boston raised a procedural question because the order printout did not show amounts clearly and she could not reconcile the local allocation line with the order number. Boston said she saw a line that appeared as "$39,874.09" and asked whether she was looking at the correct order.
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