Monday night, the Board of Finance unanimously approved a by the Board of Education for the upcoming school year.
The budget is a 2.99 percent increase from this year’s $42.9 million total. The finance board approved the school board’s proposal without cutting anything.
“Our storyline is that 2013 is a year of balance and restraint,” Superintendent Jerome Belair told the board. “But as we know from other businesses and entities that have been successful, nothing can remain strong unless it continues to grow.”
The Board of Finance asked questions and reviewed the budget for almost three hours, but no board member proposed any cuts. The budget will be forwarded to the Representative Town Meeting for final approval in May.
2.---the board just now put health care out to bid????----you gotta be kidding the company I work for used to provide supermarket shopping for health care & you choosed what you wanted ----(now there isn't too much of a selection) but does the union care what the town provides for health care?---the town should've been shopping all along-----maybe there wouldn't have been those needless teacher layoffs------------stupidity---time to vote for a new Board of Finance too!