Brentwood Schools Look at Finances, Bond Issue a Possibility
A special committee will report to the board in January.
On the first day candidates for school boards can file to run in April, Brentwood incumbents Chris Jones and Regina Gahr arrived at the district office at 8 a.m. Brentwood Superintendent of Schools David Faulkner caught up current school board president Jones on a new committee tasked to look at the district’s bugdet and consider long-term financing. The district cut $739,000 from the budget in February to stay in the black. Though the committee is scheduled to report to the board on Jan. 15, which would allow time for an April vote on a bond issue, Faulkner said the purpose is to look at the district’s finances and say, “where are we? “(A bond issue) is not a forgone conclusion,” he said. The committee of 18 consists of staff members and …
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Ed
9:43 am on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Consolidation isn't the answer - we would need a bond issue to build a building large enough to consolidate both elementary schools - there probably isn't an appetite for a new building. And NO WAY should we consider consolidating with another district... I don't want to lose the character and quality of the education our kids are getting. So I will vote to support our school district. more ›