Carpenter: FY14 No Override Budget Doesn't Work
The Lincoln-Sudbury superintendent presented Sudbury's FINCOM with a $26.4M budget at Monday night's meeting; says the school needs more to help restore lost positions.
Scott Carpenter wants what is best for the students of Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School. And according to the superintendent, that mean working with a bigger budget. During Monday night's FINCOM meeting at Town Hall, Carpenter advised members the proposed no override budget of $26.7 million doesn't meet the needs of the school, which is expecting an increase in students by more than 50 next year. This budget doesn't keep up with the 52 additional students coming in next year," he said. "It's not educationally sound." Carpenter expressed a need for a"partial restore" budget of $27.2 million to help hire 8.66 new full-time equivalent staff. That would equal almost half of the staff the school lost to budget cuts over the past five years…
Albert Pierce
10:04 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I agree with some of "Karoles" points. If everyone is so concerned about what's going on at LS, why didn't anyone step up and run? Rada is a great guy and has been a great volunteer over the years but he's been on the committee a little too long. New blood is a good thing. That being said when nobody steps up and runs, new people with new ideas will never be a reality. more ›