St. J Struggles to Revise School Budget

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Created on Tuesday, 01 April 2014 14:31
Written by Jessie Slater

St. Johnsbury School BudgetST.JOHNSBURY- St.Johnsbury school board is having trouble making revisions to their previous failed budget. Due to numerous school budget failures across Vermont, the state tax increase has been lowered from seven cents, to four cents. The tax decrease will automatically lower St.Johnsbury's budget that is currently being revised.

 

Another meeting was held last night in St.Johnsbury so that the board could hear more feedback from taxpayers and figure out where revisions can be made.

Board member, Tony Greenwood says, "I am really not in favor of any cuts, so for me, absolutely, positively, every cut will be painful."

Since sixty percent of the budget is unable to be revised because it pays for high school tuition, many people are in agreement that the board should cut worker positions to save money in the revised budget.

The board plans on releasing the new budget proposal on April 17th, and voting will beheld on April 24th at the Father Lively Center.