Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Richfield School Board adopted a new budget which could result in more money at the end of the 2011-12 school year and possibly reduce the number of layoffs at the end of this year.
Richfield School Board continued to try to balance the books in the face of financial difficulties at its regular meeting Monday night as it adopted a revised budget, which may reduce the number of teaching positions the board already agreed to eliminate for the 2011-12 school year. The new budget revisions resulted in a projected general fund balance $2,293, 793, or 5 percent of expenditures, at the end of the 2012 year. Jason Mutzenberger, district supervisor of financial service for Richfield Public Schools, said the 5 percent is up from the initial 2.5 percent approved by the board earlier in 2011. "Most revenue adjustments are due to state recalculations based on updated enrollment numbers and revised budget assumptions," said …
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Tuesday, March 8, 2011
The Richfield Public Schools District prepares for reduction in personnel, larger class sizes for the next school year.
Richfield Public Schools (RPS) are facing a significant budget crunch, forcing the district to cut teachers and increase class size. At the March 7 regular meeting of the Richfield School Board, the board voted unanimously in support of a resolution that would cut approximately 17 full-time teachers and other personnel from district staff. "We don't want to do that but are hands are tied in that we have no more money to reduce out of any of the other budgets," said Superintendent Bob Slotterback at Monday's regular meeting. The resolution calls for a discontinuation of about 29 (28.2906) full-time equivalent positions from the district in the 2011-2012 school year. Within this number, 17 would be continuing contract teachers. "In addition …
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Richfield School Board plans to cut teachers and other school workers in order to balance the districts budget.
Due to a loss in state funding, the Richfield Public School District is expecting a $1.1 million reduction in its budget for next year, which will result in a cut in teachers, Superintendent Bob Slotterback announced at the school board's Tuesday night meeting. The district has exhausted other methods of spending reduction, according to Slotterback, and will now need to reduce personnel. "This positions us to be able to effectively bring proposed cuts into next year's spending [so we are] able to balance our budget," Slotterback said. In anticipation of this measure, the school board approved an adjustment in class-size targets, which Slotterback said would give district principals a sense about the number of teachers they will have to …
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U.S. House Rep. Keith Ellison stops by the Richfield City Council meeting to give an update; council approves multiple resolutions and ordinances.
As nearly every city and state is battling to balance local budgets, it’s no secret that the federal government is also struggling to do so, too. U.S. House Rep. Keith Ellison (D-District 5) made a brief visit to the Richfield City Council meeting to talk about what he and the U.S. legislature are currently working on. “There will be a budget battle which is going to deal with the entire [federal government’s] budget,” Ellison said. “[President Obama] put forth his budget … and we have yet to receive the Republican House budget and the Senate has not yet put [it’s] up.” President Obama’s budget included cuts to heat assistance programs, which would be something Ellison said he would fight to leave unharmed since it is so important to cold-…
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Caitlin Burgess
4:44 pm on Sunday, April 1, 2012
@Kristen: I'll take a peek around and see what I find! more ›