[Speed Gibson,
Monday January 14, 2008 at 11:14pm]
District 281 - School Board Work Session
Tomorrow, Tuesday, January 15, the Robbinsdale Area Schools (281) will make its decision on budget cuts. Tonight (Monday) was a work session to hash it out one more time among 5 options to cut a total of $5 million from the 2008-09 budget.
This work session was a success in that it is now down to two options - close Northport Elementary or close none at all this coming year. The Board is as evenly split as it can be, and all gave good reasons to support their point of view.
This is new ground for 281, having for the first time to consider closing a school for financial reasons, not declining enrollment from the baby boom era.
I'll have more to say tomorrow night once the vote is final.
This work session was a success in that it is now down to two options - close Northport Elementary or close none at all this coming year. The Board is as evenly split as it can be, and all gave good reasons to support their point of view.
This is new ground for 281, having for the first time to consider closing a school for financial reasons, not declining enrollment from the baby boom era.
I'll have more to say tomorrow night once the vote is final.