Brighton Schools Submits Deficit Elimination Plan, $3.4 Million in Cuts Planned for 2013-14
Check out the full list of planned budget cuts School Board members approved Thursday night.
Brighton Board of Education members approved a list of more than $3.4 million in cuts for 2013-14.
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Brighton Area Schools Board of Education members voted 6-1 to approve a deficit elimination plan containing more than $3.4 million in budget cuts for the 2013-14 school year.
Board members voted on a list of almost almost $7.9 million in proposed cuts.
Superintendent Greg Gray clarified during the special meeting Thursday night that band, choir and other Schedule B and C programs were never going to be eliminated, but were on the list of cuts to find alternative funding sources.
Here are the items board members agreed to cut:
| Item | Cost Savings |
| Re-outsource Custodians | $170,000 |
| Outsource Hall Monitor | $8,000 |
| Teaching Reductions 10.5 FTE* | $1,142,547 |
| Paraprofessional reduction 3 FTE* | $78,016 |
| Media specialists share elementary 2 FTE* | $217,628 |
| Eliminate paraprofessionals in media centers if there is a media specialist |
$60,860 |
| Reinstate pay to play | $240,000 |
| Eliminate crossing guards | $10,700 |
| Eliminate swim paraprofessionals | $6,400 |
| Eliminate educational assistants | $112,008 |
| And Mileage | $1,100 |
| Eliminate textbook budget | $480,000 |
| Eliminate bus paraprofessionals | $132,500 |
| Restructure Principals | $312,279 |
| Instrumental Specialists | $45,479 |
| Curriculum stipends & testing strips | $111,500 |
| HR sub assistant | $2,500 |
| Reduce Community Education Budget | $250,000 |
| Reduce Athletic Budget | $100,000 |
* Full Time Equivalent (FTE)
Ginger Pasch Cox
3:16 pm on Friday, March 22, 2013
Thanks for keeping us all informed, Nicole.
hartland eagle
12:12 pm on Saturday, March 23, 2013
This is a debt elimination plan, not a defecit elimination plan, isn't it? This eliminates the district's accumulated debt. How much of these cuts can be restored in two years when the debt is eliminated? That is, how many of these cuts need to stay in place for annual expenses to match annual revenue?