Brighton Schools Submits Deficit Elimination Plan, $3.4 Million in Cuts Planned for 2013-14

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)