The township schools will lay off 39 district employees under a $138 million budget approved by the Board of Education on Wednesday, the app reports. The budget carries a $72.4 million tax levy. It is expected to pay for such technology infrastructure improvements as broadband cable and new telephones as well as boost tuition funding by more than 26 percent, school officials said. The tax levy would raise the tax rate 4 percent, or 3.4 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The owner of a house valued at $350,000 would pay $119 more in school tax. Voters will decide on the budget's tax levy April 21. The layoffs for next school year are expected to affect elementary, foreign language and special education teachers, administrators said. They are not expected to involve core departments such as literacy or math, Assistant Superintendent William Andersen said. Superintendent Eugenia Lawson said the reductions would not hurt the district's efforts to meet state standards. "We had to look at cost-saving measures," Lawson said. "We had to give a budget that the county would approve."
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Lakewood Board Ok's Budget 39 Face Layoffs Including Special Ed
The township schools will lay off 39 district employees under a $138 million budget approved by the Board of Education on Wednesday, the app reports. The budget carries a $72.4 million tax levy. It is expected to pay for such technology infrastructure improvements as broadband cable and new telephones as well as boost tuition funding by more than 26 percent, school officials said. The tax levy would raise the tax rate 4 percent, or 3.4 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The owner of a house valued at $350,000 would pay $119 more in school tax. Voters will decide on the budget's tax levy April 21. The layoffs for next school year are expected to affect elementary, foreign language and special education teachers, administrators said. They are not expected to involve core departments such as literacy or math, Assistant Superintendent William Andersen said. Superintendent Eugenia Lawson said the reductions would not hurt the district's efforts to meet state standards. "We had to look at cost-saving measures," Lawson said. "We had to give a budget that the county would approve."
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