Saturday, March 18, 2000
CPS turns attention to job cuts
End of month is deadline for administrators
BY JAMES PILCHER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati Public School administrators have until March 31 to decide which administrative jobs will be cut as they put together a budget that eliminates $18 million from their original proposal.
CPS also has until the end of April to decide which teacher contracts to renew, even if next year's final budget may not yet be approved by the school board.
“We've still got a little bit of time, and we are working on several options and scenarios,” CPS treasurer Richard Gardner said Friday. “We're looking at all areas, and we don't know yet what will be cut.”
Last week, the board ordered administrators to present a new budget that includes cuts to ensure the district doesn't incur any debt.
The shortfall over what administrators had hoped to budget was caused when voters this month defeated a levy proposal that would have raised $38 million a year.
The board must approve the final budget by July 1, the beginning of the fiscal year.
The original proposed budget called for nearly $377 million in spending, $315 million of which is required either by state regulations or contracts with teachers and other staff.
Superintendent Steven Adamowski has recommended the district borrow an additional $25 million to make up the difference created by the defeated levy.
The board instead told administrators to take another look at next year's budget, saying they need to rebuild the budget instead of adding on to existing programs.
Mr. Gardner said that those who are notified they are losing their jobs this summer may still be kept if money is found or the board decides to borrow the money.
“But we don't give them the notice and then wink at them and say, "You'll be staying,'” said Mr. Gardner, who is leaving in May to become treasurer of the Mason school district.
“When we make the notice, we have every intention of letting that person go, as painful as that is.”
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