A proposed 2002-03 budget for Cincinnati Public Schools shows a 2.2 percent increase over last year.

        Board members got their first look Wednesday at Superintendent Steven Adamowski's recommendations in the $437 million budget. July 1 is the target date for approving the budget.

        Key priorities include:

        • Improved instruction.

        • Support for the Facilities Master Plan implementation.

        • Increased health services.

        • Expanded professional development.

        • Principal leadership development.

        • Improved support and training for local school leaders.

        • Implementation of community learning centers.

        Among items included in a list of $2.5 million in new expenditures:

        • $695,500 for increasing nursing services, providing a school nurse for every 750 students to meet minimum standards of the Ohio Department of Health and American Academy of Pediatrics.

        • $421,200 for expanding school-based professional development to an additional 20 schools.

        • $367,100 for school maintenance to implement the 10-year Facilities Master Plan.

        • $191,767 for two new curriculum managers in World Language and Visual and Performing Arts.

        The district budgeted an additional $1,175,200 for charter schools, bringing the total to $24.7 million. About 4,400 students eligible to attend CPS are enrolled in charter schools.

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