Friday, April 30, 2004
Ross schools raise fees, make cuts for next year
By Sue Kiesewetter
Enquirer contributor
ROSS TWP. - Increasing pay-to-participate and school fees, combined with spending cuts, will allow the Ross Local Schools to trim about $700,000 during the upcoming school year.
Those changes, combined with about $30,000 in spending reductions already imposed following last month's levy defeat, should lessen an anticipated deficit during the 2006-2007 school year for the southwestern Butler County district.
The board has decided to put a money issue on the Nov. 2 ballot. Superintendent David McWilliams said administrators are looking at the possibility of putting an income tax on the ballot rather than another property tax.
No teachers will be hired unless needed because of growth, which means class sizes will increase, McWilliams said. If teachers need to be hired, the district would hire only first-year teachers to save costs.
McWilliams said most of the cuts would be restored if an issue is approved in November.
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