On Tuesday, Royalton-Hartland residents voted 406-235 to approve the school district's $22.5 million budget. The budget comes with a 4.84 percent increase in the tax levy and a 1.47 percent increase in spending from the current $22.1 million budget.
The district had to make $645,000 in cuts. Among them...
* Elimination of transportation for universal pre-kindergarten ($73,000)
* $12,000 cut in extracurricular activities
* Elimination of three teacher aides ($49,000), a clerical position ($33,000), a math teacher ($55,000), a library media specialist ($66,000), a special education teacher ($58,000) and the elimination of a half of an administrator position ($45,000)
* A pair of $45,000 cuts in the materials and supplies budget line and the operations and maintenance budget line
* A $26,000 cut in athletics includes the elimination of an athletic trainer ($10,000). The budget does include varsity football, which was cut last year
Roy-Hart resident Kenneth Koch, incumbents Jeffrey Waters and Keith Bond were elected unopposed for three open seats with 473 votes, 498 votes and 484 votes resepctively. All are three-year terms.
The district had to make $645,000 in cuts. Among them...
* Elimination of transportation for universal pre-kindergarten ($73,000)
* $12,000 cut in extracurricular activities
* Elimination of three teacher aides ($49,000), a clerical position ($33,000), a math teacher ($55,000), a library media specialist ($66,000), a special education teacher ($58,000) and the elimination of a half of an administrator position ($45,000)
* A pair of $45,000 cuts in the materials and supplies budget line and the operations and maintenance budget line
* A $26,000 cut in athletics includes the elimination of an athletic trainer ($10,000). The budget does include varsity football, which was cut last year
Roy-Hart resident Kenneth Koch, incumbents Jeffrey Waters and Keith Bond were elected unopposed for three open seats with 473 votes, 498 votes and 484 votes resepctively. All are three-year terms.
