Deliberative Session - School District - Article II - a 10% cut?
Article II defined the budget for the School District. Barbara Aichinger took exception to the budget, which Dave Horvath correctly pointed out that current spending is around $18,000 per student (soon to be $19,000). State average is around $12,000; national average is around $10,000.
Given the current economic climate, she felt that the budget was way too high and submitted an amendment to cut 10%. Certainly, there were the more conservative folks that stood up in support (including myself - heck, I had tried to cut a million out during the Budget Season):
In the end, however, the motion to cut was defeated 81-19. Simply put, I believe that those that benefit from the spending (am not talking just parents) showed up in larger force than those of the "defend the taxpayers".
