EASD Looks to Cut Deficit
There's a $7 million gap in the 2012-2013 Easton Area School District budget.
The Easton Area School District should dip into its budgetary reserve -- and could have to cut staff -- to help fill a $7 million budget gap, the district's business manager told the school board Tuesday. Michael Simonetta says the district should take $3 million from its $13 million assigned surplus to help balance the $138 million budget for 2012-2013. But even that won't be enough to close the gap completely, Simonetta said during the board's finance committee meeting. He also said the district will need to cut spending by $4 million. "I think this is a fairly grim picture," said Board Member Robert Moskaitis, who said things are all the more bleak when you factor in another possible tax increase. Simonetta said the district has a …
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Ronnie DelBacco
1:02 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012
(part two) 4. The district SHOULD NOT COLLECT and distribute union dues. The EAEA is a private, political organization which bargains against the tax payer and then benefits from the district finance services. Like every other membership organization the EAEA should be collecting their own membership dues, not depend on the district to do it for them. I would also argue that the current system of… more ›