DeWitt Schools trict with a deficit of about $2.3 million next school year, school officials said. But the district can reduce that shortfall to about $1.62 million by using one-time federal monies set aside to preserve teaching positions. Officials have proposed cutting 12.3 full-time teaching positions, including four in the high school, 2.3 in the junior high and 1.5 at the kindergarten level. At the high school, the cuts could affect math, science, art, industrial arts, Japanese, concert band, music appreciation and beginning guitar. The budget plan also calls for eliminating an assistant principal position at the junior high and reconfiguring the administrative staff. The support staff cuts would include two positions each from the media center and counseling staff. The district also plans to cut one morn-
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• Bath Township Precinct 4: Chapel Hills Methodist Church, 7501 Coleman Road, East Lansing. • Bath Township Precinct 5: Bath Community Center, 5959 Park Lake Road, Bath. • City of East Lansing Precinct 17: Bath Community Center, 5959 Park Lake Road, Bath.
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ing and one afternoon bus run and to reduce building supply costs by 10 percent. The new budget would be balanced with $378,000 from the district’s fund reserves, leaving it with a fund balance of about $1.6 million, or about 7 percent of the operating budget. The Board’s approval of the budget plan means administrators can start building the official budget, said Rob Spagnuolo, the district’s finance director. The state budget picture is still unclear, and school officials will revise the budget as needed, he said. A state Senate committee has proposed cutting aid to school districts by an additional $170 per student, significantly less than the governor has proposed. But the House proposal calls for an additional reduction of $285 per pupil. “We’re just trying to do the best we can with a really bad budget picture at the state level,” Spagnuolo said.
• Olive Township: Olive Twp. Hall, 1400 W. Pratt Road, DeWitt. • Riley Township: Riley Twp. Hall, 8016 S. Francis Road, DeWitt. • Victor Township: Victor Twp. Hall, 6843 Alward Road, Laingsburg. • Watertown Township: Watertown Twp. Hall, 12803 Wacousta Road in Wacousta. • Woodhull Twp.: Bath Middle School auditorium, 13675 Webster Road, Bath.
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