Scaling back and retooling preschool would restore middle school sports while maintaining elementary class sizes and saving three jobs. Superintendent Steven Constantino will present his change-up Tuesday night.
Debate has raged lately whether preschool criteria have become too lax in a program that costs almost $4 million for 380 children. Preschool went unscathed in the first budget proposal, while more than 50 positions, middle school sports and $951,000 in base reductions were cut.
Those cuts comprised $4.2 million of a $7 million gap, so Constantino sought $2.9 million more from the city and county. That still stands.
He?s now found that health insurance won?t rise as much as once thought, saving $344,575. Preschool reductions bring the total savings to $641,000, enabling Constantino to shift those funds elsewhere.Instead, preschool would undergo ?prioritization of students to be served.? It would also move preschool transportation to bus stops instead of door-to-door pickup.
Two preschool teachers, two preschool teacher assistants, a bus driver, and a bus aide are out, and the pre-school fuel budget is reduced.
The reductions help restore teacher-student ratios in the elementary schools. Three high school media assistant positions are also restored.
After the School Board discusses the changes Tuesday night, members will attend a joint meeting with City Council and the James City supervisors.?
Want to go? A public hearing on the proposed budget will start at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday, March 6, in Building F at the James City County Govern?ment Complex. A work session will follow at 7 p.m. The annual joint meeting will run 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday, March 7, at the James City County Law Enforcement Center off Opportunity Way
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