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Harder To Recruit
"The more you take out of teachers’ salaries, the harder it will be to attract quality, experienced teachers,” Bloomer said. He added, however, that cutting the category by $3,000 “won't hurt us too much.”
“Well, we’ve got a dime,” said Wood, adding $3,000 from teachers’ salaries to $13,000 from capital outlay. “1 want to start on the second one...I don’t know how but 1 know it’s there and I want to get it," he added, raising the possibility of cutting the gasoline appropriation to an amount based on $1.75 per gallon rather than $2.
With little argument, the supervisors and school board members agreed to reduce the transportation appropriation by $10,000, bringing the total cut from the school budget to $26,000.
In addition, the supervisors voted to keep categorical control over the school budget, meaning that the school board will have to request authorization for shifting funds between categories.
Also, the school board members agreed to keep the supervisors better informed on any potential litigation facing their board.
Eastham described legal fees paid to Phillip Stone, school law expert, as “insurance premiums” but assured the supervisors that the school board will also use the services of Commonwealth’s Attorney Douglas Baumgardner. “That young man’s salary is being increased so much we ought to use him when we can and we intend to.”
Finishing with cuts to school proposals, the supervisors turned to adding allocations to the county’s 1980-81 budget. By unanimous vote, they upped
93.8%