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for school expenditures)” Estabrook said. “It’s mighty tight.”
Several line items an running in the red, the superintendent noted. Under “other instructional costs,” expenditure has outstripped appropriation by $14,300, the result of a court decision in a special education cases that went against the School Board. The budget shows a $10,000 shortfall in “electrical service” as well. “We were asked to cut that considerably even though the rates were going up and we had a contract for an electrically heated building,” Estabrook recalled.
In addition, the board’s insurance consultant “misread insurance premiums to the tune of $5,500” while an error by the insurance company that carries the board’s workmen’s compensation coverage led to another underestimate' of $5,146, according to the superintendent. “That adds up to a to(Continued
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