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(Continued from Page 1) tal of 536,000 we've had to absorb in a budget that was extremely skimpy to begin with,” Estabrook said.
“We’ve tried very hard and we will continue to do so through the balance of this year to bring this budget in...This has been a bear to administrate,” the superintendent added.
And a prediction of success is “somewhat iffy,” Estabrook said, adding that several bills are hard to pinpoint. At the very least, the School Board will have to ask the supervisors for authority to transfer funds from categories whre an overage is anticipated to categories “where we know we’ll fall short.”
In past years, it has been the School Board’s practice to fill fuel oil tanks and coal bins at both schools before the close of the fiscal year. That practice may have to be abandoned in order to keep within the $2,564,862 appropriation approved by the supervisors for the current year, the superintendent cautioned.
“I know we have to live within our budget but I’m concerned about being able to purchase educational equipment and supplies we’d planned to get this year,” said board member Nancy Reeve. She asked if school administrators and teachers are being told they can’t buy equipment and supplies already approved in order to
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