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the special services coordinator lies partly in the steady decline of the county’s school enrollment over the past several years, leaving the central office with what the board sees as a top-heavy administration. In addition, noted assistant John McCarthy, the coordinator’s duties fall in three separate categories — gifted and talented programs, special education and Chapter I. The three could be split among the assistant superintendent and the two assistant principals, a practice followed in other school divisions, Mr. McCarthy said.
(This third central office administrator was proposed by the School Board five years ago. In making cuts to the bottom line of the school budget, the supervisors noted that the salary for the new position comprised part of the reduction. The School Board, however, funded the position, transferring the money from other budget categories to instruction to make up the difference. The following year, the supervisors began their now standard practice of approving the school budget by categories.)
After the board voted the final category, giving the 1987-88 school budget a total of $3,407,792 — up $167,971 from this year’s $3,407,792 — former School Board member Robert Eastham gave his blessings. “So far, so good,” he said, telling the supervisors that categorical approval is “the only way you can get a grip on it.” But he called for one more step. “Pin down with the School Board . . . get it dear what categories they are using for this budget and what line items are included in each category.”
Chairman Hubert Gilkey had a last request. “We’d like a final working copy of the school budget (showing the new line item totals),” he told the superintendent.
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