Auburn School Committee approves $59.1 million budget
The School Committee agreed to designate up to an additional $200,000 to reduce the tax impact at the request of Mayor Jason Levesque.
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The School Committee agreed to designate up to an additional $200,000 to reduce the tax impact at the request of Mayor Jason Levesque.
The funding will come directly from the state and will not lead to a further increase in proposed tax impact, she said.
Of the 23.5 positions being cut, 15.5 are educators spread across all of Auburn's schools.
The Auburn school district has initiated the first comprehensive evaluation of school facilities in nearly 20 years.
Last month, Superintendent Cornelia Brown told school officials that the high school may not open as scheduled due to cost escalations.