Shelton schools chief: Keeping current staff, services would cost $1.8M
Brian Gioiele
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Exterior view of the Board of Education offices in Shelton, Conn. Nov. 5, 2020.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut Media
SHELTON Maintaining current school district services with the required contractual increases next fiscal year would still require a nearly $2 million budget increase, according to school administrators.
School Finance Director Rick Belden presented a 2021-22 fiscal year budget with no additions to the Board of Education during its first budget workshop on Tuesday. The result, according to Belden, would still mean a $1,812,596 jump from the present fiscal year.
The school budget has stood at $72,765,000 for the past two years, the result each year being reductions in staff and services to meet the figure. By maintaining the present staff and services, Belden said the budget would increase to $74,577,596.