BY ANDREAS YILMA
REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
PROSPECT Long River Middle School has, for the second time, been designated a New England League of Middle School Spotlight School.
Officials were notified at the end of June that the Region 16 middle school, which serves Beacon Falls and Prospect,
By Elio Gugliotti, Editor
PROSPECT Proposed staff cuts dominated the initial budget discussions on Region 16’s spending plan for the 2021-22 fiscal year.
Superintendent of Schools Michael Yamin on Feb. 24 presented a $41 million budget proposal for 2021-22 to the Board of Education. The proposal would increase overall school spending for the region, which is composed of Beacon Falls and Prospect, by $305,905, or 0.75% over this fiscal year. It would mark the first increase in overall school spending since the 2017-18 fiscal year.
The proposal includes about $763,000 worth of staff reductions through layoffs and a couple retirements. The plan cuts the assistant principal position at Long River Middle School, six teachers, one guidance counselor and one instructional aide. One certified substitute position would be reduced to a non-certified position.