Budget cuts are once again a point of tension for Dunlap School District 323.
When the original agenda for Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting was made public, budget cuts were listed as an agenda item, but were removed in the days leading up to the meeting. Superintendent Dr. Scott Dearman opened the meeting by addressing the reversal, saying new information caused the board to reconsider the cuts. The most promising update was news of another stimulus on its way to the district worth $1.17 million.
“That money, of course, has stipulations tied to it, but some of those stipulations were things that we were going to need to do anyway.so that’s certainly going to help our bottom line,” said Dearman.