Gill-Montague plans on staff increases for next school year
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 2/7/2021 6:01:25 PM
MONTAGUE New school staff positions for pandemic-related needs are the major increases in a $24.1 million budget proposal that is set to be presented at the Gill-Montague Regional School District’s budget hearing next week.
After the budget hearing, which is scheduled for Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., the School Committee may continue to modify the budget before a final vote on March 9, at which time the committee will send the budget proposal to the district’s member towns.
Gill-Montague faces potentially tight budget year
Turners Falls High School and Great Falls Middle School. Staff File Photo/PAUL FRANZ
Published: 1/13/2021 9:46:11 PM
MONTAGUE The Gill-Montague Regional School District’s budget for next school year will seek to make up for students’ academic and social losses this year, but will be challenged if state support slows due to the pandemic.
A preliminary budget discussed by the School Committee this week is worth over $24.1 million, which would be a 2.6 percent increase over the current year’s budget of about $23.5 million.
But, expectations of funding sources are not yet fully clear, partly due to uncertainty over whether state support for public schools may change to make up for schools’ losses related to the pandemic, said Gill-Montague Business Manager Joanne Blier.