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Schenectady budget proposal includes 39 new positions | The Daily Gazette
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The Schenectady school board Wednesday night approved a nearly $219 million budget proposal with no tax levy increase that will go up for voter approval May 18.
The proposal is bolstered by a $14 million spending increase over the current budget, about 7 percent, and includes 39 new staff positions. About $8 million of the budget would fund year-to-year increase in salaries, benefits and other rising costs.
The new positions include:
6 elementary classroom teachers, who will be deployed to classes with a large number of students;
12 staff to create an 8-period school day at the middle school, increasing scheduling flexibility for students and enabling a special homeroom-like class to support students;
Schenectady school board weighs how to spend $60 million federal windfall | The Daily Gazette
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New reading and math specialists for every Schenectady school. Thousands of hours each year in before and after school tutoring. Dozens of new social workers, psychologists and school counselors. A $1 million expansion of summer enrichment programs.
The Schenectady school board on Wednesday started discussions over how to spend an estimated $60 million in federal aid expected to flow to the district over the next four years.
Interim Superintendent Aaron Bochniak during a special budget meeting Wednesday night outlined for the school board a suggested path to using the money over the coming years. He proposed thinking of the federal aid as a massive grant – about $15 million per year over four years – and focusing on expanding student support services like reading and math specialists, tutoring, after school programs and providing more academic support during a summe
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