Orange County commissioners hear two school districts budget requests
FOOTBALL SEASON.
>> IN CHAPEL HILL WILL BE DANA
LEE, WRAL NEWS.
>> NEEDS INSTEAD OF WANTS.
THAT'S HOW ONE ORANGE COUNTY
COMMISSIONER REACTED TO THE ASK
FROM THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS
FOR NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. THE
COUNTY SUPPORTS BOTH CHAPEL
HILL CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS AND
ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS. WRAL'S
MONICA CASEY SHOWS US HOW THEIR
DECISIONS WILL IMPACT NEARLY
18,000 STUDENTS IN THOSE 2
DISTRICTS
>> WE ARE CONCERNED WE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT GENERAL AND
STATE FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS
FOR TEACHERS CONCERNED THE MAIN
MOOD AT THE ORANGE COUNTY
COMMISSION MEETING WHERE 2
SCHOOL DISTRICTS PRESENTED
THEIR PROPOSED BUDGETS. EACH
HAS 2 CATEGORIES. THE
CONTINUATION BUDGET IS WHAT'S
NEEDED TO HOLD STEADY. THE
EXPANSION BUDGET COVERS NEW
INITIATIVES, CHAPEL HILL
CARRBORO CITY SCHOOLS IS ASKING
FOR 3.2, 5 MILLION IN
CONTINUATION AND ABOUT
7 MILLION IN EXPANSION. THE
CONTINUATION ASK IS FOR SALARY
BUMPS HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS
AND INFLATIONARY ADJUSTMENTS.
THE EXPANSION ASK WOULD FUND
CLASSIFIED SUPPLEMENT
INCREASES? BRING BACK MASTERS
LEVEL PAY AND REINSTATE SOME OF
THE POSITIONS THE DISTRICT HAD
TO CUT ORANGE COUNTY SCHOOLS IS
ASKING FOR 1.8 MILLION IN
CONTINUATION AND 2.3 MILLION AN
EXPANSION THAT CONTINUATION
ASKED IS FOR SALARY INCREASES.
>> THE EXPANSION ASK COVERS
TEACHER SUPPLEMENT INCREASES
CLASSIFIED SUPPLEMENT
INCREASES, AND A PAY BUMP FOR
BUS DRIVERS. ROUGH NUMBERS OF
EXPANSION AND
>> CONTINUATION IT PUTS IT AT
ABOUT 14 MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT WOULD EQUATE TO A 5 TO
$0.6 AT LEAST TAX INCREASE.
ORANGE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ACKNOWLEDGE MUCH OF THE
EXPANSION BUDGETS MAY NOT BE
POSSIBLE.
>> I HAVE SOME REAL HEARTBURN
OVER THIS LEVEL OF OF REQUESTS.
MOVING A LOOK AT. THE NEEDS.
AND SOME OF THE WANTS MAY NOT
HAPPEN.