Impact of cuts shown in district survey
A survey of school districts throughout the state showed that budget cuts were hitting home this year with 1,200 positions either remaining vacant or being eliminated this year.
The on line survey was conducted by the State Education Department to track “schools’ financial and staffing situations for the current school year.”
Of 532 districts in the state, 524 responded.
Perhaps most grim was the report that across the state 24 career teacher positions were eliminated in a year that the districts’ enrollment increased by 9,700 students.
Additionally given the current budget reduction, districts have cut 56 probationary teacher positions, seven counselor, 14 administrator and 235 support staff positions.
Administrative budgets are being cut across the state, and most districts cut somewhere between $1 and $20,000 from the budgets.
Ten schools have cut more than $100,000 from their administrative budgets.
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it still bothers me. every time i think about the state bugeting the 25 million for low water bridges in tulsa-jenks area. when the city it’s self turned it down in a vote! 25 million would have gone a long way for the schools!
I also remember Rep Randy Terrill shouting about all the hispanics in are schools. if i remember they were braking the backs of are school system. Let me ask this where is all the saving at . i read in an artical there was 30 million acording to him in oklahoma. he claimed thousand and thousands in are school district. Hmm
why isn’t my health insurance going down! all those illegal’s have left! randy terrill and the rebublican told us million would be saved.
my auto insurance has not gone down either from all those uninsured illegal’s,
I guess we can blame the drop in murder rate on the lack of not getting all those gun laws passed.
Do you think we will hear more lie’s from them this year!
school’s are being hit hard. watch the rebulicans push to close small schools so they can spend another 25 million on bull or should i say pad the pockets of there freinds.
sorry, if i insulted or hurt anyone feelings. but this is adding up on me . my insurance went up another 40.00 a month thats place me at 17,546.00 a year for my family. my work has been cut. most my wife income goes to are insurance. thanks to those good old boys now i have to worrie if my kids school is going to close. i kh=now of three in my county that just might close.
he republican’s now the hispanics ~ sorry illegals have left by the millions. ( what a joke) who are you going to make the bad guy to get reelected this year. can’t be obama. he gave you the stimulas to balance your buget. the buget you bragged about making. Now what you going to do. I really can’t wait to see how you spin this one.