Select Cuts: Area School Districts Deal with Budget Issues
Some tough decisions had to be made when faced with funding shortfalls.
With Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed budget cuts reducing state funding for public education, Montgomery County school districts have been forced to re-examine their own budgets and find new solutions to make up for lost funding. Norristown Area School District balanced the budget with a 2.198 percent millage tax increase and a reduction of services offered. The district will eliminate its Teen Parenting Program and Teen Day Care program, according to the budget. Five PRISM teachers, two speech clinicians, two physical education/health teachers, one technology teacher and one biology teacher were eliminated through attrition. Two PSSA teachers, one math coach and one community coordinator were eliminated by a realignment of the staff, …
