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Public Forum Tonight on Twinsburg Schools Budget Cuts

The meeting will be held at the R.B. Chamberlin Middle School auditorium tonight at 7 p.m.

The will have some big decisions to make, and they will need help from the community.

The first of two public forums to present potential budget reduction options and hear from residents is tonight at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.

Superintendent Kathryn Powers hopes to both present the options they are looking at and hear input from the community. The goals of both the school board and administration are to be transparent with this entire process to the community and to get feedback from parents and residents.

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"We have alot of questions yet ourselves," Powers said. "We're interested in hearing from the community."

The list of reduction options features six categories that encompass the district: Certificated personnel, administrative personnel, classified and support personnel, operational, cost avoidance, and supplemental programming options. .

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“We are facing some very serious financial challenges,” Board President Ron Stuver said at a Nov. 16 meeting. “It’s going to require some very difficult financial decisions.”

According to the district’s five-year financial forecast, it will start deficit spending by $2.3 million this year and would have a cash fund deficit of $30.5 million by 2016. Once it starts operating in the red, the state would come in and take over the district.

“I want to really stress that these are just options at this point,” Powers said. “We have not made any firm decisions moving forward.”

Look for coverage of tonight's meeting tomorrow morning on Twinsburg Patch.


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