Friday, May 11, 2012
The Woodland Hills School Board is assessing a number of proposed cuts and reductions as it tries to balance a budget.
The Woodland Hills School Board unveiled a number of proposed budget cuts Wednesday, along with a plan that would consolidate bus routes and eliminate school bus monitors. The cuts would save the district $257,000 by reducing security, closing swimming pools in the Woodland Hills Junior High School and Woodland Hills Academy, and eliminating the College Now program and IN Woodland Hills, a free quarterly magazine. The bus consolidation plan is expected to save the district $1 million. None of the measures has come to a vote yet. The board discussed the possibilities at its regular meeting. Assistant Superintendent Alan Johnson, who is filling in for Superintendent Walter Calinger for the remainder of the school year, said the proposed …
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
An open letter from assistant superintendent Alan Johnson recently was posted on the Woodland Hills website. Here it is.
- OPINION
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
By Alan Johnson The Public School Code of Pennsylvania requires that each local school district in the state develop and pass a budget for the coming school year. The first step in this process is for the school board to accept and approve a “working” budget that must be submitted to the state no later than May 31, 2012. Once the working budget is approved, it is posted for public review, and then revisions can and will be made by the administration and the school board over a period of 30 days, to arrive at a final budget that must be adopted no later than June 30, 2012. In Pennsylvania, the fiscal year for school districts begins on July 1. The final budget, as well as the “working” budget proposal MUST be balanced before it is …
Thursday, April 19, 2012
A budget proposal with dire program cuts didn't make it past Wednesday's meeting.
The Woodland Hills School Board voted Wednesday to scrap a preliminary budget that sought to eliminate or restructure the district’s kindergarten and pre-K programs and raise taxes to patch a funding gap. The unanimous vote came after the board approved notifications that it may furlough both professional and support staff in the wake of reduced state funding. A budget must be approved within 30 days of June 13. “It’ll be a long couple months,” board president Marilyn Messina said. Messina said she doesn’t support a tax increase or eliminating kindergarten education but is willing to rethink how they are run. “I just can’t do that as an educator,” Messina said. “Modifications—yes. But a total cut-out, no.” Tara Reis, a board member who …
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
Letter writer urges elected officials to tax corporations, too.
- GOVERNMENT
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Sunday, March 11, 2012
I am writing to urge you not to support Gov. Corbett’s budget as proposed with its devastating and disproportionate cuts in education. I believe education always is valuable to the individuals, the families, the cities, states and the country. Without education, we will not be able to compete with the other countries. Our children will not be able to better themselves or gain solid employment. The advantages that the United States has had, our country’s fortitude and ingenuity are as a result of—not in spite of—the education we provide our children. I urge legislators to find another way to bring costs in line, if that indeed is the problem. If the U.S. Supreme Court has determined (in the ruling of People v. Citizens United) that …
Miriam Meislik Lee
1:43 pm on Friday, June 1, 2012
My son attended Kindergarten and First Grade there. I really hope they keep it as it is. It is definitely one of the stronger schools in the district. more ›