Increased Fees and Spending Cut in Loudoun Schools

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Here are some of the fee increases and spending cuts that the Loudoun County School Board approved in the final $733 million budget members passed Monday. The budget represents a cut of 1.7 percent in overall school spending and a cut of 6.4 percent in local funding, compared with the current fiscal year.

The School Board:

-- Imposed an athletic fee of $100 per student per sport.

-- Increased the student parking fee from $25 to $200 per year.

-- Cut spending on buses for after-school activities and field trips by 25 percent.

-- Required students to pay all fees for Advanced Placement tests.

-- Delayed plans to install interactive white boards in kindergarten through fifth grade.

-- Eliminated pay increases for employees.

-- Increased co-pays and deductibles for employee health care.

-- Reduced funding for staff development.

-- Eliminated the use of the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills in elementary and middle schools.

-- Reduced overtime and part-time salaries.

-- Delayed the purchase of new band uniforms for Park View and Stone Bridge high schools.

-- Reduced funding for instructional materials and textbooks.

-- Reduced funding for substitute teachers.

-- Reduced funding for services related to land acquisition and school construction.

Tagged: budget, Loudoun County Public Schools, school board, schools

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Hatrick is a complete bozo and Adamo is close behind. Adamo could not plan his way out of a paper bag. This guy has no idea how to plan. Hatrick, how about giving back your stipend, county tax payer funded car, and your ridiculous trips around the world for nothing.

You make the kids pay to play and park but you feel its okay for us to pay your salary, car and stipend for your mortgage.

Even with all this money you have created a school system that is behind Clarke County, WV in quality of education.

Its about time the BOS backed you into a corner. Lets see how you do with the budget now when you dont have a neverending well of money to waste.

Posted by drivingsongdisco (anonymous) on April 16, 2009 at 8:48 a.m. (Suggest removal)

drivingsongdisco

Geography lesson: Clarke County is in Virginia and it is in fact, the next county west of Loudoun proving you don’t get out much. Let me guess, you home school and love Sara Palin.

Posted by waxtraxs (anonymous) on April 18, 2009 at 1:12 p.m. (Suggest removal)

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