You don't hear much about the school district in news. You always hear about what our city council has done or will be doing, as the school board and the district just do there business with no real reporting done on them.
Once again the school district will face some major choices and the process will start on Tuesday night at the board meeting. The district again faces budget problems do to declining population.
Nearly $1.5 million in budget cuts and more than $1 million in new spending will appear before the Duluth School Board on Tuesday for approval.
From restructuring the elementary school day to enhancing school security, more than two dozen recommendations will be voted on Tuesday, months ahead of when budget changes have been approved in past years.
District staff, board members and community members have submitted and discussed countless budget recommendations during the past four months as the district sought a solution to its $1.5 million deficit. The district's total general fund budget is about $88 million.
The deficit is the result of declining enrollment and of the cost of living outpacing state funding, Superintendent Keith Dixon said.
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