Last week I sent an email to all staff to let them know of my recommended expenditure reductions for next year. The $1.25 million in cuts includes raising the pupil to teacher ratio by .5. While the sky is not falling, ($1.25 million is less than 1% of this year’s general fund) this pending change does indicate that our task of preparing our students to be successful in a dynamic world will become a little bit harder. That is the bad news.
The good news is that KPBSD has a competent workforce who does what it takes to provide a quality education to our students. All the residents of our borough need to recognize this and should be comfortable that the borough’s investment in our schools is money well spent. For those who do not feel that there is a good return on this investment, please visit your neighborhood school and ask a staff member why the local money for schools is critical to our students’ success. I know that our teachers, custodians, food service workers, nurses, aides and principals will all tell you that KPBSD schools are well run and that our students are doing well. To maintain this response will require an adequate level of funding that periodically includes a modest increase. It is not too early to have this conversation.
Return on investment
Last week I sent an email to all staff to let them know of my recommended expenditure reductions for next year. The $1.25 million in cuts includes raising the pupil to teacher ratio by .5. While the sky is not falling, ($1.25 million is less than 1% of this year’s general fund) this pending change does indicate that our task of preparing our students to be successful in a dynamic world will become a little bit harder. That is the bad news.
The good news is that KPBSD has a competent workforce who does what it takes to provide a quality education to our students. All the residents of our borough need to recognize this and should be comfortable that the borough’s investment in our schools is money well spent. For those who do not feel that there is a good return on this investment, please visit your neighborhood school and ask a staff member why the local money for schools is critical to our students’ success. I know that our teachers, custodians, food service workers, nurses, aides and principals will all tell you that KPBSD schools are well run and that our students are doing well. To maintain this response will require an adequate level of funding that periodically includes a modest increase. It is not too early to have this conversation.