EDUCATION
….extra $1.5 million requested by city schools….There are plenty of funds available to do the work…. timesdispatch.com
School Board members say they will likely need to cut jobs to make up a roughly $10 million deficit remaining for the coming fiscal year….Nearly $12 million of the school system’s budget gap stemmed from projected increases to the state retirement system and health and life insurance increases. About $8 million came from the loss of one-time funding…. timesdispatch.com
….All of the school districts in central Virginia have used such retirees in recent years, but none has used them as much as Richmond….In the past three-plus years, Carey has earned nearly $400,000….school system uses more than 300 retirees….had 10 open positions listed on its website…. timesdispatch.com
…roughly 15 percent of all Richmond public school employees are actually retired….classified as temporary employees and are not listed on the RPS website….earned nearly $400,000 dollars as a temporary employee….one collected close to a half a million dollars in income….has been receiving payment for seven years…. wtvr.com
…Council members were mainly weighing two plans for bridging the budget gap….Jones’ plan, pushed by Council President Kathy C. Graziano….Tyler proposed giving the schools $11.6 million extra…. most of Tyler’s amendments got little traction with the rest of the council… timesdispatch.com
The mayor’s schools report has lots of budget recommendations, but says nothing about educational quality itself…. styleweekly.com
…The Mayor said his newest proposal came when he took a second look at the budget after finding he disagreed with some of the task force’s recommended cuts… wtvr.com
…Over the past five years the Richmond City School Board has cut almost $50 million from the district’s budget….Continual improvements in efficiency, accountability and transparency have helped drive our success, but the hard truth remains: We cannot cut our way to high-quality education…. timesdispatch.com
…The recommendations, which were announced by the task force Monday, include a three-day furlough for school employees, a hiring freeze, eliminating 118 positions, eliminating payments for pre-Medicare retirees, increasing benefit costs for employees and immediately outsourcing custodial and other building-maintenance services, among others… timesdispatch.com