D-11 summer school, jobs on chopping block
by Sue McMillin / The Gazette
About $7 million in proposed cuts in Colorado Springs School District 11 that were laid on the table this week by district administrators would eliminate summer learning programs and cut 47 jobs. The instructional services budget, which includes money for programs for special needs and gifted students, would take a 32 percent budget
cut — with about 40 percent of that coming from the summer programs.
The proposals were presented to the D-11 board with the endorsement of a citizen oversight committee, which also submitted proposals for
deeper cuts that may be necessary. Among those ideas: employee
furloughs, fewer assistant principals, no busing, a 1 percent
across-the-board pay reduction and elimination of library technology
educators. The group, the budget subcommittee of the District Advisory
and Accountability Committee, also suggested increasing athletic and
rental fees and contracting out some custodial work.
The district might have to cut as much as $16 million from its general fund budget, which this year was $225 million.
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