by | May 17, 2010 9:52 pm | Comments (0)
Layoffs are a strong possibility within the Derby Public Schools if the tax board doesn’t give more money to the school district.
That was the message schools Superintendent Stephen Tracy delivered to the city’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation Monday.
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by | May 13, 2010 11:00 pm | Comments (0)
The Derby tax board Thursday adopted a preliminary, $34.9 million budget that carries a tax rate increase of 1 mill.
If approved, the mill rate would increase from 26.4 to 27.4, said Judith A. Szewczyk, chairwoman of the city’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation.
A property assessed at $185,000 now pays about $4,884 in taxes.
If the budget is adopted as is, that same property owner would pay $5,069 next year.
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by | Apr 14, 2010 11:45 pm | Comments (0)
Schools Superintendent Stephen Tracy appeared in front of the tax board Wednesday in City Hall, where he explained why the district needs another $1.2 million to educate children during the 2010 – 2011 school year.
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by | Mar 2, 2010 10:52 pm | Comments (0)
The school board voted 6 – 2 Tuesday to adopt Superintendent Stephen Tracy’s recommended budget for 2010 – 2011.
The spending plan totals $18,584,779 — about 7 percent, or $1.2 million, larger than the current budget.
The budget’s next stop will be in front of the city’s Board of Apportionment and Taxation.
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by | Mar 2, 2010 12:19 am | Comments (0)
The Derby school board will vote tonight (Tuesday, March 2) on a $18.5 million spending plan that includes a spending increase of about 6.6 percent — or $1.2 million — over the current budget.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. at the Derby Middle School cafetorium.
by | Feb 25, 2010 1:31 pm | Comments (0)
The budget season is officially underway in Derby, with the Board of Apportionment and Taxation Wednesday scheduling a lengthy list of meetings to hash out a spending plan for 2010-11.
by | Feb 4, 2010 11:53 pm | Comments (0)
The school board didn’t come up with any concrete answers as to how they’ll trim a budget that includes a spending increase of $1.2 million.
The board had its first look Thursday evening at the specifics of Superintendent Stephen Tracy’s proposed 2010 – 2011 budget.
Total proposed budget — $18,638,589.
by | Feb 3, 2010 1:01 pm | Comments (0)
A new weight room, space for an alternative education program — plus, possibly, a daycare center and school store.
Those are some of the uses principal Fran Thompson envisions for the space in the high school building formerly occupied by Derby Middle School.
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by | Jan 25, 2010 10:35 pm | Comments (0)
As it stands, the proposed 2010 – 2011 Derby school budget totals $18.6 million, a 7.6 percent spending increase over the current budget.
Upon previewing it at Monday’s school board meeting, schools Superintendent Stephen Tracy said school officials must figure out ways to bring it down.
“Personally, I think it has to be lower than that. We’ll have to sharpen our pencils between now and Feb. 4,” Tracy said.
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