High Point Enterprise reports the plan presented to the Guilford County Board Education to consolidate regions in order to save money in light of possible budget cuts (translation: not as much as they’re asking). The plan would eliminate the so-called Enrichment Region, with the schools in that region being absorbed into the system’s four other regions.
Note comments from board chairman Alan Duncan:
“This is not close to the first hard decision we’ll have to make nor is it the last hard decision we will have to make because of budget cuts,” he said. “We can’t continue to absorb cuts from the nation and from the state. I am glad for my personal taxes to be raised to support our children.”
Good for Duncan –I reckon he was paid handsomely to keep John Edwards out of jail. Problem is his thinking is not in line with Guilford County citizens, at least those who those who let Commissioner Kay Cashion know their feeling on the subject:
Cashion said she has received more than 1,200 e-mails on school funding in the past few weeks — most of them urging her to increase funding and support Green’s proposed budget.
“But not a one of them said raise taxes to support that budget,” Cashion said. “They didn’t suggest where we would get that money.”
Commissioner Carolyn Coleman suggested pulling 2 percent from the county’s fund balance to help out GCS. Will be interesting to see how far that idea goes.
