OV board to vote on budget tonight
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Published: January 8, 2009
Due to poor weather conditions Wednesday, members of the Otter Valley Union High School Board have rescheduled their meeting to tonight to vote on an estimated $11 million school budget for fiscal year 2009.
The latest spending plan increased by 1.1 percent over last year's budget, putting the tax rate at $1.23 per $100 of property value, if the rate estimates from the state tax commissioner hold true, according to school Principal Dana Cole-Levesque.
The school's French program will gradually be reduced toward elimination by 2010, technology education courses will be reduced and more than four staff members will be offered part-time workloads.
The board is scheduled to vote on the budget at a 7 p.m. meeting tonight in the OVUHS library.
The board's finance committee will iron out last-minute details of the budget during a work session at 4:30 p.m.
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