Knox County School Board To Discuss 2006-2007 Budget

This from the Knox County Schools Website.

Board Of Education Work Session
Date: 01/19/2006 Media Advisory Number: 06-003

The Knox County Board Of Education will conduct a work session beginning at 5:00 p.m. Jan. 23, in the first floor Board Room of the Andrew Johnson Building located at 912 South Gay St.

Agenda

1. Additions to the Agenda

2. Discussion of the 2006-2007 General Purpose School Fund Budget

3. Board Forum


Here's my best guess for what may be discussed to balance the budget.

No payraises for non-certified personnel.

Eliminate or Reduce the High School Drivers Education program.

Eliminate the middle school foreign language program currently offered at approximately a third of the middle schools.

Eliminate funding of the Discovery Center program.

Continue the reduction of the Adult Education program.

Custodial budget reduction.

Continue to reduce the transportation budget. (school buses)

No plan to increase the Knox County Schools contribution for the anticipated health insurance increase for December 2006.

Reduce the textbook replacement plan.

Close the smaller schools; Gap Creek,Corryton and Maynard.

I have approved 100% of all comments, since I began allowing comments so, leave your comments here for what you believe should be considered for reduction or elimination. Is there a budget/money crisis in public education. Will more money improve public education? If so, How much is enough?