42 Grove Street(203) 736-5095
Ansonia CT 06401FAX: (203) 736-5098
For Immediate Release:
School budget appropriation will cause widespread layoffs and program cuts
Last night, the Ansonia Board of Apportionment and Taxation (BOAT) approved a budget which includes$27million in funding for the district
’
s four public schools. The Board of Education submitted a requestto BOAT for $27,868,000 representing an increase of $1.5million (5.66%) over the current year. Thisincrease was necessary to keep services at their current level in the face of lost grant funding from theState of Connecticut. The bulk of the lost grant money was in the form of the Priority School DistrictGrant which is being phased out due to Ans
onia’s
improvement
in state test scores. The reductions
outlined below will have a profoundly negative impact on students’ learning opportunity in Ansonia’s
schools.
Area Scope
Ten positions within
the teachers’ union, impacting:
One-half of a kindergarten teacher
One-half of a full-time reading intervention teacher
Four elementary teachers
–
one each in grades 2, 3, 4, 5
One pre-kindergarten special education teacher
One art teacher
One music teacher
One life skills teacher
One English language learners teacher
One-half of a physical education teacher
One behavior interventionist6% of the teachers
’
union
8 members of the tutors union, impacting:
All tutors currently providing academic support to regular-educationstudents in need of Tier 2 reading intervention100% of the tutors
’
union
8 part-time interventionists, impacting:
All part-time interventionists currently providing academic support toregular-education students in need of Tier 3 reading intervention100% of all part-time interventionists
Two members of the school
administrator’s union, impacting:
An assistant principal at the high school
The district-wide Math & Science Coordinator18% of the school
administrators’
union
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