Thursday, February 28, 2013
Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Pat Murphy: Items are 'lighthouses' to where school system needs to be going.
Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Pat Murphy's proposed $520.4 million budget includes a number of "unfunded investments." Murphy categorized them as "reminders" of expenditures he feels is necessary to continue to move the school system in the direction of its stated goals. "These are lighthouses to places we need to be going," Murphy told reporters Thursday morning. At the top of the list is foreign languages in elementary schools. Nine schools do not have this program. Some communities want it, and Murphy indicated the school system may be able to accommodate them if funds become available. That's potentially a big if. Nearly 80 percent of Arlington Public Schools' budget is local tax revenue transferred from the county government…
School system would add a security coordinator, maintain class size.
Arlington Public Schools Superintendent Pat Murphy has proposed a $520.4 million budget for the 2013-14 fiscal year that attempts to cope with skyrocketing student enrollment and nearly flat revenue growth. Murphy was slated to unveil his budget to the Arlington School Board at 7:30 p.m. Thursday. [Click here to watch the school board meeting in real time. It will be rebroadcast at 9 p.m. Friday and 7:30 p.m. Monday.] The budget does not increase class size. Overall, the school system is adding about 30 positions, though some existing employees will be shifted to other jobs and 16 custodian positions will be reduced through attrition. The superintendent's budget proposes increasing fees for the Montessori and Extended Day programs by 5 …
Friday, November 30, 2012
Arlington Public Schools will hold its own forum next week.
Looking across the Washington-Lee High School cafeteria, Arlington County Manager Barbara Donnellan said jokingly that maybe it could be rented out for a wedding. "Look at the view," she said to a few chuckles. Renting out public facility space was just one of many ideas that residents offered to help the county — and, by extension, Arlington Public Schools — make ends meet in next year's budget. "We're better off than most," Donnellan said. "We're not Detroit. We have people who are still investing … We're growing, but that's a good thing." Other ideas to come forward? Cutting the police department's budget, eliminating Cherrydale Branch Library, putting the Columbia Pike streetcar on hold and busing Arlington children to vacant schools …
Monday, November 19, 2012
Board divided on best way to fund affordable housing commitment.
The Arlington County Board this weekend authorized a mixture to spending cuts and tax increases to close a projected budget gap of up to $50 million for the local government and school system next year. It's the beginning of a long budget process, one that showed elected officials might already be divided on how to best realize the county's commitment to preserving affordable housing. Board members approved their budget guidance to County Manager Barbara Donnellan on Saturday with a 3-2 vote. Vice Chairman Walter Tejada and board member Chris Zimmerman voted against the direction after failing to push through stronger commitments to preserving affordable housing. Chairwoman Mary Hynes said she wouldn't rule out additional investments in …
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