The district is combing through line items as it makes reductions, School Business Administrator Christina Hunt said.
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Montclair officials walk residents through $100 million budget
The proposed budget for 2023 is 4.59% higher than the budget for 2022.
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Montclair schools expect $2.4M bigger tax levy, still working on $6M hole
Figures as of a district budget presentation Feb. 17 still showed a $6 million deficit as the school system prepares its 2021-22 spending plan.
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Montclair schools expect increase in health benefits, personnel expenditures
The Montclair school district may be spending up to seven percent more on total personnel expenses, including salaries and health benefits, for the 2020-2021 school year.
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Montclair schools expect rise in spending for curriculum, special education
Montclair’s schools could be spending as much as $2,762,387 more in items related to curriculum, special education and department-specific items next year.
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Part-time kindergarten paraprofessionals will stay on in Montclair schools
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair school district has decided to keep four part-time kindergarten paraprofessionals whose jobs were facing elimination due to an over-$2 million budget hole. Superintendent Kendra […]
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Montclair BOE approves preliminary budget, with some difficulty
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Board of Education officially approved the preliminary budget for submission to county officials Monday night, but not without some turbulence. The board had to […]
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Montclair schools to get $7.4 million in state aid
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair is set to receive an additional $500,000 in state aid for the 2018-2019 school year. The state Department of Education released the aid numbers for […]
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Montclair schools debate health waiver, bus aide cuts on eve of state budget address
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair School district is facing the prospect of having to fill a $1.5 million budget hole. During Monday’s meeting, the board discussed several possible ideas, […]
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Montclair schools prepare for bleak budget situation
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news Montclair continued taking a look at its proposed school budget for 2018-2019 at Monday night’s BOE meeting, and the district is finding itself faced with several […]
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Montclair schools get first look at budget
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news This year’s school budget season doesn’t look to be as painful as in prior years for the Montclair public schools. However, school officials are still bracing […]
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Walkout, budget take center stage at BOE meeting
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news A pending school walkout in support of the Parkland school shooting victims and survivors was one of the most talked-about topics at Monday night’s BOE meeting. […]
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Montclair schools hear audit report
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The numbers don’t quite paint a rosy picture in the latest financial audit for Montclair’s public schools. The schools finished out the year with a total […]
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Montclair schools, township hold panel talk on education budget process
By ERIN ROLL roll@montclairlocal.news The Montclair Board of Education, in partnership with state and township elected officials, conducted a panel talk on the school budget process at Trinity Presbyterian Church […]
