Schools Pinch Pennies in New Budget
The school board gets its first glimpse of draft budgets for the three Ocean City schools.
The Ocean City School District administration introduced a draft budget Wednesday that shows only small increases in the operating budget for the three Ocean City schools: 0.5 percent for Ocean City High School and Ocean City Intermediate School and 1.5 percent for Ocean City Primary School. The budgets for the three school buildings and all school departments were summarized for the Ocean City Board of Education, which will approve a final budget for the 2013-14 school year by the end of March. The budgets ($619,439 for the high school, $187,677 for the intermediate school and $125,930 for the primary school) do not include salaries and benefits, which made up about 81 percent of Ocean City's $38.7 million operating budget in 2012-13, …
Frank Worrell
10:19 am on Sunday, March 31, 2013
The Choice students add money to the schools as long as we do not have to add teachers. These students fill empty seats in classrooms without adding to the cost.This seems to help all the taxpayers in the district. more ›