Another 1.1 Million in cuts for Cambridge

Cambridge Isanti school district has recently approved another $1.1 million in cuts for the next school year. That is equivalent to up to four full time positions, or 24 hours per day in staffing.

This is only the first round of cuts (totaling $1,134,953) and more cuts are expected to take place in the school board meeting on April 23.

Bruce Novak, the district 911 superintendent, expressed that "Every reduction we make impacts tha classroom." The preperations began last November when it became known that cuts had to be made due to state funding. Novak continued on expressing the need of creating a long term budget plan, rather than taking it year by year. A four day school year has also been considered in order to save expenses in bus routes and electricity. 

Dan Fosse, of the Cambridge Isanti school board said "We must find ways to save money to keep from making budget reductions." Even the projected million in cuts might not be enough in the long run. 

Various projects will continue to occur the next few years. A $494,200 bid was just accepted to work on remodeling the Cambridge-Isanti education center. This remodel is to improve the ventilation system, and make the building a little more safe for any employees or visitors.  As another project the bid is still out for repairing the high school parking lot.

Novak expressed to the public that it becomes more and more difficult to make the cuts over time, because with every cut that puts more pressure on the other staff to pick up what was left behind. For more information on how the cuts will effect each building you can take a look at http://isanticountynews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5686&Itemid=1