Why must the Saint Paul Public Schools and Horace Mann School cut the budget?
Saint Paul is facing a declining enrollment of students. This decline has worked its way through the elementary level and is now working its way through the secondary level. In the state of Minnesota, funding is not received based on each child. Instead schools receive a half share for a kindergarten student, a full share for an elementary student, and 1.2 shares for secondary students. As enrollment declines at the secondary level, funding declines at a higher proportion. The school and school district face rising costs of everything from electricity to fuel oil. The economic downturn has had a negative impact on the schools. Finally, as budget cuts take place in education, nearly all involve laying off or terminating district employees. The first to go are the least senior. This increases the average salary. We use average salaries for budgeting. Therefore our dollars purchase less staffing.
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