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FORT WAYNE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS
IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE ITS
BUDGET FOR NEXT SCHOOL YEAR.
NEWSCHANEL 15'S MEGAN REUST HAS
MORE ON WHY F-W-C-S IS ASKING
YOU
FOR MORE.
THREE-POINT-TWO PERCENT
INCREASE.
THE SCHOOL BOARD OPENED THE
FLOOR TO THE PUBLIC AND
SURPRISINGLY NOT MUCH WAS SAID.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON HAD ANYTHING
TO SAY ABOUT A PROPOSED
SOME BOARD MEMBERS WERE
SHOCKED...
JORDAN LEBAMOFF - DISTRICT 4
:02 "I WAS VERY SURPRISED NO ONE
...
OTHERS NOT SURPRISED THE ROOM
WAS NEARLY EMPTY.
:03 "I THINK IT'S AN INDICATION
THAT
PEOPLE ARE GENERALLY SATISFIED."
FWCS IS PROPOSING TO INCREASE
THAT MEANS THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER
CAN EXPECT TO PAY AN
TAXES.
MARK GIAQUINTA - BOARD PRESIDENT
:09 "WE PUT EVERY DOLLAR WE CAN
BEEN AMONG
THE STATES LEADERS IN DIRECTING
FUNDS TO THE CLASSROOM."
IS IT A GOOD OR BAD THING NO ONE
INCREASE? BOARD MEMBERS BELIEVE
JORDAN LEBAMOFF - DISTRICT 4 :14
"I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT WE'RE
VERY
WE'RE NOT HIDING ANYTHING.
THINGS ARE ON THE TABLE.
WE HAD AN INCREDIBILE WORK
SESSION WHERE WE THOROUGHLY WENT
OVER THE BUDGET AND MAYBE THE
QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAD WERE
RESOLVED AT THAT WORK SESSION."
MARK GIAQUINTA - BOARD PRESIDENT
THAT THE BUDGET IS NOT
INCREASING WITH
LOSING REVENUE ON A FAIRLY
CONSISTENT
BASIS."
ON NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET IN TWO
WEEKS.
PART OF THE REVENUE WILL HELP
MAINTAIN AND IMPROVE BUILDINGS
THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE
$119 MILLION PROJECT APPROVED
BY VOTERS IN MAY.
HEATHER?