Those of us paying attention see cuts to education looming after the election. Kansans need to have their eyes wide open like this superintendent who has verbalized what many are feeling.
“In a video seen by all USD 308 employees on Friday, Hutchinson School Superintendent Shelly Kiblinger said she expects mid-year cuts in state funding because state revenues aren’t meeting expectations. Kiblinger said that although USD 308 has already planned for those cuts this year and expects to be able to ride them out ‘with no significant disruptions,’ she expects cuts to continue in 2015-16, when she estimates the district will need some combination of $1.79 million in budget cuts or additional local revenue to balance the books…
“‘Hope just is not an effective strategy,’ she told the employees.”