SMSD conditionally supported the block grant funding saying it would provide funding certainty. That certainty is proving elusive.
“Citing state budget numbers that simply don’t add up, Shawnee Mission Superintendent Jim Hinson said on Thursday that the school district expects to receive less than its promised allotment under the block grant bill passed in March and that it was making contingency plans in hopes of avoiding employee furloughs or other cost cutting measures in the middle of the school year.”
Read more here: http://pvpost.com/2015/07/24/hinson-warns-reduction-in-state-aid-for-shawnee-mission-highly-likely-district-prepared-to-dip-into-reserves-41192