Challenges/Solutions

By Kathleen M. Roppa

For Act One Funding, the answer includes programs like reamortizing the debt service at a lower interest rate and reviewing inventments and securing the highest interest rates, and looking at alternative funding like grant writng and business partneships. I would suggest that all bargaining unit contracts be extended out for the next couple of year until we get throuh this economic crisis. Other ideas include shared district health care and transportation, centralized purchasing of supplies, consolidation of printers and requests to vendors for discounts.