It just puts us on a level playing field with the other two school systems. The city of Fallston is completing a municipal sewage system and part of the money will go to connect Burns High, Burns Middle and Fallston Elementary to that system. That's an expense that schools on a city sewer system don't have. Those needs have existed for years. In the absence of the increased funding, those staffing costs would have been paid from the technology fund, she said.
Local dollars are what make the difference.
They allow us to do things that we could not do otherwise. The county school system is scheduled to present its 2001-02 budget request to the county commissioners on April 10. It may be for more than that. All Rights Reserved.