Once a budget is adopted it is very difficult to pare back the spending in future years. To date, the Village has been, for the most part, relatively careful in attempting to keep the budget within reasonable limits. The same cannot be said for the school district. Over the past five to seven years many new administrators have been hired with substantial salaries. Year by year more were added.
Most administrators have little impact on what happens in the classroom.
The School Board should be looking for gradual large savings in this area. They should also be making efforts to cut down on our student transportation costs. The number of buses we own as well as contract operated buses have grown because of our overly generous transportation policy, which was also initiated about five years ago. The sports program has developed into a financial bottomless pit. If this Village is to survive as a viable entity, more care must be taken before we increase expenditures.