Although they will be cutting it close, the Effingham County School Board approved a balanced tentative budget for fiscal year 2012 that miraculously restores a full calendar year for K-12 students and teachers. “You hadn’t really heard a whole lot about teachers wanting their days back, but when they did the survey, as far as improving morale, that was something very, very important that was mentioned,” said Superindentent Randy Shearouse. In a tentative budget passed at the BoE’s May 19 meeting, anticipated revenues total $83,132,803 and fall $33,442 shy of expenditures, projected at $83,099,361.
School board ponders budget options
