{"id":63395,"date":"2019-03-22T19:55:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-school-district-9-r-looks-at-tight-budget-for-2019-20\/"},"modified":"2019-03-23T01:55:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:55:33","slug":"durango-school-district-9-r-looks-at-tight-budget-for-2019-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/durango-school-district-9-r-looks-at-tight-budget-for-2019-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Durango School District 9-R looks at tight budget for 2019-20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Durango School District 9-R Board of Education members learned about a tight budget situation setting up for 2019-20 at their meeting Tuesday night in the Administration Building.<\/span>Durango Herald file<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Durango School District 9-R Board of Education members heard about a tight budget situation taking shape for the 2019-20 school year as state lawmakers debate how much aid they\u2019ll provide for education spending.<\/p>\n

At their regular meeting Tuesday, board members also got an earful from employees who commented about their struggles with family budgets as they deal with increases in health-insurance premiums.<\/p>\n

Superintendent Dan Snowberger said the district is set see stable revenue funding from the state if full-day kindergarten is funded by the Colorado Legislature.<\/p>\n

Snowberger estimated funding for full-day kindergarten by lawmakers in Denver would bring in $1.2 million for the district, but the district is set to lose about $858,000 in funding for rural schools and another $120,000 in funds for a reading-intervention program from the state.<\/p>\n

Currently, the state funds half-day kindergarten, and 9-R offers full-day kindergarten by paying for the other half out of its general fund.<\/p>\n

The school district is also looking at an increase of $1.5 million in salaries for teachers who are set to move up in the salary scale.<\/p>\n

The district expects flat pupil numbers next school year.<\/p>\n

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\u201cFunding is not positive at this point,\u201d Snowberger said.<\/p>\n

He added if school board members are examining new areas to fund for the school year, funding would have to come by making cuts in other parts of the budget.<\/p>\n

Heidi Jordan, an English teacher at Durango High School, said her monthly health insurance costs had increased $469 a month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had a year when I went backwards,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Anthony Bonanno, a teacher at Riverview Elementary School, said this is the first year he\u2019s wondered if it was financially viable for him to continue with the district.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was a scary thought,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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