CLEARFIELD – In his preliminary budget “speculation,” Sam Maney, business manager, gave a heads up about a potential budget deficit to the Clearfield Area School District Board of Directors at Monday night’s regular meeting.
Maney said that the deficit could range from $500,000 to $1.5 million, depending on budget cuts.
“We need to look at expenses a little more. We need to look closely and in detail,” he said. “We need to see where we can anticipate savings.”
Superintendent Richard C. Makin said that the budget was still a work in progress.
“We have increasing costs and decreasing revenue. But it’s early. We have a lot of work to do,” he said.
He said that he was uncertain about the “story” with the stimulus package.
“Everyone has a different story. I’m not going to count on it,” Makin told the board.
Special budget work sessions were scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on both May 4 and 11 at a location to be announced.
A tentative budget must be adopted in May and placed on display for 30 days. The final budget must be approved in June.