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USD 113 Board Approves Cost Cutting Measures

By Greg Bebermeyer and Heidi Wolfgang

06/09/2016

(KNZA)--The Prairie Hills USD 113 Board of Education has approved a pair of cost cutting measures for the 2016-17 school year that could save the district nearly $78,000.

Following a lengthy discussion, Superintendent Todd Evans says the Board voted this week to go from 4 sections of kindergarten at the Sabetha Elementary School to 3 sections. In addition, he says the Board voted to combine the fourth and fifth grades at Wetmore as long as enrollment doesn’t exceed 18 students.

Evans recommended the cost-cutting measures.

With the plan in place, he says a teacher will be moved from the Wetmore Attendance Center to the Sabetha Elementary School.

Evans says the district should know what the enrollment numbers are August 5th. If the enrollment exceeds 18 students, then a teacher will be hired for the Wetmore school and the grades will not be combined.

Evans told the board that from his research 18 is the maximum number of students recommended in one combined classroom. In addition, he said projected enrollment at the Sabetha Elementary School for 2016-17 shows it would be possible to go to three sections of kindergarten and not have any of the sections above 18 students.

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