Pinching pennies: School board and community committee take close look at budget

Teachers, parents, community members and school district officials spent nearly four hours looking closely at the budget, trying to find ways to cut and provide the best possible education for students.

“I don’t think anyone is here because they don’t care about the kids,” said Carbon County School District No. 2 Board Chairman Greg Bartlett in the March 26 meeting.

CCSD 2 and a newly formed committee agreed to meet for the budget discussion, after the Encampment community learned the full-time art teacher position at Encampment School was going to be cut to a half-time position.

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