By MONICA ZUÑIGA
Staff Writer
reporter@sbnewspaper.com
San Benito CISD officials said Tuesday that staff-wide furloughs are a “worst-case scenario” in efforts to offset a $3 million budget shortfall.
Superintendent of Schools Antonio G. Limón said that the furloughs, an unpaid temporary lay-off, would only be necessary should the state legislature not “improve funding” at its bi-annual meeting. “The state sends us less (funding),” Limón said before stressing that the shortfall was as a result of statewide cuts to education. “It’s not anything we’ve done wrong. It’s the budget from the legislature.”
If utilized, however, four to five day furloughs would be set for all district employees in school year 2013-2014, saving the district $1.5 million. “But it’s a worst-case scenario,” Limón noted.
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But yet we just finished giving somebody in the admin buidling a 13K+ pay raise this past week?? I’m sure holding off on that pay raise sure would had helped!! Not to mention what happened this year (other than the Board changing) that would the individual would all of a sudden warrant such a pay increase? Somethig does not sound right to me!!!