Earlier this year, the Hamilton County Department of Education was able to close a $40 million budget deficit without any concessions from the Hamilton County Education Association (HCEA) for a change in teachers' medical insurance benefits. The district has funded a $31.6 million increase in medical insurance over the' [...]
The Hamilton County Department of Education faces numerous challenges, from falling test scores to rising enrollment and a multi-million dollar budget deficit. The nine elected school board members make decisions that affect our children today and our economic prospects for the future. Get to know them—and their positions on pressing [...]
The Hamilton County Department of Education faces numerous challenges, from falling test scores to rising enrollment and a multi-million dollar budget deficit. The nine elected school board members make decisions that affect our children today and our economic prospects for the future. Get to know them—and their positions on pressing [...]
As a new year looms closer, officials are turning a new leaf on the school system's $26.3 million budget deficit. Many old problems remain, but a new challenge to school finance is developing: overcrowded schools.
In the past, the school system's chronic budget deficit has been the result of too many [...]
