Business Services: Growing and growing and growing

While the school board refused last year to get outside advice on the operations of Business Services, the department just keeps growing and growing and growing.

Compared to 2004-2005 budget, the number of Food Service Workers would increase by 11.32 FTE if the board approves the administration's proposed budget. District enrollment will decline by approximately 336 students between 2004-2005 and next year. Why does it take 11 more people to feed 336 fewer students?

The job category "trades" would grow by 7 FTE from last year to next year, while cutting 1 painter and 1 carpenter, according to the proposed budget.

But what's really odd, the budget approved by the board in the summer of 2005 shows 27 FTE in trades. Now the administration asserts that the revised budget approved in October 2005 increased the number to 35 FTE. Not! At least not that I can find. No place does the revised budget show an increase in FTEs in trades.

Is someone "cooking" the numbers or padding the payroll to increase the Business Services domain?

Posted by Ed Blume at May 6, 2006 8:24 AM
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